Can Lebanon become a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty before the 8th Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty, which is likely to take place in the Middle East - one of the regions with the lowest rates of adherence in the world - in 2007? The signs are encouraging, as the ICBL Diplomatic Advisor Satnam Singh found out over three days of remarkably high level meetings.

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