Statement of Portugal about anti-personnel land mine:

New York, 27 september,1994

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While referring to security, I would like to welcome and support the initiative announced here yesterday by President Clinton to reach an agreement on reducing the proliferation of anti-personnel mines.

Such an initiative could not be more timely and, for our part, I can

announce here that Portugal is in the process of preparing legislation to outlaw the commercialization of those weapons.