Phnom Penh Post - News Briefs: Swiss mine meeting
G eneva played host from Jan. 10-12 to a Red Cross conference discussing
anti-personnel mines.
Cambodia was represented by Cambodian Mine Action
Center director Phann Sothy.
Issues covered were the military use of land
mines, alternative systems, and control measures.
The symposium's
recommendations will go to the forthcoming conference reviewing the 1980 United
Nations Conventional Weapons Convention.
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