People’s Republic of China
Ambassador Sha Zukang
The People’s Republic of China has an estimated stockpile of 110 million antipersonnel landmines. In 2002, it donated $3 million to mine action programs in Eritrea and Lebanon. Sha Zukang is Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Sha’s address to the Fourth Annual Conference of the States Parties to the Amended Landmine Protocol in Geneva, Switzerland, on December 11, 2002.A military expert once said that the most indelible marks left over by war are not collapsed buildings and ruined bridges, but landmines. The landmine issue once became a focal point…
