1997 Signing Of The ‘Ottawa Treaty’. Published July 9, 2015 at 800 × 530 in At Some Point I Used To Do Stuff That Didn’t Involve Changing Diapers… I Think. ← Previous Next → …the ‘Ottawa Treaty’ brought representatives from almost every country to Ottawa to sign a treat banning the use of landmines. That’s Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy standing beside a very awkward Bruce “If I Had Rocket Launcher” Cockburn.