{"id":331939,"date":"2025-04-05T18:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=331939"},"modified":"2025-04-07T11:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:07:35","slug":"ottawa-convention-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ottawa-convention-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Convention, 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The NATO members Finland, Poland and the Baltic countries plan to quit the 1997 Ottawa convention due to threats posed by neighbouring <strong>Russia. Ottawa Convention, 1997.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332029 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?resize=579%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ottawa Convention, 1997\" width=\"579\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Ottawa Convention, 1997<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>binding<\/strong> international agreement that prohibits the <strong>use, stockpiling, production and transfer<\/strong> of anti-personnel landmines.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>adopted<\/strong> in December <strong>1997<\/strong> and became <strong>effective<\/strong> from March <strong>1999<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Member States<\/strong>: It has been signed or ratified by 164 countries (as of 2024), with notable <strong>exceptions<\/strong> such as the United States, Russia, China, <strong>India<\/strong> and Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>The convention includes <strong>provisions to assist victims<\/strong>, many of whom have lost limbs and suffer from other permanent disabilities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Anti-vehicle mines<\/strong> are <strong>not banned<\/strong> by the treaty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The NATO members Finland, Poland and the Baltic countries plan to quit the 1997 Ottawa convention due to threats posed by neighbouring Russia. Ottawa Convention, 1997. About Ottawa Convention, 1997 It is also known as the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty. It is a binding international agreement that prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ottawa-convention-1997\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ottawa Convention, 1997<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":332029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12056],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-331939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ottawa-Convention-1997.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}