Ottawa Treaty Signed: 121 Countries Ban Landmines
Representatives from 121 nations in Ottawa signed a treaty banning the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines, yet the United States, China, and Russia refused to join the agreement. This split created a lasting loophole that allowed major military powers to continue producing and stockpiling these weapons while most of the world moved toward their elimination.
December 3, 1997
29 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on December 3
en Antioquía (Turquía) a la noche sucede un terremoto de magnitud 7,5 en la escala sismológica de Richter (intensidad de XI en la escala de Mercalli), dejando u…
élection du pape Zacharie.
en Qum, Semnan, Damghán y Jorasán (Irán) sucede un terremoto que deja un saldo de 48 690 muertos.
Pope John X crowned Berengar I as Holy Roman Emperor, formalizing a desperate alliance to expel Saracen raiders from their fortified base on the Garigliano Rive…
أبو علي المنصور يتولى الخلافة ويتخذ لقب الآمر بأحكام الله، ليكون بذلك الخليفة الفاطمي العاشر.
In L’Aquila richtet ein Erdbeben Schäden an – die erste derartige Katastrophe in Dokumenten der Stadt.
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