{"id":1799,"date":"2023-03-01T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2023-03-12T16:03:39","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T20:03:39","slug":"march-1st-entry-into-force-anniversary-of-mbt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=1799","title":{"rendered":"March 1st: Entry Into Force Anniversary of MBT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ncbl-treaty-poster.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GRAPHIC DESIGNED BY NEPAL CAMPAIGN TO bAN LANDMINES<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>March 1st marks the aniversary of the Ottawa\/Mine Ban Treaty. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Treaty<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty is a legally binding international agreement that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel mines and places obligations on countries to clear affected areas, assist victims, and destroy stockpiles.The Treaty is the best framework for solving the problems still posed by antipersonnel mines all over the world. The mobilization of thousands of ordinary citizens, through the ICBL campaign network, played a crucial part in the adoption of this international treaty, and continues to play a central role in its universalization and implementation today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PSALM-DC2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PSALM-DC2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PSALM-DC2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/PSALM-DC2-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PSALM students join the ICBL shoe pile in Washington, D.C.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Treaty The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty is a legally binding international agreement that bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of antipersonnel mines and places obligations on countries to clear affected areas, assist victims, and destroy stockpiles.The Treaty is the best framework for solving the problems still posed by antipersonnel mines all over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1802,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions\/1802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}