Ottawa Treaty

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The Ottawa Treaty, formally known as the Mine Ban Treaty, is an international agreement that prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines and mandates their destruction.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Ottawa Treaty canonical	9
Mine Ban Treaty	5
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention	3
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction	2
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction	2
Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines	2
Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines	1
MSP of the Ottawa Convention	1
Ottawa Convention	1
Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines	1
Ottawa Treaty 1997 (Mine Ban Treaty)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1889701 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ottawa Treaty
Context triple: [Broken Chair, associatedWithTreaty, Ottawa Treaty]

A. Geneva Protocol
The Geneva Protocol is a 1925 international treaty that prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons in war, forming a foundational pillar of modern arms control.
B. Alma-Ata Protocol
The Alma-Ata Protocol was a 1991 agreement by former Soviet republics that confirmed the dissolution of the USSR and formally established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
C. Washington Convention
The Washington Convention is the international treaty that established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate disputes between foreign investors and states.
D. Helsinki Convention
The Helsinki Convention is an international environmental agreement aimed at protecting the marine environment of the Baltic Sea region from pollution and promoting sustainable use of its resources.
E. Budapest Treaty
The Budapest Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines patent procedures by allowing a single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority to be recognized for patent purposes by all member countries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ottawa Treaty
Target entity description: The Ottawa Treaty, formally known as the Mine Ban Treaty, is an international agreement that prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines and mandates their destruction.

A. Geneva Protocol
The Geneva Protocol is a 1925 international treaty that prohibits the use of chemical and biological weapons in war, forming a foundational pillar of modern arms control.
B. Alma-Ata Protocol
The Alma-Ata Protocol was a 1991 agreement by former Soviet republics that confirmed the dissolution of the USSR and formally established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
C. Washington Convention
The Washington Convention is the international treaty that established the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to arbitrate disputes between foreign investors and states.
D. Helsinki Convention
The Helsinki Convention is an international environmental agreement aimed at protecting the marine environment of the Baltic Sea region from pollution and promoting sustainable use of its resources.
E. Budapest Treaty
The Budapest Treaty is an international agreement that streamlines patent procedures by allowing a single deposit of microorganisms with an international depositary authority to be recognized for patent purposes by all member countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arms control treaty ⓘ disarmament treaty ⓘ humanitarian law treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
administeredBy	United Nations ⓘ
adoptedAt	Oslo ⓘ
adoptedOn	1997-09-18 ⓘ
aimsTo	eliminate anti-personnel landmines worldwide ⓘ
allows	retention of a limited number of anti-personnel mines for training and research purposes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ottawa Convention ⓘ linked to: Ottawa Treaty
containsObligation	clear mined areas within ten years of entry into force for each State Party ⓘ cooperate in mine action ⓘ destroy stockpiled anti-personnel mines within four years of entry into force for each State Party ⓘ provide assistance to mine victims ⓘ submit annual transparency reports ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1999-03-01 ⓘ
hasAnnex	Annex on transparency measures ⓘ
hasArticle	Article 1 ⓘ Article 10 ⓘ Article 11 ⓘ Article 12 ⓘ Article 13 ⓘ Article 14 ⓘ Article 15 ⓘ Article 16 ⓘ Article 17 ⓘ Article 18 ⓘ Article 19 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 3 ⓘ Article 4 ⓘ Article 5 ⓘ Article 6 ⓘ Article 7 ⓘ Article 8 ⓘ Article 9 ⓘ
hasGoal	promote international humanitarian law ⓘ reduce civilian casualties from landmines ⓘ
hasImplementationSupportUnit	Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining ⓘ
hasMeeting	Meeting of States Parties ⓘ Review Conference ⓘ linked to: BWC Review Conferences
hasOfficialName	Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ⓘ linked to: Ottawa Treaty
hasPillar	advocacy and universalization ⓘ international cooperation and assistance ⓘ mine clearance ⓘ stockpile destruction ⓘ victim assistance ⓘ
hasShortName	Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ⓘ linked to: Ottawa Treaty Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ linked to: Ottawa Treaty
hasVerificationMechanism	cooperative compliance measures ⓘ transparency reporting ⓘ
inspiredBy	humanitarian concerns about landmine victims ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
namedAfter	Ottawa ⓘ
negotiatedThrough	Ottawa Process ⓘ
openedForSignatureAt	Ottawa ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1997-12-03 ⓘ
prohibits	production of anti-personnel landmines ⓘ stockpiling of anti-personnel landmines ⓘ transfer of anti-personnel landmines ⓘ use of anti-personnel landmines ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ
relatedTo	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ⓘ
requires	clearance of mined areas ⓘ destruction of stockpiled anti-personnel landmines ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Broken Chair → associatedWithTreaty → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Broken Chair sculpture

Broken Chair → associatedWithTreaty → Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Broken Chair sculpture

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Ottawa Treaty 1997 (Mine Ban Treaty) ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Special Envoy of the Government of Belgium for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention → primaryFocus → Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Special Envoy of the Government of Belgium for the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention → relatedTo → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

International Campaign to Ban Landmines → mainDocument → Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty → hasOfficialName → Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty → hasShortName → Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty → hasShortName → Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Ottawa Convention ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Convention on Cluster Munitions → relatedTo → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

Chaise cassée → associatedWithCampaign → Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Mines Advisory Group → supportsTreaty → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention → partOf → Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention → legalBasis → Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

ICBL → advocatesFor → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

ICBL → advocatesFor → Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Process → resultedIn → Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Ottawa Process → resultedIn → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → relatedTo → Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Protocol II on landmines of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons → distinguishedFrom → Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty → alsoKnownAs → MSP of the Ottawa Convention ⓘ

subject linked to: Meeting of States Parties

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty → basedOn → Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction ⓘ

subject linked to: Meeting of States Parties

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty → basedOn → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Meeting of States Parties

Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty → basedOn → Mine Ban Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Meeting of States Parties

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Convention on Cluster Munitions → relatedTo → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: CCM

Broken Chair → associatedWithTreaty → Ottawa Treaty on anti-personnel mines ⓘ

linked to: Ottawa Treaty

Broken Chair → associatedTreaty → Ottawa Treaty ⓘ

subject linked to: Broken Chair sculpture (nearby at Place des Nations)

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