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Nations renew pledge to rid world of mines

This content was published on Dec 3, 2004 The 144 participating countries approved a five-year action plan, committing them to destroy stockpiles and push ahead with demining efforts. The meeting was the first five-year review of the 1997 Ottawa Convention on Landmines, which came into force in 1999. Switzerland’s state secretary for foreign affairs, Franz von Däniken, told swissinfo the action plan was…