The Landmine Crisis
Landmines are used as antipersonne
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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. The issue has been much in the news recently because of a U.N. resolution regarding banning the use of landmines; because of the death of Princess Diana, who was prominent in the movement to clean up existing landmines; and because the organizatio
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he end of hostilities. If the party laying the mines no longer controls the territory in which they were laid, that party would have a duty to provide assistance to ensure their clearance.
( The U.S. called for the addition of an effect mechanism o verification which would include the possibility of fact finding inspections by a Verification Commission. If violations are found to have occurred, the case could be referred to the UN Security Council for action.
( Finally, the U.S. called for the addition of a mechanism for more frequent consideration of the landmines protocol and for exchange of views on all aspects of the landmine issue ("U.S. Proposals to Improve the Landmines Protocol of the Convention on Conventional Weapons" 710).
RECENT PROPOSALS
In September, the Clinton administration tried to emphasize that it has taken unilateral steps toward the elimination of APL in the world. In 1996 the government announced plans to destroy 3 million non-self-destructing APL by the end of 1999. To date, 1.5 million have been destroyed, and the U.S. retains only those non self destructing APL needed for training and for defense in Korea. In January, the U.S. announced that it would observe a permanent ban on export and tr
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