15th Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty, Santiago CHILE 2016

The Fifteenth Meeting of the States Parties (15MSP) took place from 28 November to 2 December 2016 in Santiago, Chile. The 15MSP gave the opportunity to States Parties to discuss their progress and challenges in implementing their obligations under the Convention of OTTAWA (1997) as well as to highlight the importance of cooperation and partnerships in the achievement of the Convention’s goals by 2025 to the fullest extent possible.

The 15MSP was a formal meeting of the 162 States which are parties to the 1997 Convention on the prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. It was held in accordance with Article 11 of the Convention and pursuant to decisions of the 2015 Fourteenth Meeting of the States Parties (14MSP).

The 15MSP gathered together States Parties and not party to the Convention, interested organisations and members of civil society to assess progress in implementing the Convention’s obligations and discuss how to ensure the promise of a world free of mines is fulfilled. It allowed States Parties to highlight their achievements in implementing their Maputo Action Plan commitments.

Chile sees the Convention as a cornerstone of international human rights, disarmament, and human security. Chile, as well as the other 161 States Parties, have committed to work for the prohibition of all activities related to anti-personnel mines, with the aim of protecting their national populations, and also, work towards increased global human security. The meeting provided the opportunity to outline the next steps to achieve a world free of anti-personnel mines.

director of CPADD represented our school and BENIN(state party at the ottawa’s convention). Sixteenth Meeting of the States Parties took place in 2017, during the week of 19 to 22 December 2017 in Vienna, Austria and that Austria be designated to preside over the 16MSP.