Six countries bordering Russia announced in the spring plans to leave the treaty, which bars the use of anti-personnel land ...

Ukraine looks to withdraw from a major international treaty on anti-personnel landmines to bolster its defense on the battlefield, where its troops are trying to hold off Russia's intensifying ...

Finland is to follow several of its NATO neighbours and exit the Ottawa Treaty banning the use of anti-personnel landmines, following a vote in the Helsinki parliament on Thursday, state ...

Eastern flank Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene welcomed Finland's plan to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, saying in a Facebook post it was "a clear sign that the region is serious about ...

The Ottawa Treaty of December 1997 is formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

She told CNN that the arguments for banning landmines have not changed since the Ottawa Treaty was formed in the 1990s. “Once it’s in the ground, it’s a danger.

The Ottawa Treaty prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. More than 160 countries and territories are party to the treaty, including Ukraine.

The treaty was signed in Ottawa, which is why it is sometimes called the “Ottawa Treaty” or, as we saw from Reuters, the “Ottawa convention.” Again, from my book, Peace, They Say: ...