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China to be More Active in De-mining Assistance: Ambassador

The Chinese government will make utmost efforts in international de-mining assistance, Chinese Ambassador to the UN office at Geneva Sha Zukang said on Wednesday.

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The Chinese government will make utmost efforts in international de-mining assistance, Chinese Ambassador to the UN office at Geneva Sha Zukang said on Wednesday.

At the fourth Annual Conference of the State Parties to the Amended Landmine Protocol, Sha said that since China ratified the Protocol in 1998, it has strictly abided by the provisions of the Protocol and faithfully fulfilled all its obligations.

"To put the Protocol into practice, the Chinese military has accelerated the transformation of the old landmines to make them meet the requirements of the Protocol," Sha said.

Meanwhile, those old landmines that are not in conformation with the technical requirements of the Protocol are being destroyed in phases and groups, he added.

The Chinese ambassador emphasized that since April 1996, China has stringently abided by its commitment to the moratorium on the export of anti-personnel landmines incompatible with the technical specifications contained in the Amended Landmine Protocol.

He said China has made enormous efforts in international de-mining assistance to the best of its capabilities.

The Amended Landmine Protocol was amended in May 1996 and takeninto force in December 1998.

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