🇭🇷 Croatia has officially declared itself #landmine-free, ending a 30-year clearance effort after the 1991–95 war.
The €1.2 billion programme has made farmland 🌾, forests 🌲 and rural communities 🏡 safe again, while fulfilling the country’s commitments under the #OttawaConvention.
The €1.2 billion programme has made farmland 🌾, forests 🌲 and rural communities 🏡 safe again, while fulfilling the country’s commitments under the #OttawaConvention.
Croatia declares itself mine-free three decades after Yugoslav wars
The demining process took more than 30 years and cost about €1.2 billion.
tvpworld.com
March 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
🇭🇷 Croatia has officially declared itself #landmine-free, ending a 30-year clearance effort after the 1991–95 war.
The €1.2 billion programme has made farmland 🌾, forests 🌲 and rural communities 🏡 safe again, while fulfilling the country’s commitments under the #OttawaConvention.
The €1.2 billion programme has made farmland 🌾, forests 🌲 and rural communities 🏡 safe again, while fulfilling the country’s commitments under the #OttawaConvention.
Happy Birthday zum 26er!
Am 1.3.1999 trat die „Ottawa-Konvention“ in Kraft. Sie verbietet Einsatz, Lagerung, Herstellung, Weitergabe von #Antipersonenminen. 164 Staaten haben den völkerrechtlichen Vertrag ratifiziert.
Wichtiger Baustein für den #Frieden!
#OttawaConvention #MineBanTreaty
Am 1.3.1999 trat die „Ottawa-Konvention“ in Kraft. Sie verbietet Einsatz, Lagerung, Herstellung, Weitergabe von #Antipersonenminen. 164 Staaten haben den völkerrechtlichen Vertrag ratifiziert.
Wichtiger Baustein für den #Frieden!
#OttawaConvention #MineBanTreaty
February 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Happy Birthday zum 26er!
Am 1.3.1999 trat die „Ottawa-Konvention“ in Kraft. Sie verbietet Einsatz, Lagerung, Herstellung, Weitergabe von #Antipersonenminen. 164 Staaten haben den völkerrechtlichen Vertrag ratifiziert.
Wichtiger Baustein für den #Frieden!
#OttawaConvention #MineBanTreaty
Am 1.3.1999 trat die „Ottawa-Konvention“ in Kraft. Sie verbietet Einsatz, Lagerung, Herstellung, Weitergabe von #Antipersonenminen. 164 Staaten haben den völkerrechtlichen Vertrag ratifiziert.
Wichtiger Baustein für den #Frieden!
#OttawaConvention #MineBanTreaty
🇫🇮 #Finland has today officially withdrawn from the #OttawaConvention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines.
The country's government made the corresponding decision back in July, and it has now come into force. Finland explained its decision by the deteriorating global security situation.👇
The country's government made the corresponding decision back in July, and it has now come into force. Finland explained its decision by the deteriorating global security situation.👇
a blue and white flag is flying in the wind
ALT: a blue and white flag is flying in the wind
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
🇫🇮 #Finland has today officially withdrawn from the #OttawaConvention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines.
The country's government made the corresponding decision back in July, and it has now come into force. Finland explained its decision by the deteriorating global security situation.👇
The country's government made the corresponding decision back in July, and it has now come into force. Finland explained its decision by the deteriorating global security situation.👇
Everyday innocent civilians fall victim to anti-personnel mines during and after conflicts have ended.
Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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April 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Everyday innocent civilians fall victim to anti-personnel mines during and after conflicts have ended.
Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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Landmines still threaten lives every day. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot and Princess Astrid of Belgium call for global action on the Ottawa Convention.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOV6...
#MineAction #OttawaConvention #MineFreeWorld #SavingLives
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOV6...
#MineAction #OttawaConvention #MineFreeWorld #SavingLives
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
YouTube video by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Belgium
www.youtube.com
April 5, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Landmines still threaten lives every day. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot and Princess Astrid of Belgium call for global action on the Ottawa Convention.
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOV6...
#MineAction #OttawaConvention #MineFreeWorld #SavingLives
🎥 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOV6...
#MineAction #OttawaConvention #MineFreeWorld #SavingLives
No to landmines!
90% des victimes des mines antipersonnelles sont des civils, des enfants.
Les civils doivent être protégés dans les conflits armés.
Avec les mines antipersonnelles, ils deviennent une cible.
Et ce pendant des décennies après la fin du conflit.
