[Opinion] Tarja Halonen on the return of anti-personnel mines: It is clear that the security situation has changed

Halonen says she is saddened by the development of the world situation to the point where mines are being discussed again.

On the occasion of the International Day against Mines and Unexploded Ordnance, an article dated 21 March 1996 on the Pentagon's first doubts about the use of anti-personnel mines banned in 1997 with the Ottawa Treaty, which was disregarded globally

According to Aicma figures 53 municipalities, of the 935 that were already declared free of suspicion by these mines have been recontaminated

According to Halonen, it is clear that the security situation has changed since Finland joined the Mine Ban Treaty. However, she wonders about the sense of urgency in the termination process.