Somalia: War-Torn Country Officially Bans Anti-Personnel Mines

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Geneva, 23 May 2012 — Somalia has joined the landmark Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, becoming the 160th State Party to the international treaty which bans the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines. With Somalia's accession, every state in Sub-Saharan Africa is now bound by the Convention.

"Somalia's decision to join this international movement is significant," said H.E. PRAK Sokhonn, the senior Cambodian Minister who presides over the Convention. "Somalia had decided that, in the face of incredible challenges facing the country, it will do its utmost to end the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines."

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