Cambodian Mine Action Centre

EDM number 2544 in 1992-93, proposed by David Steel on 28/10/1993.

That this House notes that there are between four and 10 million landmines in Cambodia which are killing or maiming between 300 and 500 Cambodians each month and rendering large tracts of land unusable; praises the work of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, which has for the past 18 months proved an effective co-ordinating agency for overseeing and implementing demining activities; deeply regrets Cambodian Mine Action Centre's announcement that it will have to cease demining on 1st November because of the United Nation's refusal to allow expatriate technical staff to stay on beyond the UNTAC withdrawal on 15th November; and calls on Her majesty's Government to exert all possible pressure on the United Nations to reconsider its ruling on the withdrawal of expatriate staff from this vital programme and to provide the necessary funds for the continuation of the demining operation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 52 MPs.