Geneva — The intermediate request of five-year expansion by Angola to continue with the demining operations and securing mined areas was accepted by the States Parties of the Ottawa Convention, during its 12th meeting that ended Friday in Geneva (Switzerland).
Angola, which ratified the Convention in July 2002, requested the expansion in order to comply with Articles 5.1 and 5.2 that obliges member States to identify areas under its jurisdiction and controlled or suspected to contain anti-personnel landmines, to destroy and ensure safety at mine until January 1, 2013, ten years after its coming into force.
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