Press Release M-NAC- 2(2000)121 Report on Options for Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs), Verification, Non-Prolife- ration, Arms Control and Disarmament December 2000

3. Developments over the Last Decade in the Conventional Arms Control and Disarmament Field 3.5. Anti-Personnel Mines Over the last decade, the international community has become increasingly active to counter the humanitarian difficulties caused by anti-personnel mines. NATO nations have demonstrated their commitment to tackle this scourge. In December 1998, the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices, as amended on 3 May 1996, entered into force. This is Protocol II annexed to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons. The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction was signed in Ottawa on 3 December 1997. It came into force on 1 March 1999 and has been ratified by over 100 States.