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- Poland and the Baltics - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are preparing to exit the Ottawa Treaty.
- The Ottawa Treaty, also known as the Mine Ban Treaty, came into force in 1997.
- It aims to ban the anti-personnel mines - those aimed at humans - worldwide, and has been signed by more than 160 countries.
- But some major military powers - including China, India, Russia, Pakistan, and the US - never signed up to it.
- All of the Baltic states had signed the convention by 2005, while Poland joined in 2012.
- Although Ukraine is a signatory to the Ottawa Treaty, it has received land mines from the US during Russia's attack.
- Article 20 of the convention specifically states however that a nation cannot withdraw from the treaty if it is currently at war.
- The UN estimates the Ukraine is now the most mined nation in the world.
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