Working conditions in the mines further illustrate the risks.
—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
There are also additional conventions banning the use of biological weapons (1972), certain conventional weapons (1980), chemical weapons (1993), anti-personnel mines (1997), and cluster munitions (2008).
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