Princess Astrid Attends the 22nd Meeting of the States Parties in Geneva

The Twenty-Second Meeting of the States Parties (22MSP) took place at the United Nations Office in Geneva. Princess Astrid of Belgium attended the 22nd Meeting of the States Parties to the Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines. Belgium ratified the Ottawa Convention in 1998, and the treaty now has 166 States Parties. Belgium was the first country to adopt national legislation banning anti-personnel mines in 1995.