In late June, the US announced that it would no longer produce or purchase anti-personnel landmines and indicated it was moving closer to signing the Mine Ban Treaty. The Treaty, which was adopted at the Ottawa Conference in 1997, seeks to completely eradicate landmines by prohibiting State Parties from using, stockpiling, producing, or transferring anti-personnel landmines. US accession to the Treaty would greatly advance global de-mining efforts, both by lending legitimacy to the Treaty and by bringing the US under its conditions. In light of this significant development, Scott Falls has put together the following infographic outlining the global use of landmines and the international community’s efforts to eradicate them.