Japan ratifies land mine treaty

Japan ratifies land mine treaty

Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, (L) files ratification instruments for a global treaty banning antipersonnel land mines with an unidentified U.N. official at the U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 30. Japan is the 43rd nation to ratify the treaty, which will come into effect March 1.

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