Currently, a total of 161 nations are party to the Ottawa treaty.

The Ottawa treaty does not cover all types of unexploded ordnance.

But those dates specifically did not apply to the anti-tank "mixed systems," the main stumbling block on signing the Ottawa treaty.

Denmark had officially declared having 6 factories producing land mines in 1995 but production ceased since ratification of the Ottawa treaty.

This might lead people to believe that it would be irresponsible for the United States to sign the Ottawa treaty that will ban these weapons.

The Ottawa treaty bans the manufacture, stockpiling and use of land mines specifically intended to kill or maim individuals.

In December the 'Ottawa Treaty' to ban APMs will be signed.

The other said that rather than sign the Ottawa treaty banning land mines, we should push for a treaty that exempts self-destruct mines.

The law will enable Phnom Penh to ratify the Ottawa treaty banning land mines, which Cambodia signed onto in 1997.

This was the only time the Australian military has been affected by a disarmament treaty until the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines.

I hope Mr. Bradley comes out with more specific measures, like supporting the Ottawa treaty banning anti-personnel land mines and the creation of a permanent international criminal court.

That is why military leaders support President Clinton's decision to find alternatives to all anti-personnel mines so we can join the majority of countries that have signed the Ottawa treaty.

White House officials say the growing call for the United States to sign up for the Ottawa treaty is undermining their strategy for an effective global ban through the United Nations.

Nonetheless, the Administration's latest position is an evolution from the stance it took last December when it refused to sign the Ottawa treaty and declined to say that the United States would ever do so.

Mr. Helms also attacked the Administration for negotiating with Mr. Leahy on the Ottawa treaty, saying that "some within the Executive branch are all too willing to accede to this blackmail."

Finally, I think it is right to mention that the Titley report contains a small paragraph, which we should bear in mind, on the ratification of the Ottawa Treaty on Anti-Personnel Mines by all the Member States.

The United States has not ratified the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty.

I hope that Greece and Finland are persuaded to sign the new treaty so that the Union as well, when it acts outside, can give credible international support to this treaty. The Union must next also let the support for the Ottawa treaty appear in its bilateral political dialogue with third countries, including third world countries.