| Title | Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction |
| Publisher | United Nations |
| Publication Date | 18 September 1997 |
| Topics | Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations |
| Reference | Entry into force: 1 March 1999 |
| Other Languages / Attachments | Greek |
| Cite as | United Nations, Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 18 September 1997, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b3ad0.html [accessed 21 September 2016] |
| Comments | The Convention was concluded by the Diplomatic Conference on an International Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Land Mines at Oslo on 18 September 1997. In accordance with its Article 15, the Convention was opened for signature at Ottawa, Canada, by all States as of 3 December 1997. By resolution 52/38/A, the General Assembly of the United Nations welcomed the conclusion of the Convention at Oslo and requested the Secretary-General of the United Nations to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services as may be necessary to fulfil the tasks entrusted to him. |
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