#OttawaConvention #ProtectCivilians
90% des victimes des mines antipersonnelles sont des civils, des enfants.
Les civils doivent être protégés dans les conflits armés.
Avec les mines antipersonnelles, ils deviennent une cible.
Et ce pendant des décennies après la fin du conflit.
#OttawaConvention #ProtectCivilians
NEW: Over 600 people, including children, have been killed or injured by landmines and explosive remnants of war across Syria since December 2024.
Without urgent, nationwide clearance efforts, more civilians returning home will be injured and killed.
Without urgent, nationwide clearance efforts, more civilians returning home will be injured and killed.
Syria: Landmines, Explosive Remnants Harming Civilians
Over a decade of conflict has resulted in Syria being extensively contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war, a major barrier to safe return and reconstruction efforts.
www.hrw.org
April 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
No to landmines!
90% des victimes des mines antipersonnelles sont des civils, des enfants.
Les civils doivent être protégés dans les conflits armés.
Avec les mines antipersonnelles, ils deviennent une cible.
Et ce pendant des décennies après la fin du conflit.
#OttawaConvention #ProtectCivilians
90% des victimes des mines antipersonnelles sont des civils, des enfants.
Les civils doivent être protégés dans les conflits armés.
Avec les mines antipersonnelles, ils deviennent une cible.
Et ce pendant des décennies après la fin du conflit.
#OttawaConvention #ProtectCivilians
" #Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel #mines, also known as the #OttawaConvention, and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country’s President Alexander #Stubb said Tuesday."
www.politico.eu/article/finl...
www.politico.eu/article/finl...
Finland will exit global land mine treaty as Russia fears grow
President Alexander Stubb also announces major ramp up of defense spending to 3 percent of GDP.
www.politico.eu
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
" #Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel #mines, also known as the #OttawaConvention, and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country’s President Alexander #Stubb said Tuesday."
www.politico.eu/article/finl...
www.politico.eu/article/finl...
Finland to withdraw from landmine treaty because Russia poses a "long-term threat"
"Anti-personnel mines would improve the capabilities of the Defence Forces and strengthen Finland’s national defence capacity" #OttawaConvention #mines #Russia #EU #Ukraine
"Anti-personnel mines would improve the capabilities of the Defence Forces and strengthen Finland’s national defence capacity" #OttawaConvention #mines #Russia #EU #Ukraine
April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Finland to withdraw from landmine treaty because Russia poses a "long-term threat"
"Anti-personnel mines would improve the capabilities of the Defence Forces and strengthen Finland’s national defence capacity" #OttawaConvention #mines #Russia #EU #Ukraine
"Anti-personnel mines would improve the capabilities of the Defence Forces and strengthen Finland’s national defence capacity" #OttawaConvention #mines #Russia #EU #Ukraine
And even those Finnish politicians who talk about the international political repercussions of a withdrawal do so mostly in terms of "Finland's reputation" - not in terms of how the #OttawaConvention very tangibly protects civilians worldwide, particularly in the Global South.
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
And even those Finnish politicians who talk about the international political repercussions of a withdrawal do so mostly in terms of "Finland's reputation" - not in terms of how the #OttawaConvention very tangibly protects civilians worldwide, particularly in the Global South.
Weiterer herber Rückschlag in der Kampagne gegen #Minen ‼️- Nach #Litauen tritt nun auch #Lettland aus der #OttawaConvention aus.
#banmines #minefreeworld @minefreeworld.bsky.social
#banmines #minefreeworld @minefreeworld.bsky.social
We strongly condemns #Latvia’s hasty and misguided decision to withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty.
This reckless step marks a serious setback to global humanitarian disarmament efforts and puts civilian lives at risk.
👉 Read and share ICBL Press Release: bit.ly/3RUAU5Y
This reckless step marks a serious setback to global humanitarian disarmament efforts and puts civilian lives at risk.
👉 Read and share ICBL Press Release: bit.ly/3RUAU5Y
April 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Weiterer herber Rückschlag in der Kampagne gegen #Minen ‼️- Nach #Litauen tritt nun auch #Lettland aus der #OttawaConvention aus.
