Anti -personnel mines cause serious, long -term and constant damage to the civilian population. The main human rights activist of the UN urged the countries not to leave the Convention on the prohibition of anti -personnel mines Peace and safety The Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights Folker Turk expressed “deep concern” with steps that have already been undertaken or considered by Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine in the direction of the proof of the prohibition, accumulation of stocks, the production and transfer of anti -personnel mines and their destruction [Ottava Convention]. The Ottav Convention, which has joined more than 160 states, is the most important tool for protecting the civilian population from the destructive consequences of the use of anti -personnel mines, the Turk emphasizes. These types of weapons, according to him, are killed and crippled by both civilians and military personnel unprotected, impede the freedom of movement, limit access to agricultural land and violate the right to develop even decades after the end of conflicts. 62 ~~ 60 > anti -personnel mines cause serious, seriously, seriously Long -term and constant damage to the civilian population, including children. Like other agreements of international humanitarian law, the Ottavsky Convention was created primarily to regulate the behavior of the parties to armed conflicts. “Compliance with such agreements in peacetime and the refusal of them in the conditions of war or under the pretext of new considerations of national security undermines the entire system of international humanitarian law,” said the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights. ~ 60 >~ 60 > 60 ~ Strong > read Also: per year the number of victims of anti -personnel mines in Ukraine has increased 10 times “in conditions when so many civilians are laid down from the use of anti -aircraft, I call All states to refrain from leaving any contracts in the field of international humanitarian law and immediately suspend any exit procedures, if they are already begun, ”he emphasizes. & nbsp;-I also call on all states that have not yet rated or joined the Ottavsky convention, to do it as soon as possible.” 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~