International Mine Ban Treaty

The UN chief and pope call for nations to end the use of antipersonnel land mines

The UN chief and pope call for nations to end the use of antipersonnel land mines

  • In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty
  • The treaty was signed in 1997 and went into force in 1999, but nearly three dozen countries have not acceded to it
By AP ·