Oman: Landmines treaty
In depth
Issue 976
- 05 Sep 2014
| 1 minute read
Oman joined the international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines on 20 August, the eighth Arab country to do so. In a statement, Human Rights Watch said it hoped the move would encourage the remaining 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region to join the 1997 treaty, which bans the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of antipersonnel landmines, requires clearance of mined areas within ten years and assistance to landmine victims. Kuwait and Qatar are the only other countries from the Gulf Co-operation Council which are members; five other Arab states – Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia and Yemen are also signatories, as are all Nato members except the United States.
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