Kingdom of Norway
Ambassador Arne B. Hønningstad
Norway signed the Mine Ban Treaty on December 3, 1997. In 2002, it donated $25.5 million for mine action activities. Arne B. Hønningstad served as Norway’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and is currently a senior adviser to the Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Hønningstad’s address to the UN General Assembly on November 21, 2001. Antipersonnel landmines are weapons of terror that affect innocent civilians. They represent a threat to economic and social development. They threaten the recovery of war-torn communities.The mine-ban convention of 1997 was adopted for the purpose of helping…
