On May 19 – 20, 2016 Meeting of Experts of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Ottawa Convention) takes place in Geneva.

During the event its participants discuss issues related to the universalization and implementation of the Convention on national level, in particular those provisions of the document, which provide for the destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel mines, clearance of mined areas and assistance to victims of these weapons. Delegates are hearing relevant reports of the four Committees of the Convention’s Secretariat, as well as are exchanging relevant information on progress in achieving the goals set out by the «Maputo Action Plan» of June 27, 2014.

The Ukrainian side in its presentation at the Meeting informed about the work done by our country on the implementation of the Convention, drew attention to the problem of usage of anti-personnel mines by illegal armed groups, supported by the Russian Federation, in the southeast of Ukraine, and appealed to the international community to continue providing assistance to our country in their disposing.