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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 Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world.
The final year of President Donald Trump’s first term will be loaded with legal landmines — and it’s not just the impeachment cases. Trump could face court rulings that say he is illegally ...
LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman met face-to-face with President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday and received unwavering commitment for hosting the Games in L.A. in 2028.
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world.
Senate Republicans fear President-elect Trump’s tax agenda could be derailed in the House by several potential land mines, including calls by some GOP lawmakers to raise corporate taxes and to ...
The Campaign receiving the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations whose objective is a world free of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, where mine and cluster munitions survivors see their rights respected and can lead fulfilling lives.
In June 2022 – just four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – Biden, 81, rolled back a Trump-era policy allowing the US military to produce and deploy anti-personnel landmines ...
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games have been the subject of scandals, controversies and incidents. Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games.