Fact Sheet – Frequently Asked Questions
The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
- The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (AP Mine Ban Convention) is the short reference to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, also known as the Ottawa Convention or Mine Ban Treaty.
- The Convention is the international community’s comprehensive response to the humanitarian problems caused by anti-personnel mines, weapons that are indiscriminate and that last for decades after conflicts have ended.
- The Convention was adopted in Oslo on 18 September 1997 and opened for signature that same year in Ottawa on 3 and 4 December at a ceremony that featured the participation of dozens of world leaders. It entered into force on 1 March 1999.
Full text of the Convention - As of 15 January 2012, 159 States had formally agreed to be bound by the Convention.
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