SIEM REAP, Cambodia — The UN secretary-general on Monday criticized the 'renewed threat' of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion.
In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, UN chief Antonio Guterres hailed the work of clearing and destroying landmines across the world.
NO TO LANDMINES Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Manet looks on as Armida Alisjahbana, UN undersecretary general, speaks to Ly Thuch, first vice president of the Cambodian Mine Action Authority, at the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine free World landmine conference on Nov. 25, 2024. AFP Photo