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Canadian officials negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution at the United Nations say they didn't push other ...
OTTAWA--America's chief envoy in Ottawa said the Canadian government's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. and decisions to either ban or reconsider the purchase of U.S. goods threaten the future of ...
Since negotiations for a United Nations treaty to address plastic pollution began more than three years ago, protecting human ...
The Ottawa Treaty signed that year banned the use of anti-personnel landmines as well as the ability to "develop, produce, otherwise acquire, stockpile, retain or transfer to anyone, directly or ...
She told CNN that the arguments for banning landmines have not changed since the Ottawa Treaty was formed in the 1990s. “Once it’s in the ground, it’s a danger.
Finnish lawmakers voted 157-18 in favour of a government proposal to leave the Ottawa Treaty. The 1997 agreement, which prohibits the use, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines, has been ...
The vote in Parliament made Latvia the first country in the region to act on a decision taken last month by three Baltic States and Poland to quit the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which prohibits the use ...
Eastern flank Lithuanian Defense Minister Dovile Sakaliene welcomed Finland's plan to withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty, saying in a Facebook post it was "a clear sign that the region is serious about ...
Ukraine looks to withdraw from a major international treaty on anti-personnel landmines to bolster its defense on the battlefield, where its troops are trying to hold off Russia's intensifying ...