Landmines as Antipersonnel Weapons
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Landmines are used as antipersonnel weapons in war. they are placed in the path of oncoming soldiers or vehicles, or where one army believes that the opposing army may be at some time. They are seen as a cheap way to protect territory and to undermine the enemy. However, they also an insidious weapon that is as likely to snare a civilian as a soldier, and another problem is that they remain in the ground long after a war may be ended. There are former battlefields all over the world, with many still mined and dangerous. Among the more dangerous parts of the world today in terms of landmines are parts of Africa, Bosnia, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Proposals have been made to ban landmines so that such situations will not develop again. This is a movement parallel to one dedicated to removing the landmines that have already been left in the ground and that maim and kill thousands of civilians each year. The United Nations has been debating this proposal, which has also been circulated to member states for ratification. The United States has only recently joined in the demand for some sort of action, though the U.S. is balking at signing the proposed accord or at agreeing to ban landmine use completely. A recent report from the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) was released on the eve of a UN conference in Vienna and stated that there were more than 100 million unexploded landmines buried around the world. The UN conference considered tightening t
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p its APL stockpile at the current level of inventory. President Clinton then announced that by 2003, the United States would no longer use anti personnel landmines outside Korea and even within Korea would pursue an objective of having alternatives to anti personnel landmines ready by 2006.
The scope of this problem is clearly of import to the entire world, and since the United States provides moral leadership on issues of this sort, what the U.S. does with the Ottawa Treaty will influence others. After the announcement of the Nobel peace Prize this year, even Russia changed course and agreed to sign the treaty. The refusal of the U.S. to do so therefore deserves closer study.
This paper will consider the nature of the problem of landmines and how this problem has developed over the past several decades as more and more small and large wars have been fought against civilians as well as armed forces and how the landmine has played a role in this development. The way the U.S. has used landmines, especially in Korea, will also be a focus, given that Korea in particular stands as one of the reasons given for Clinton's decision not to sign.
The nature of the world demand for a solution to the landmine problem will also be
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