Luanda - Angola is participating from Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, in the 20th meeting (20 REP) of the States-parties of the Convention (Ottawa Treaty), on the prohibition of the use, storage, production, transfer and destruction of anti-personnel landmines.
According to a press release to which ANGOP had access, the three-day meeting will assess the level of implementation of the Convention, the degree of its universalisation, the dissemination of the principles with a view to the means of accession and ratification, cooperation between states and cooperative compliance.
The report highlights that the Angolan delegation led by the Director-General of the National Mine Action Agency (ANAM), Leonardo Sapalo, will present the country's advances and challenges in this area, focusing on the materialisation of Article 5 of the Ottawa Convention, referring to the clearing of all anti-personnel mines, as well as the work in favour of assisting victims of explosive devices.
Data from the National Mine Action Agency (ANAM) indicate that mine clearance in Angola may only be concluded in 2028.
