The ottawa treatys 2025 goal for clearance landminefree2025. Issue brief landmine emergency united nations mine. The mine ban treaty, new diplomacy and human security ten years later article pdf available in european political science 74. Landmine monitor and cluster munition monitor maps are provided in pdf format. Remembering landmines disarmament uua international. Ukraine signed the mine ban treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines on february 24, 1999 and became a state party on june 1, 2006.
Landmines in cambodia, cut segment, english narration narrator 01. Sometimes referred to as the ottawa convention, the mine ban treaty is officially titled. The antipersonnel mines convention the united nations. The mine ban treaty prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines. This video charts the history and process of the mine ban treaty and the movement, presenting key actors, the nature of the ottawa process and the. The 1997 mine ban treaty is the best framework for solving the problems still posed by antipersonnel mines all over the world. The united states pledges to give up landmines, just not. Daryl kimball, executive director, 202 4638270 x107 the convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction, typically referred to as the ottawa convention or mine ban treaty, seeks to end the use of antipersonnel landmines apls worldwide. This blog is dedicated to the upcoming anniversary of a landmark mine ban treaty and the work done by the canadian government and the international campaign to ban landmines in their efforts to implement the treaty. Four years later, tremendous progress has been made, with clearance completed in 29 states and one other area. Mine ban treaty international treaty, 1997 britannica. Commonly known as the mine ban treaty mbt 1 or the ottawa convention, the treaty completely prohibits apls, which were used by many nations at that time. Antipersonnel mines and on their destruction, 18 september 1997. The united states, however, refused to sign the treaty when it was drafted, along with other major powers like russia and china.
Since the treaty, some 47 million mines have been destroyed and mine clearance programs have spread. It was adopted in 1997 and it entered into force on 1 march 1999. Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling. It is the most comprehensive international instrument for eradicating landmines and deals with everything from mine use, production and trade, to victim assistance, mine clearance and stockpile destruction. This report looks at what needs to change to achieve completion in four countries angola, cambodia, sri lanka and zimbabwe. Thanks as ever to david rieff and john ryle, and particular thanks to jack simon for taking over child care duties for his grandniece, renee, while this article was being completed. The mine ban treaty, new diplomacy and human security ten. Landmine monitor 2018 is released by the international campaign to ban landmines in advance of the mine ban treaty s seventeenth meeting of states parties, taking place in geneva, switzerland. The ottawa convention at a glance arms control association.
Ottawa treaty states agreed in 2014 to complete all clearance of antipersonnel landmines by 2025. Human rights watch is working to support the speedy ratification, universalization and implementation of the mine ban treaty. The process was a bold gamble that paid off largely as a result of the advocacy work of the international campaign to ban landmines and the international committee of the red cross working in partnership with a core group of states that were equally committed to a ban on antipersonnel mines. The mine ban treaty, new diplomacy and human security ten years later. So much for the nobel peace laureate thu 26 nov 2009 12. The 1997 mine ban treaty is a legally binding international agreement that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel mines and places obligations on countries to clear affected areas, assist victims, and destroy stockpiles. The fact that over 140 countries have consented to be bound by the treaty constitutes a remarkable achievement. Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of. Danger in chile hundreds of anti personnel and antivehicle mines have been moved by the altiplano winter, a very strong climate phenomenon which has pushed hundreds of aps and avs mines to the main border crossing with peru. The convention does not ban mines that are designed to be exploded by the presence, proximity or contact of a vehicle i. The progress registered with the putting the treaty into effect is of great credit to all.
Apmbc antipersonnel mine ban convention mine ban treaty asr articles on state responsibility att arms trade treaty bangkok treaty southeast asian nuclearweaponfreezone or seanwfz btwc bacteriological and toxin biological weapons convention. Obama follows bush on landmines matthew bolton opinion. Pdf building from a recently published book banning landmines. Disarmament, citizen diplomacy, and human security. Personnel mine ban convention, 2529 november 2019 the 20year record of compliance with the mine ban treaty by states parties is very impressive. The convention was adopted on 30 may 2008 in dublin, and was opened for signature on 3 december 2008 in oslo. Before the mine ban convention was adopted, more than states possessed antipersonnel mines. Today, it is estimated that only about 40 states still stockpile antipersonnel mines. The us has announced that it wont sign the global landmine ban treaty.
Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction. The convention on cluster munitions ccm is an international treaty that prohibits the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, a type of explosive weapon which scatters submunitions bomblets over an area. Mine ban treaty easy if obama committed to nuclear disarmament jody williams. Cautious support for the humanitarian principles of the ottawa treaty was reaffirmed in the 2001 national security. The test ban treaty is effectively verifiable 20 section 4. The ensuing mine ban convention has been joined by. Universalization of the mine ban treaty is key to ensure that the goal of ending the suffering caused by landmines can be achieved and that the emerging. It will be participating in an upcoming meeting on landmines in moscow. The ottawa convention, also known as the mine ban treaty, was drafted in 1997 and to date, 162 countries are bound by it. Reported mine fatalities, meanwhile, have fallen to fewer than 4,000 per year, a fraction of. The antipersonnel mine ban treaty apmbt, signed in ottawa in 1997, intends to eliminate a whole class of conventional weapons. Comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty organization hereinafter referred to as the organization to achieve the object and purpose of this treaty, to ensure the implementation of its provisions, including those for international verification of compliance with it, and to provide a forum for consultation and cooperation among states parties. The second paragraph is based upon a preambular provision in the ottawa mine ban convention.
Twenty years on from the historic antipersonnel mine ban treaty, the world is facing a new landmine emergency. Within nine months, 40 countries, the minimum number, had rati. While many states, including the us, russia and china, are nonsignatories to the mine ban treaty, the international stigma associated with these weapons have made it increasingly hard for countries to justify their use. Yemen have joined the mine ban treaty and have been working to remove this threat from their land. This was an ambitious goal, but an achievable one with a stepchange in political commitment and funding. Pdf the mine ban treaty, new diplomacy and human security. The convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of antipersonnel mines and on their destruction, known informally as the ottawa treaty, the antipersonnel mine ban convention, or often simply the mine ban treaty, aims at eliminating antipersonnel landmines apmines around the world. The antipersonnel mine ban convention twenty years of saving lives and limbs and reducing civilian suffering march 2018 twenty years after its adoption, the 1997 antipersonnel mine ban convention has an impressive record of success. Ninetyseven of the one hundred and fiftysix states attending the brussels conference signed the brussels declaration, which affirmed that the essential elements of a treaty to ban antipersonnel mines were. The convention is saving lives and limbs and furthering the goal of a world free of antipersonnel ap mines. Convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, production. International campaign to ban landmines the treaty icbl. There has been one confirmed instance of use by a state party, no production, no trade, and more than 55 million stockpiled mines destroyed. Global deaths and injuries from landmines hit a tenyear high in 2015 a staggering 75% increase on those recorded in 2014.