Return to List of Contents The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty: Making A Difference By Stephen Goose Disarmament Diplomacy -- Issue No 47 Introduction The 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and On Their Destruction, (also known as the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty) was ushered in with great fanfare when 122 governments signed it on December ...