The International Campaign to Ban Landmines is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose objective is to prohibit the use and proliferation of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions.
The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize
A Sri Lankan elephant injured by a land mine
Ottawa Treaty
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The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel M
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
…Wales. The organization and its founding coordinator, Jody Williams, jointly received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to bring about the Mine Ban Treaty (Ottawa Treaty). The signature of this treaty (which bans the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel mines) is seen as the…
Ambassador Dr. Fecadu is representing Ethiopia, signing the Ottawa Treaty in 1997.