Antipersonnel mines are increasingly a relic of the past.
Nearly three-quarters of the world's nations have now joined the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty that outlaws any possession or use of antipersonnel mines. The United States is not among them. Nearly three-quarters of the world's nations have now joined the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty that outlaws any possession or use of antipersonnel mines. The United States is not among them. The report provides new details on mine use, production, trade, stockpiling, demining and mine victim assistance in every country of the world in the period from the March 1999 entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty to mid-2000.