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Landmine conference addresses progress in implementation and the need to universalize the convention as the number of new victims grows

VIENNA/GENEVA, 21 December (UN Information Service) – The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention’s Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties (16MSP) has concluded in Vienna, Austria, recording success in stockpile destruction with Belarus announcing it had destroyed over three million stockpiled landmines bringing to 159 the number of States that no longer have destruction obligations under the …

Cambodia, Singapore Deposit Instrument of Ratification of the ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons

JAKARTA, 25 January 2016 – Cambodia and Singapore have deposited their respective Instruments of Ratification for the ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP) with H.E. Le Luong Minh, Secretary-General of ASEAN. The ACTIP, which was signed by the ASEAN Leaders at the 27th ASEAN Summit in November 2015, demonstrates ASEAN’s …

SanDisk teams up with IGN to power the region’s biggest film, video games, comics and technology convention – the IGN Convention Dubai

Dubai – November 20, 2014: SanDisk, the global leader in flash memory, has teamed up with IGN to power the region’s ultimate film, video games, comics and technology convention, the IGN Convention Dubai, running this weekend from November 21 to 22 at the Mina Seyahi Hall, Dubai International Marine Club.  The IGN Convention Dubai will …