On: Using rats to clear land mines in Cambodia

[midoridensha]

These treaties are largely useless because certain large powers refuse to sign them. Sure, it's nice if Switzerland or Norway signs such a treaty, but that doesn't exactly change anything.

[sitic → midoridensha]

Ukraine has ratified the Ottawa Treaty linked above.

I'll note that it only bans the use of all non-remote-controlled anti-personnel landmines.

[conradev → midoridensha]

The US committed to the treaty with an exception for its existing use of mines between North and South Korea