Thursday 28 May 2009

Parliament query on Mine Ban Treaty

OrderPaper5.pdf
The following question was tabled in Parliament today.
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
1. Ms Sylvia Lim: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence
(a) whether Singapore is working towards ratifying and acceding to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction;
(b) what impediments still exist to Singapore doing so; and
(c) if he will provide an update on what steps Singapore has taken to address the humanitarian concerns surrounding the use of anti-personnel land mines.
opswarfare will be tracking it to see MINDEF's response.

1 comment:

  1. Reply from Minister Teo
    http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/432437/1/

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