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Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
- Five NATO countries, including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, are preparing to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention due to security concerns regarding Russia's use of landmines.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree to withdraw Ukraine from the treaty on June 29, despite the treaty's restrictions during armed conflict.
- Countries cite escalating security threats from Russia, as well as the use of landmines without being a treaty member, as a reason for their actions, according to Global Affairs Canada.
- Canada continues to advocate for the Ottawa Treaty, emphasizing its humanitarian impact on civilian safety.
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Canadian activists urge Ottawa to protect a 1997 treaty negotiated by Canada to end the use of anti-personnel mines, while six countries on Europe's eastern flank are moving towards the use of these explosive weapons.
UN voices concern about Lithuania, several other countries leaving landmine ban treaty
The United Nations (UN) human rights chief has expressed serious concern over the decision by several countries, including Lithuania, to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention prohibiting the use, stockpiling and production of anti-personnel mines.
Ukraine wants to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty. Ukraine correspondent David Nauer explains the consequences.
Winnipeg Free Press
Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
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Five NATO countries ditching anti-landmine treaty because of Russia
Five countries on NATO’s eastern flank are walking away from a landmark global treaty banning anti-personnel landmines. The move signals a dramatic shift in Europe’s defense posture as fears grow that Russia’s aggression may not stop with Ukraine. Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland all announced plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention of 1997, an international treaty that banned the production, stockpiling and use of anti-person…
OTTAWA—Canadian activists urge Ottawa to protect a 1997 treaty negotiated by Canada to end the use of anti-personnel mines, while six countries on Europe's eastern flank are moving towards the use of these explosive weapons. "I am deeply concerned about this situation," said Senator Marilou McPhedran. "Thousands of lives have been saved through this treaty." Global Affairs Canada reports that it is in talks with countries that are withdrawing fr…
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