وربما كانت هذه هي أكبر عملية في العالم منذ عقود، وقد نجم عنها العديد من الأضرار المدنية.
ICBL appealed to all countries - particularly those 10 which were States parties to Amended Protocol II but not to the Ottawa Convention - to join that convention, which, in its view, represented the only way to address the global humanitarian crisis of anti-personnel landmines in an effective and comprehensive manner.