I think that treaty and the progress that has been made have been extraordinary in improving the lives of so many families. As we know, this is about whether people can safely go to work in their fields, whether they can collect water, and whether children can go to school, so it has a direct impact on many children's lives.
My understanding, and I don't have all the facts and figures at my fingertips, is that in many parts of the world we've been involved in working with a number of groups and NGOs about landmines awareness, because one of the key parts of this has not just been clearance of, but also awareness about, landmines so that children in particular don't inadvertently pick up explosive weapons or landmines. We've worked hand in glove not so much in doing landmine clearance, although there might be examples of that, but more in terms of awareness and support so that these are really community initiatives. That has been in lots of countries around the world, from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka and many other places.
What we've seen more recently, again, is the indiscriminate use of weapons, not so much landmines, although you're seeing landmines in Syria, but also cluster munitions in Yemen and the use of high ordnance weapons in besieged areas like in Aleppo, where these weapons have a disproportionate impact on children. When you fire a high ordnance shell into a built-up area, the children are the most vulnerable and get most injured. The types of injuries and trauma suffered by children is shocking.
I think what we're interested in is keeping the energy of the landmine campaign and then building on it to make sure that we also make progress on cluster munitions and other types of weapons that particularly hurt children.
I would again commend Canada for its leadership on these issues of many years. It's another very good example of how Canadian leadership has changed the world.