Banning Anti-Personnel Mines - The Ottawa Treaty Explained (International Committee of the Red Cross , 1998, 24 p.): (introduction...)

Banning Anti-Personnel Mines - The Ottawa Treaty Explained (International Committee of the Red Cross , 1998, 24 p.)

		*(introduction...)*
		Introduction
		1. The landmine problem and progress towards a ban treaty
		2. The Ottawa treaty
		3. Beyond the Ottawa treaty
		Annex I: Glossary of legal and technical terms
		Annex II: Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
		Annex III: List of Signatories as at 1 March 1999*

(introduction...)

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) acts to help all victims of war and internal violence, attempting to ensure implementation of humanitarian rules restricting armed violence. The ICRC is committed to a worldwide ban on the production, stockpiling, transfer and use of all anti-personnel mines.

The Ottawa Treaty¹ Explained

¹ The official title is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on their Destruction.