Ottawa Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention

The Ottawa Treaty, also known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, is an international treaty that aims to eliminate anti-personnel landmines worldwide. As of August 2022, 164 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, but major powers such as the United States, China, and Russia have not signed it. The treaty requires signatory nations to destroy their stockpiles of anti-personnel mines within four years and clear all mined areas within ten years after ratification, with the possibility of requesting extensions and assistance. Since the treaty's entry into force on March 1, 1999, signatory nations have destroyed over 48 million stockpiled mines, with 159 countries having completed the destruction of their stockpiles or declared they do not possess stockpiles to destroy.learn more on wikipedia