Poland and the Baltic states also withdrew from the Ottawa Convention despite pleas from some leaders to maintain decorum in ...

Finland has notified the United Nations it is leaving the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines, ...

Finland will exit the landmine ban treaty by January 2026, citing rising military threats from neighbouring Russia ...

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania deposited their instruments of withdrawal from the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty with United Nations ...

There have been many memorable moments in the 80-year history of the United Nations, both at its headquarters in New York and ...

If Russia plans to broaden the ground war, Ukraine may need deeper lines of defence. Landmines could prove critical.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree to withdraw the country from a treaty banning anti-personnel ...

China has committed to signing the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty "as soon as possible" without ...

Iraq’s parliament will decide the fate of the revoked Khor Abdullah treaty with Kuwait after leaders withdrew legal appeals.

A JOINT declaration signed by 95 countries reaffirmed a shared global ambition to end plastic pollution. In line with the United Nations Environment Assembly’s Resolution 5/14 mandate, countries from ...

The nuclear ban treaty, established in 1997, limits the member nations' use of nuclear weapons to peaceful purposes, like ...