MONTENEGRO JOINS PROTOCOL V TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

On 20 May 2016, Montenegro joined the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW Protocol V).

Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast of the Netherlands, President-designate of the Protocol’s Tenth Conference, welcomed Montenegro to the Protocol. He said, “We have much to learn from Montenegro’s experiences of clearing explosive remnants of war and securing stockpiles of munitions with limited resources. I look forward to formally welcoming Montenegro to the Tenth Conference of Protocol V, which will take place on 29 August 2016 in Geneva.”

The purpose of Protocol V is to prevent and alleviate the suffering caused by explosive remnants of war and addresses post-conflict remedial measures of a generic nature in order to minimise the occurrence, effects and the risk of explosive remnants of war. Montenegro suffered serious contamination from explosive remnants of war during the break-up of the former Social Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.


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