UN chief, pope call for nations to end the use of antipersonnel land mines

A Cambodian Mine Action Center, CMAC, staff member checks a mine detector at a minefield in Preytotoeung village, Battambang province, Cambodia, Jan. 19, 2023.

The U.N. head, Pope Francis and others called Monday for nations to end the production and use of land mines, even as their deployment globally grows.