Finland this week became the latest country to withdraw from an international agreement that bans the use of antipersonnel ...

General, António Guterres is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action.Guterres announced the move in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw ...

Finland's parliament has backed the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which bans anti-personnel landmines, ...

This news brief covers a range of international topics, including Finland's exit from a landmines treaty due to Russian ...

Finland's parliament voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on antipersonnel land mines Thursday as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an increasingly ...

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Finland exits the Ottawa Treaty, permitting anti-personnel mines. Parliament approved the decision due to security concerns, ...

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — have recently pulled out of the Ottawa Treaty or announced plans to do so.

June 19, the Finnish parliament voted to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which bans the use of anti-personnel mines, ...