Finland drops out of landmine treaty
June 23, 2025
Q: Finland’s parliament voted last week to pull out of a major international treaty banning antipersonnel land mines in a move to boost its defenses against any aggression by Russia. It is among four NATO members bordering and formerly occupied by Russia that are leaving the treaty. Where is the Nordic nation of Finland?
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Q: Besides Finland, Poland and the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have announced their intention to withdraw from a 1997 treaty banning antipersonnel weapons. Those countries were among 165 parties to the agreement. Which major power did not agree to the treaty?
A. China
B. Russia
C. United States
D. All of the above
Q: Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 worried many European leaders. Finland and which other long-neutral country joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance after the invasion??
A. Denmark
B. Norway
C. Sweden
D. Ukraine
Q: Antipersonnel land mines kill and injure thousands of people both during and after warfare. Which war-torn nation suffered the most casualties from those weapons in 2023?
A.Afghanistan
B. Myanmar
C. Syria
D. Ukraine
Q: Which Southeast Asian nation has more than 40,000 amputees from land mine explosions and is still finding mines planted long ago?
A. Cambodia
B. Indonesia
C. Malaysia
D. Thailand
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