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Motion · S5M-23330 · 11 Nov 2020

Falkland Islands Cleared of all Landmines

Lodged by Jamie Greene Standard Motion 25 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the news that the Falkland Islands have been cleared of almost all landmines, 38 years following the conclusion of the 1982 conflict; pays tribute to the specialist team, many from Zimbabwe, which has removed tens of thousands of mines and bombs since 2009 as part of a £36 million UK-funded programme that will set further demining efforts taking place in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe; understands that the islanders will mark the moment of the ceremonial detonation of the final landmine with games of football and cricket on reopened beaches and be declared mine-free on 14 November 2020, and notes that by upholding the anti-personnel mine ban convention, to which the UK is a signatory, states are obliged to destroy both stockpiled and emplaced anti-personnel mines and commends the hard work and perseverance of those tasked with the dangerous and difficult task of demining the world over.

Supporters (25)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.