The United Nations today welcomed the decision of South Sudan to become the newest member of the global convention banning the use, stockpiling, production and sale of anti-personnel mines, describing it as an "historic step" for a country plagued by countless mines left behind from years of war.
This afternoon, South Sudan formally became the 158th State to either ratify or accede to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention - which was adopted in Oslo, Norway, in 1997 - when its representative acceded to the treaty at UN Headquarters in New York.
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