STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION MAINTAIN DATES OF MANAGUA MEETING

STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION MAINTAIN DATES OF MANAGUA MEETING

The Government of Nicaragua, in consultation with the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personal Mines and on Their Destruction, has decided to maintain the dates of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention in Managua, from 18 to 21 September.

This decision has been taken mindful of the difficulties in air transport caused as a consequence of the tragic incidents that occurred in the United States on Tuesday, 11 September.

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