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Module 9 Sync Assignment

Module 9 Sync Assignment

Q Anti-personnel landmines are prohibited under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (or Mine Ban Convention), adopted in 1997. More than 150 countries have joined this treaty. Look over the following links and summarize your findings to answer these questions: 1. What are landmines? 2. Describe the different types of landmines? 3. What are the lingering dangers of unexploded landmines? 4. What's the current status of the land mine treaty (how many countries haven't signed, in which areas do we still find unexploded landmines etc.) https://www.gichd.org/en/the-risks/types-of-landmines/Links to an external site. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/why-mine-ban-convention-was-worth-fighting-and-stillLinks to an external site. http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/the-issues/landmines.aspxLinks to an external site. http://www.icbl.org/en-gb/the-treaty/treaty-status.aspx#:~:text=The%20Mine%20Ban%20Treaty%20is,use%20or%20produce%20antipersonnel%20mines Links to an external site.. https://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/landmines/

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Land mines are a munition designed to be placed on the ground, or near and other different types of surfaces. This was designed to explode by presence, proximity, or contact of a person or a vehicle. These mines were designed to injure or kill up to one or two people. These mines could be in the ground for decades and landmines cause tremendous destruction. There are multiple different types of landmines. There were blast mines, directional fragmentation mines, bounding fragmentation mines, Omni-directional, and Anti vehicle mines. Blast mines were used to put underground and where to detonate when someone steps on it.