The completion ceremony was presided over by Denmark’s Minister of Transport, Henrik Dam KRISTENSEN who detonated the last dangerous objects found during the demining effort: “I am proud that Denmark has fulfilled its Ottawa Convention commitments,” said Minister Kristensen, whose ministry was charged with overseeing the clearance of hazardous areas on the peninsula. In doing so, Denmark has become the 20th State Party to the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, to have complied with its mine clearance obligations. Denmark has become the latest country to declare its territory free of anti-personnel mines after clearing one last Second World War minefield situated on the Skallingen Peninsula on Denmark’s west coast.
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