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Finland becomes 5th European nation to exit Ottawa landmine treaty — here's why it matters
Finland exits the Ottawa Treaty, permitting anti-personnel mines. Parliament approved the decision due to security concerns, ...
As our allies abandon the Ottawa Convention against landmines, Canada must publicly defend it
The NATO summit is the ideal place to push back on five allies’ efforts to withdraw from our namesake treaty, which bans the ...
Finland's parliament votes to withdraw from landmine treaty due to Russia threat
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland — have recently pulled out of the Ottawa Treaty or announced plans to do so.
Finnish parliament votes to exit landmines treaty due to Russia threat
Finland's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of ...
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'Deliberate exclusion': Treaty 6 slams Ottawa's major projects bill
On Tuesday, the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations issued a news release speaking out against the bill, claiming their ...
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MPs approve Finland's withdrawal from Ottawa landmine treaty
Finnish MPs voted to approve the country's withdrawal from the Ottawa Treaty on Thursday, as Finland plans to resume using ...
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Finland exits landmine ban treaty amid defence shift
Finland's Parliament voted to exit the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel landmines, citing national defence needs. The ...
Finland's lawmakers vote to leave land mine treaty as Nordic country boosts defenses against Russia
Finland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on land mines as the Nordic country ...
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Finnish parliament votes to exit landmines treaty due to Russia threat
Finland's parliament voted on Thursday in favour of withdrawing from the Ottawa Convention that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines amid ... in leaving or planning to leave the treaty, ...
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Nobel laureates urge Baltic States, Poland, Finland to reconsider landmine treaty withdrawal
VILNIUS, June 23 (Xinhua) -- A group of 100 Nobel Prize laureates has called on Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, and Finland to reconsider their plans to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, an ...
Finland votes to leave land mine treaty as Nordic country boosts defenses
Finland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pull out of a major international treaty on land mines as the Nordic country seeks to boost its defenses against an increasingly assertive Russia ...