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The 1997 international treaty banning land mines has steadily reduced the number of mines used, and the dead and maimed they claim each year, but much remains to be done, UN officials said Wednesday.
UN agencies used the sixth anniversary of the pact’s being open for signature to ask for pledges of $280 million for projects in 36 countries threatened by unexploded ordnance.
The treaty has been ratified by 141 countries; nine have signed but not ratified. The U.S., China and Russia are among those that have not signed it.
The treaty commits countries never to use, develop, produce, stockpile or transfer anti-personnel mines.
