"UN official optimistic Cyprus to be mine-free in a few years
07/04/2006
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The UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus Michael Moller expressed optimism today that in a few years time Cyprus could be totally rid of landmines.
Moller was speaking at a Mine Awareness De-mining Demonstration in the buffer zone in Nicosia, organised by the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on the occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, in cooperation with the Mine Action Centre (MAC) in Cyprus.
In the framework of the event, a de-mining demonstration was held in the presence of Moller, the UNFICYP leadership, ambassadors and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Cyprus, Head of the European Commission Representation in Nicosia Themis Themistocleous, leaders and representatives of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties, and reporters from both communities."
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