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These pages provide the text and updates on universalization and implementation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The Mine Ban Treaty is the international agreement that bans antipersonnel landmines. Sometimes referred to as the Ottawa Convention, its official title is: the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer or Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction. The treaty is the most comprehensive international instrument for ridding the world of the scourge of antipersonnel mines. It deals with everything from mine use, production and trade, to victim assistance, mine clearance and stockpile destruction. In December 1997 a total of 122 governments signed the treaty in Ottawa, Canada. In September the following year, Burkina Faso became the 40th country to ratify the agreement, triggering entry into force six months later. Thus, in March 1999 the treaty became binding under international law, and did so more quickly than any treaty of its kind in history. Today, the treaty is still open for ratification by signatories and for accession by those that did not sign before March 1999.
People Sign the People's Treaty	UNIVERSALISATION 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 international norm of a total ban on antipersonnel landmines continues to take hold. Over three-fourths of the world’s countries have now joined the Mine Ban Treaty. As of March 2008, there are 156 member states and 39 states that remain outside the treaty including two signatories that have not yet ratified. Find here our messages to States not Parties.	ICBL MESSAGE ON ARTICLE 5
ICBL Message on Stockpile Destruction	ICBL Message on Survivors'assistance	ICBL Message on National Implementation Measures
ICBL Message on Transparency Reports	Qlick here International Campaign to Ban Landmines Statement during the General Exchange of Views Eighth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty Dead Sea , Jordan 18 November 2007 Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation	Statement on Stockpile Destruction Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation
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These pages provide the text and updates on universalization and implementation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.

The Mine Ban Treaty is the international agreement that bans antipersonnel landmines. Sometimes referred to as the Ottawa Convention, its official title is: the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer or Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction.

The treaty is the most comprehensive international instrument for ridding the world of the scourge of antipersonnel mines. It deals with everything from mine use, production and trade, to victim assistance, mine clearance and stockpile destruction.

In December 1997 a total of 122 governments signed the treaty in Ottawa, Canada. In September the following year, Burkina Faso became the 40th country to ratify the agreement, triggering entry into force six months later. Thus, in March 1999 the treaty became binding under international law, and did so more quickly than any treaty of its kind in history. Today, the treaty is still open for ratification by signatories and for accession by those that did not sign before March 1999.

People

Sign the People's Treaty

UNIVERSALISATION

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 international norm of a total ban on antipersonnel landmines continues to take hold. Over three-fourths of the world’s countries have now joined the Mine Ban Treaty. As of March 2008, there are 156 member states and 39 states that remain outside the treaty including two signatories that have not yet ratified. Find here our messages to States not Parties.

ICBL MESSAGE ON ARTICLE 5

ICBL Message on Stockpile Destruction

ICBL Message on Survivors'assistance

ICBL Message on National Implementation Measures

ICBL Message on Transparency Reports

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International Campaign to Ban Landmines Statement during the General Exchange of Views Eighth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty Dead Sea , Jordan 18 November 2007 Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation