An international effort to ban these objects was aided by Lloyd Axworthy and Princess Diana, leading to the Ottawa Treaty in 1997.
Last year, Rwanda became the first nation to be declared free of these objects. An international effort to ban these objects was aided by Lloyd Axworthy and Princess Diana, leading to the Ottawa Treaty in 1997. That treaty was reviewed in 2004 in Nairobi and this year in Cartegena, Colombia, and it has been endorsed by one hundred fifty-six nations. Though the US has not signed that treaty, it has not used these objects since the 1991 Gulf War. Jody Williams and the organization she works for were awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to ban these objects. Name these mass-produced devices broadly classified as antipersonnel or anti-tank which explode when they are touched.
Last year, Rwanda became the first nation to be declared free of these objects.
land {mines} [accept {modifier} of “{antipersonnel}” or “{anti}-{tank}”]