Munitions clean-up treaty [CCW]

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Munitions clean-up treaty [CCW]

November 12, 2006 07:32:00 pm

Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, entered into force November 12, 2006 [setting guidelines for the clean-up of unexploded munitions] Read the full text of the treaty. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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