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Guinea-Bissau: States Parties
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According to CAAMI, Guinea-Bissau has a considerable challenge to meet in terms of ERW contamination. Four major sites of contamination have been identified within, and surrounding, the capital, pointing to “a more intense ERW problem than was previously acknowledged.” In particular, one zone (Paiol de Brá) within the city-limits of Bissau, where an army arsenal exploded in June 1998, is the site of the destruction of more than 20 ammunition storage areas. This caused an extensive area of ERW contamination of more than three square kilometers; residential areas around the site have been contaminated with explosive ordnance,[32] which is said to pose an “extreme threat to civilians.” In addition, other sites in the south of the country are affected by large amounts of ERW.[33]
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In January 2001 the coalition between the Guinea-Bissau Resistance–Bah Fatah Movement and the Party for Social Renewal collapsed. A period of uncertainty followed until Pres. Kumba Ialá appointed Faustino Imbali the new prime minister.
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In announcing the completion of destruction, Guinea-Bissau ... informed States Parties that it would retain 67 mines for training purposes, as permitted under Article 3. However, this included 50 POMZ-2 and eight PMD-6 mines whose explosive charges and fuzes were destroyed in the 17 October event. States Parties are not required to declare inert mines as retained mines. The other retained antipersonnel mines were six PMN2, two M969 MAPS and one 409 MAPS.[9]
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VSO is reluctantlyclosing its programme in Guinea-Bissau in June 2006. One of the key factors in this is the great difficulty for volunteers and partner organisations to work effectively where local resources are so limited.
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