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From 27 November to 2 December, the 11MSP took place in Phnom Penh. The meeting was significant because it saw the anti-landmines movement return to Cambodia -- one of the places where the movement was born two decades ago.

Press Release, 2 December | Global landmine meeting ends with success stories and a recommitment English PDF 347KB | French PDF 373KB | Khmer PDF 172KB | Spanish PDF 342KB

 
On 2-3 December 1997, representatives of over 100 States gathered in Ottawa to sign the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. In doing so, these States expressed their determination to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines.