Falkland Islands de-mining pilot project and the challenge of full clearance

Sunday, February 7th 2010 - 22:11 UTC

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As a signatory to the Ottawa Convention, the United Kingdom is required under International Humanitarian Law to remove and destroy all anti-personnel landmines on its sovereign territory. About 20,000 landmines remain within clearly fenced and marked off areas on the Falkland Islands as a result of the 1982 conflict; while not all of these are anti-personnel mines, the United Kingdom is obliged to clear all the mined areas across both East and West Falklands under the Ottawa Convention. Read full article

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argie
Are the contractors using dogs? Do they have satellital help? Have they considered placing ads on the main two Argentine newspapers that are read in all the country viz. 'La Nacion' & 'Clarin' asking for any data that could lead to non-charted minefields or even mines planted at random? Have they asked islanders who might have possible made acquaintances of Argentine officers or other troops, either during the war of after it, for their emails, phone numbers or postal addresses?
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nitrojuan
No argie, it is easier: putting a kelper in each mine we could find the solution of the self determination contradiction.
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khh
what ever.
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