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Disarmament Diplomacy
Issue No. 36, April 1999
Central America Demining Declaration
In Managua on 12 April, 7 Central American States - Belize, Costa
Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras -
signed a Declaration reaffirming their commitment to eradicate all
landmines from their territory. The signing was followed by a
ceremony in which 5,000 of the around 70,000 landmines planted in
Nicaragua were destroyed. According to Cesar Gaviria,
Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (12
April): "Central America is in the vanguard... This is a model for
the rest of the world."
Report: Central America unites against landmine
threat, Reuters, 13 April.
© 1999 The Acronym Institute.
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