Tajikistan Mine Action News
Government Official Meeting
Meeting of the
Commission on Implementation International
Humanitarian Law (CIIHL) under the Government of
the Republic of Tajikistan chaired by Mr. Khudoyorov
Bakhtiyor Tabarovich, Deputy Head of the CIIHL was
held on March 4, 2009 in the Office of the
President.
Tajikistan Mine Action Centre Project
Manager Mr. Rajabov Jonmahmad Shahrifovich presented
results of the implementation mine action in 2008,
and forecast for mine action for 2009.
The Extension Application for the
de-mining activities to be implemented due to the
Article 5 of the Ottawa Convention has been edited
and is on the stage of discussion. According to the
above Application 10 years, are required to complete
de-mining activities in the Republic of Tajikistan,
so they will be finished by 2019. That important
extension document was approved by the Government
Commission and recommended for the consideration of
the member countries of the Ottawa Convention.
Members of the Commission and
representatives of other partner ministers and
agencies, United Development Program, OSCE, ICRC and
NGO “Harmony of the World” attended the meeting.
Commission on Implementation
International Humanitarian Law has approved
following documents presented during the meeting:
1.
Annual
Report on Mine Action for 2008.
2.
Annual
Plan on Mine Action for 2009.
3.
Request for extension of deadline for completion
destruction of anti-personnel mines in mined areas,
in accordance with the Article 5, paragraph 1 of the
Convention on the
Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling,
Production and Transfer or Anti-Personnel Mines and
on Their Destruction.
