In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottawa">Ottawa, Ontario</a>, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ottawa Treaty">Ottawa Treaty</a> prohibiting manufacture and deployment of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-personnel_landmine" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anti-personnel landmine">anti-personnel landmines</a>. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.