Canada is pleased that we all have a chance to discuss the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in this forum. This key, still young, treaty has already contributed much to global security.
In force only since 1997, the Convention will soon have gained the backing of 140 States, a highly significant a…
Mines and unexploded ordinance pose a serious threat to the lives and livelihoods of millions of people — mostly civilians — throughout the world. Mines threaten peace-keepers and humanitarian workers and are a serious obstacle to development. Indeed in Cambodia the United Nations Development Progra…
