stockpiled anti-personnel landmines (apm) far outnumber those actually laid in the ground. in accordance with article 4 of the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty, state parties that accede to the treaty must destroy their stockpiled mines within four years. sixty-five countries have now destroyed their stockpiles of antipersonnel landmines, destroying a combined total of more than 37 million mines. another 51 countries have officially declared that they do not have a stockpile and a further three countries are scheduled to destroy theirs by the end of the year.