(3)Persistent anti-vehicle mines car^ only be employed outside the
Republic of Korea when authorized by the President until the end of
2010.
(4)After 2010, the United States will not employ either persistent anti-
personnel or persistent anti-vehicle landmines.
(5) Within two years, the United States will begin the destruction of those
persistent landmines that are not needed for the protection of Korea.
e. Although not applicable to the U.S., many nations, including many of om
allies, have signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use,
Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on
Their Destruction. This treaty is commonly referred to as the Ottawa
Treaty. The treaty entered into force on 1 March 1999. As of 1 April
2003, 146 states had signed the treaty, and 132 had ratified it. Although
the U.S. joined the Process in September of 1997, it withdrew when other
countries would not allow exceptions for the use of AF'L mines in Korea
and other uses of smart APL. Note: Ottawa only bans APL; therefore
Ottawa does not restrict our allies in regards to anti-tank or anti-tank with
anti-handling device mines.
- Booby Traps. A device designed to kill or maim an unsuspecting person who
disturbs an apparently harmless object or performs a normally safe act.
Amended Protocol I1 of the 1980 Conventional Weapons Convention
contains specific guidelines on the use of booby-traps in Article 7:
- Without prejudice to the rules of international law applicable in
armed conflict relating to treachery and perfidy, it is prohibited in all
circumstances to use booby-traps and other devices which in any way
attached or associated with:
(a) internationally recognizedprotective emblems, signs or signals;
(b) sick, wounded or deadpersons;
(c) burial or cremation sites or graves;
(d) medical facilities, medical equipment, medical supplies or
transportation;
(e) children's toys or other portable objects or products specfically
designed for the feeding, health, hygiene, clothing or education of
children;
V) food or drink;
(g) kitchen utensils or appliances except in military establishments;
fi) objects clearly of a religious nature;
(i) historic monuments, works or art or places of worship which
constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage ofpeoples;
