Guest Blog by Ted Paterson, October 3, 2016
Recent days have seen much ado concerning Canada’s renewed commitment to peacekeeping, but far less attention has been paid to our other diplomatic initiative that was worthy of a Nobel Prize, the Ottawa Treaty on landmines. This seems curious given the success of the Treaty and the accolades Canada received for its leadership twenty years ago.
Over 160 states have joined the Treaty, which has dramatically curtailed the use of anti-personnel landmines and virtually ...
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