On June 11 – 13, 2018 the Meeting of Experts of States Parties to Protocols II and V of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) takes place in Geneva.

During the event its participants discuss issues related to the universalization, strengthening and implementation of these international instruments, as well as improvement of the methods and ways of increasing the efficiency of demining operations, management of safe ammunition storage, clearance operations of territories contaminated with explosive remnants of war (ERW) and providing assistance to their victims.

The delegation of Ukraine, which takes part in the mentioned forums, informed about the implementation of CCW and its Protocols at national level and, drawing attention to the problem of the emergence of new areas contaminated by ERW in Ukraine as the result of the Russian aggression, appealed to the international community to continue providing effective assistance to our country in disposing of explosive remnants.