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Turkey: Kurdish organization HPG signs
"Anti-Personnel Mines"
16.7.2006
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HPG signs ‘Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a
Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines’
The Kurdish People’s Defense Forces (HPG) signed on
July 15, 2006, the ‘Deed of Commitment for Adherence
to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines’, a document
equivalent to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty (MBT). The
deed is an initiative by the international
humanitarian organisation
‘Geneva Call’ and guarded by the government
of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
HPG commander Dr. Bahoz Erdal, who signed the deed
on behalf of the Kurdish forces during a ceremony in
Qandil, said that many civilians, mainly women and
children, were injured by the vast amount of
anti-personnel mines in Kurdistan. “Therefore, our
people will greet every deed and treaty with joy.
We, as the movement and especially HPG, will
therefore support these treaties,” Erdal said.
Geneva Call was represented by Elisabeth
Reusse-Decrey, Pascal Bongard and Anki Sjöberg.
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HPG commander Dr. Bahoz Erdal, who signed the deed
on behalf of the Kurdish forces during a ceremony in
Qandil
Photo:Dozame |
Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey is the President and
co-founder of Geneva Call, a Nobel Peace Prize
nominee and the President of the Parliament of the
Republic and Canton of Geneva.
What is the ‘Geneva Call’?
Geneva Call is an international humanitarian
organisation dedicated to engaging armed non-state
actors (NSAs) to respect and to adhere to
humanitarian norms, starting with the ban on
anti-personnel (AP) mines. Geneva Call is committed
to the universal application of the principles of
international humanitarian law and conducts its
activities based on the principles of neutrality,
impartiality and independence.
Geneva Call provides an innovative mechanism for
NSAs, who do not participate in drafting treaties
and thus may not feel bound by their obligations, to
express adherence to the norms embodied in the 1997
anti-personnel mine ban treaty (MBT) through their
signature to the “Deed of Commitment for Adherence
to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines and for
Cooperation in Mine Action”. The Government of the
Republic and Canton of Geneva serves as the guardian
of these Deeds.
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