§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals were put forward by the United Kingdom to the United Nations conference on land mine clearance in Geneva, on 5 to 7 July; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of the meeting. [33059]
§ Sir Nicholas Bonsor[holding answer 10 July 1995]: The proposals made by the United Kingdom include:
strengthening of the 1981 UN weaponry convention, particularly its protocol II on the use of land mines;the introduction of measures to complement a strengthened weaponry convention, in particular the UK-US proposal for an anti-personal land mine control programme;improved co-ordination of international support for mine clearance programmes; andthe promotion of research into mine detection techniques.The meeting was a pledging conference and raised more than US $20 million for the UN voluntary trust fund for assistance in mine clearance.
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