#banmines #minefreeworld @minefreeworld.bsky.social
#banmines #minefreeworld @minefreeworld.bsky.social
As #OttawaConvention 2025 Intersessional Meetings start in Geneva @medwma.bsky.social calls on member states and delegates to urge their govts to ensure Convention’s full implementation & cease manufacture, sale, deployment and use of landmines. 🔗 ow.ly/Y1T150WbGeK #AntipersonnelLandmineBan #MedSky
June 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As #OttawaConvention 2025 Intersessional Meetings start in Geneva @medwma.bsky.social calls on member states and delegates to urge their govts to ensure Convention’s full implementation & cease manufacture, sale, deployment and use of landmines. 🔗 ow.ly/Y1T150WbGeK #AntipersonnelLandmineBan #MedSky
#Switzerland is concerned by recent withdrawals from the #OttawaConvention. Mines kill and maim indiscriminately, causing devastating human and economic impacts long after conflicts end. We urge States Parties to uphold this vital instrument and its procedures.
July 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#Switzerland is concerned by recent withdrawals from the #OttawaConvention. Mines kill and maim indiscriminately, causing devastating human and economic impacts long after conflicts end. We urge States Parties to uphold this vital instrument and its procedures.
"Justifying retreating from the #OttawaConvention as 'self-defence' sets a dangerous precedent […] Leaving the CCM seems the next step. What follows then? Will states return to chemical weapons—or withdraw from the Geneva Convention?"
H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention
The Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, six state parties — Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Ukraine — began the procedure to withdra...
theloop.ecpr.eu
September 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"Justifying retreating from the #OttawaConvention as 'self-defence' sets a dangerous precedent […] Leaving the CCM seems the next step. What follows then? Will states return to chemical weapons—or withdraw from the Geneva Convention?"
H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
H. Garbino & @priscyll.bsky.social in @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
Let's hope we continue putting our money where our mouth is. #OttawaConvention #armscontrol
Everyday innocent civilians fall victim to anti-personnel mines during and after conflicts have ended.
Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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Thanks to the #OttawaConvention, millions of mines have been destroyed and countless lives have been saved.
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April 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Let's hope we continue putting our money where our mouth is. #OttawaConvention #armscontrol
#Finland set to leave the #OttawaConvention on banning personal landmines. Poland and the Baltic states have already withdrawn. yle.fi/a/74-20153181
Finland prepares to leave Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines
Finland's defence spending will be increased to three percent of GDP by 2029 and much of that money will go towards upgrading Finnish Army equipment.
yle.fi
April 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
#Finland set to leave the #OttawaConvention on banning personal landmines. Poland and the Baltic states have already withdrawn. yle.fi/a/74-20153181
As #OttawaConvention 2025 Intersessional Meetings start in Geneva @medwma.bsky.social calls on member states and delegates to urge their govts to ensure Convention’s full implementation & cease manufacture, sale, deployment and use of landmines. 🔗 ow.ly/Y1T150WbGeK #AntipersonnelLandmineBan #MedSky
June 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
As #OttawaConvention 2025 Intersessional Meetings start in Geneva @medwma.bsky.social calls on member states and delegates to urge their govts to ensure Convention’s full implementation & cease manufacture, sale, deployment and use of landmines. 🔗 ow.ly/Y1T150WbGeK #AntipersonnelLandmineBan #MedSky
Belgium warmly welcomes the #MarshallIslands to the family of nations supporting the #OttawaConvention, banning development and use of anti-personnel mines. Together, we fight against weapons that inflict heinous wounds and that don’t distinguish between combatants and civilians.
March 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Belgium warmly welcomes the #MarshallIslands to the family of nations supporting the #OttawaConvention, banning development and use of anti-personnel mines. Together, we fight against weapons that inflict heinous wounds and that don’t distinguish between combatants and civilians.
#Litauen verlässt das Minenverbotsabkommen – ein Rückschritt für die Menschlichkeit. #Landminen töten und verstümmeln Zivilisten, oft Kinder. Diese Entscheidung gefährdet Leben für "leere Sicherheitsversprechen". ‼️ #OttawaConvention
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
www.landmine.de/neuigkeiten/...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
www.landmine.de/neuigkeiten/...
Litauen tritt aus Minenverbotsabkommen aus: starke Kritik durch die ICBL
Nach dem überhasteten Austritt Litauens aus dem Streubombenverbot im März 2025 tritt Litauen nun auch aus dem Verbot von Antipersonen-Minen aus. Damit schafft das Land gefährliche Präzedenzfälle und r...
www.landmine.de
May 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
#Litauen verlässt das Minenverbotsabkommen – ein Rückschritt für die Menschlichkeit. #Landminen töten und verstümmeln Zivilisten, oft Kinder. Diese Entscheidung gefährdet Leben für "leere Sicherheitsversprechen". ‼️ #OttawaConvention
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
www.landmine.de/neuigkeiten/...
