Category - landmine convention

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4 Apr 2011

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action marked

Monday 4 April is being marked across the world as International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
1 Mar 2009

Time for US to sign landmine treaty say campaigners

On the tenth anniversary of the treaty banning antipersonnel landmines, the US Campaign to Ban Landmines has called on President Barack Obama to work for Senate ratification of the treaty this year.
2 Dec 2004

Pope calls on us and others to adhere to landmine convention

The Pope, John Paul II, has urged the destruction of landmine stockpiles and called on nations including China, Russia, India and the US to adhere to the 1997 Ottowa Convention to ban them.