Ottawa Treaty

The Ottawa Treaty is also called as Mine Ban Treaty and It was previously known as Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

This treaty bans completely all anti-personnel landmines or AP-mines). In May 2009 there were 156 States Parties to this treaty. In 2009, Rwanda became the first nation to be landmine free. Please note that there are 37 countries which are not party to the Convention. India is also one among them. The prominent countries not a party to this convention are People’s Republic of China, Cuba, Egypt, Finland, India, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Syria and the United States.


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  1. Anonymous

    December 4, 2009 at 9:10 am

    I DINT GOT THE MEANING OF LANDMINE FREE.

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