Fighting Landmines: Progress Made, but More Funding Needed, Say NGOs

20th anniversary conference on anti-landmine treaty highlights need for sustained commitment

Her Excellency Shinkai Karokhail, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada, addresses the Ottawa Treaty 20th anniversary conference in Ottawa on Dec. 4, 2017. Susan Korah

OTTAWA—An anniversary celebration conference on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, also known as the Ottawa Treaty, garnered high praise for Canada’s stellar role in convincing 122 countries to sign it 20 years ago.

On Dec. 4, landmine activists from around the world gathered in Ottawa to mark the anniversary of the signing ceremony on Dec. 3, 1997.