Abstract
Under the brutal control of the Soviet Union during World War II, the terrain of present-day Ukraine was littered with minefields and munitions depots. When the Soviet Union disbanded into independent states in August 1991, the newborn Ukraine inherited the burden of Soviet munitions and mines. In February 1999 Ukraine signed the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention but waited to ratify the law, seeking international assistance for the four-year stockpile destruction deadline. In May 2005 the parliament in Kiev unanimously ratified the decision, President Viktor Yushchenko immediately signed it and the United Nations approved Ukraine's membership to the Convention. Ukraine became the 148th country to join the Convention in June 2006.
Recommended Citation
Profile, Country
(2007)
"Ukraine,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 11
:
Iss.
1
, Article 44.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol11/iss1/44
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