Statement on Stockpile Destruction at the Intersessional Meetings of the Mine Ban Treaty

Statement on Stockpile Destruction Intersessional Meetings of the Mine Ban Treaty 8 June 2018 Delivered by Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch Thank you. The requirement to destroy all stockpiled antipersonnel landmines within the firm and relatively short deadline with no possibility for extension is a remarkable provision of the Mine Ban Treaty. With a few notable and regrettable exceptions, States Parties have successfully implemented this obligation, collectively destroying more than 53 million stockpiled mines over the past two decades. According to Landmine Monitor, all except two of the 33…

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