United Nations Mine Action
A Strategy for 2001-2005
Since the question of mine action was first taken up by the General Assembly in 1993, the international community has made significant progress towards creating an environment free from the threat of landmines. (a) Most nations are in de facto compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Antipersonnel Mines and on their Destruction (Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty), and the Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (Convention on Certain…
