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Tajikistan Mine Action News

Round Table

Extension Request by Tajik Mine Action Centre

According to the TMAC strategically planning the Round Table has been conducted concerning the main issue on Extension Request to implement duties for state-member by Article 5 of Ottawa Convention.  The working group of the Government Commission, mainly representatives of TMAC, Ministry of the Defense and Official Institutions of Tajikistan Republic participated in this session.

The Round Table plays significant role in extension period and Tajik Mine Action Centre (TMAC) prepared the Extension Paper on behalf of the Governmental Commission on realization International Human Rights of the Republic of Tajikistan for UNDP approval.  As we know, the deadline for the obligations of Tajikistan on implementation Ottawa Convention resolution is the 1^st of April 2010.  The Round Table was mainly aimed to discuss the Extension Request for implementation obligations for the next 10 years (2010-2019), since Tajikistan really needs this extension to fulfill the plans of the target years.

Based on the results of the surveys and information analyses, TMAC made a decision on implementation of mine clearance of all mine affected areas of Tajikistan within extra 10 years.  Tajikistan is expected to fulfill his obligations on the clearance of affected areas within this period.  Participants supported the Extension Request for 2019 that was proposed by TMAC. Suggestion and point of views will be submitted for the approval to the Governmental Commission in March 2009.

 

 

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Medical service during the     Rehabilitation Camp

Handover of minefields to the           local authorities. More information

  

At this year’s Annual Mine Action        Day celebrations, held at the Mine Detecting Dog Centre of the Mini-     stry of Defence’s Engineering Bat-   talion, representatives of govern-    ment ministries...More information

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is organizing a       series of national workshops on the implementation of the Mine Ban     Treaty (MBT).... More information
 

mine accident in Urmetan - 70          goats and sheep killed on 27        August 2006. More information