SECURITY / INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; Thailand to push landmine ban (THAILAND)
BANGKOK, Thailand, 26 May 2006 (Bangkok Post) By ACHARA ASHAYAGACHAT Thailand will push for the elimination of landmines at the eighth ministerial meeting of the Human Security Network (HSN) in Bangkok next week, a senior Foreign Ministry official said yesterday. Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon will host the annual meeting before handing over the one-year chairmanship of the HSN to Slovenia, said Peerasak Chantavarin, deputy director-general of the Department of International Organisation. Some state parties to the Ottawa Landmines Treaty, including Thailand, are not on course to meet their Article 5 deadlines for the elimination of landmines by 2009. "Cooperation within the Human Security Network, with core countries from the middle-ranged major powers, could help the HSN members and also those parties to the landmine treaty to meet the deadlines," Mr Peerasak said. Forty countries, with a combined stockpile of around 160 million anti-personnel mines, remain outside the treaty. These include three of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - China, Russia and the US - most of the Middle East, most of the former Soviet republics, and many Asian states. Other HSN members include Austria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Greece, Ireland, Jordan, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and South Africa as an observer. The June 1-2 ministerial meeting will review activities and future strategies. A May 30-31 symposium on 'Building and Synergising Partnerships for Global Human Security and Development' will be a fine-tuning session. It will focus on partnership in areas such as small arms, light weapons and landmines, environmental security - in particular challenges from man-made and natural disasters - and health security, including issues such as HIV/Aids, Sars, and avian flu.
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