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Afghanistan Declaration To Join Mine Ban Treaty

Declaration

Building a Peaceful Future for Afghanistan
A Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines
Kabul, Afghanistan
27-31 July 2002

Determined to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by
anti-personnel mines, that kill or maim hundreds of people every week,
mostly innocent and defenceless civilians and especially children, obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons, and have other severe consequences for years after emplacement,

Believing it is necessary to do our utmost to contribute in an efficient and coordinated manner to face the challenge of remaining anti-personnel mines placed through the world, and to assure their destruction,

Recognizing the scale and severity of the mine and unexploded ordnance
problem in Afghanistan and the urgency of tackling this as an essential
element of humanitarian reconstruction and development, and building a
peaceful future for Afghanistan,

Recognizing further the efforts already undertaken in the fields of
humanitarian mine action and victim assistance by the Afghan authorities,
Afghan mine action agencies and humanitarian organizations as well as the
contribution of community and international organizations,

We, the Conference on Building a Peace Future for Afghanistan through a
total ban on anti-personnel mines:

Welcome the signing on 30 July 2002 of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and On Their Destruction by the Transitional Islamic Government of Afghanistan,

State our Appreciation for the continued commitment and endeavour of the
Afghan Transitional Government, Afghan mine action agencies and humanitarian agencies and humanitarian organizations,

Urge enhanced commitment and support by the United Nations, other
international institutions, the international donor community and civil
society and NGOs to Afghan humanitarian mine action and victim assistance
programmes, and

Express our Conviction that Afghanistan should become mine-impact free
within seven years.



Posted: Tuesday, August 27, 2002



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