Kuwait calls for eradicating landmines worldwide

GENEVA, Dec 3 (KUNA) -- Kuwait called on the international community to implement measures that would rid the world from landmines, said a Kuwaiti diplomat here Tuesday.
In his speech to the meeting of members' states in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines, Kuwait's permanent representative at the UN and international organizations Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaim said that his country was in support of the international community efforts to ban landmines on a worldwide scale.
In order to fulfill the goals of the convention, a strong effort by all involved parties must exist to diminish the presence of such a lethal weapon, said the Kuwaiti official, adding that the meeting today was within the efforts to eradicate landmines from existence.
The meeting for the member states in the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction began here yesterday and will last still December fifth. To date, there are 161 States Parties to the treaty.
The treat was sign in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on December 3rd, 1997 and took effect on March first, 1991. (end) ta.gta KUNA 031322 Dec 13NNNN