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
Ambassador Dr. Fecadu is representing Ethiopia, signing the Ottawa Treaty in 1997.
Demining
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Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices su
South Korean soldiers searching for land mines in Iraq
A US soldier clears a mine using a grappling hook during training.
PROM-1 bounding landmine. Normally it is buried so only the prongs are exposed.
British Army sappers clearing a beach front in Normandy (1944)