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Cambodia

Volume 224: debated on Thursday 6 May 1993

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 22 April, Official Report, column 148, and his pursuant answer of 29 April column 506, what information he has on the number of mines lifted by the Cambodians trained or operating under UNTAC in Cambodia.

According to the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia—UNTAC—figures at mid-April, Cambodians trained by UNTAC have destroyed or recovered 14,343 mines and munitions in Cambodia—9,474 anti-personnel mines, 20 anti-tank mines and 4,869 pieces of unexploded ordinance. By comparison, non-governmental organisations have cleared 2,171 mines and munitions.