@minefreeworld.bsky.social
www.landmine.de/neuigkeiten/...
PVTV, Political Views TV news & views 7/15/25
#China #Russia, #Trump #Zelenskyy, #Slovakia #RussiaSanctions, #Denmark, #Ukraine v #OttawaConvention, #Gaza #Famine, #Immigration, #SocialSecurity, #TrumpLawyers, #Ethics, #SCOTUS v #SeparationOfPowers, #Trump #Musk #XAI
open.spotify.com/episode/0vse...
#China #Russia, #Trump #Zelenskyy, #Slovakia #RussiaSanctions, #Denmark, #Ukraine v #OttawaConvention, #Gaza #Famine, #Immigration, #SocialSecurity, #TrumpLawyers, #Ethics, #SCOTUS v #SeparationOfPowers, #Trump #Musk #XAI
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PVTV, Political Views TV news and views 7/15/25
Political Views TV · Episode
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July 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
PVTV, Political Views TV news & views 7/15/25
#China #Russia, #Trump #Zelenskyy, #Slovakia #RussiaSanctions, #Denmark, #Ukraine v #OttawaConvention, #Gaza #Famine, #Immigration, #SocialSecurity, #TrumpLawyers, #Ethics, #SCOTUS v #SeparationOfPowers, #Trump #Musk #XAI
open.spotify.com/episode/0vse...
#China #Russia, #Trump #Zelenskyy, #Slovakia #RussiaSanctions, #Denmark, #Ukraine v #OttawaConvention, #Gaza #Famine, #Immigration, #SocialSecurity, #TrumpLawyers, #Ethics, #SCOTUS v #SeparationOfPowers, #Trump #Musk #XAI
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Estonia, Łotwa, Litwa i Polska wypowiadają Konwencję Ottawską - Ottawa Convention
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #OttawaConvention
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #OttawaConvention
Estonia, Łotwa, Litwa i Polska wypowiadają Konwencję Ottawską
Od momentu ratyfikacji Konwencji o zakazie użycia, składowania, produkcji i przekazywania min przeciwpiechotnych oraz ich zniszczeniu (Konwencja Ottawska), sytuacja bezpieczeństwa w naszym regionie…
kronika24.pl
March 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Estonia, Łotwa, Litwa i Polska wypowiadają Konwencję Ottawską - Ottawa Convention
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #OttawaConvention
#Poland #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #OttawaConvention
📝 The #OttawaConvention banning anti-personnel #Landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, 6 state parties began the procedure to withdraw.
🗣️ @priscyll.bsky.social & Henrique Garbino argue for a critical assessment of this decision and its consequences.
👉 bit.ly/46HfQqL
🗣️ @priscyll.bsky.social & Henrique Garbino argue for a critical assessment of this decision and its consequences.
👉 bit.ly/46HfQqL
Are landmines legitimate self-defence? The folly of leaving the Ottawa Convention
The Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, six state parties — Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Ukraine — began the procedure to withdra...
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
📝 The #OttawaConvention banning anti-personnel #Landmines is under serious challenge. In 2025, 6 state parties began the procedure to withdraw.
🗣️ @priscyll.bsky.social & Henrique Garbino argue for a critical assessment of this decision and its consequences.
👉 bit.ly/46HfQqL
🗣️ @priscyll.bsky.social & Henrique Garbino argue for a critical assessment of this decision and its consequences.
👉 bit.ly/46HfQqL
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland have announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines.
#Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Poland #OttawaConvention #Mines
#Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Poland #OttawaConvention #Mines
March 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland have announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on anti-personnel mines.
#Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Poland #OttawaConvention #Mines
#Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Poland #OttawaConvention #Mines
And now: Fingers crossed that other countries will not take Finland as a role model here and that the achievements of the #OttawaConvention in preventing cruel deaths (particularly in the Global South) will not be undone.
Finland to reintroduce landmines in January
The Finnish Defence Forces will reintroduce anti-personnel mines early next year, while accelerating the adoption of unmanned technologies.
yle.fi
August 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
And now: Fingers crossed that other countries will not take Finland as a role model here and that the achievements of the #OttawaConvention in preventing cruel deaths (particularly in the Global South) will not be undone.