Fewer people were killed and injured by landmines in 2013 than in any previous year, and nearly all use and production of the weapon has ceased, according to the latest annual report from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Landmine Monitor 2014 was released today on the seventeenth anniversary of the signing of the Mine Ban Treaty.
My Ottawa Citizen colleague Chris Cobb has written an article here on that:
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/landmine-injuries-down-worldwide-but-canada-needs-to-boost-support-says-new-report
And for more background here is the ICBL’s news release:
Also known as the Ottawa Treaty for Canada’s instrumental role in the creation of the convention, the Mine Ban Treaty was signed …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
