Falkland Islands: Land Mines

(asked on 4th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to commemorate the Falkland Islands mine-free declaration on November 14 2020.


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Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 11th November 2020

The UK will declare the Falkland Islands landmine free on 14 November. On 17 November, the UK will be hosting an event at Government House in Port Stanley to congratulate the demining programme team on the successful accomplishment of this extensive project. The UK will also host an event in Harare, to celebrate the significant contribution that the Zimbabwean demining teams have made to the programme since 2009. The UK will announce that it has now complied with its international obligation to clear all anti-personnel mines within its jurisdiction and territory at the Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention in Geneva later this month.

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