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Along with 14 of our brother and sister Nobel Peace laureates - including democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma - we have written to fellow laureate President Obama to urge him to bring the United States into the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Many of the Nobel Peace laureates have long expressed concern at the humanitarian impact of antipersonnel mines and have worked for their eradication.
Last week more than 100 governments, as well as civil society organizations and U.N. agencies, were in Geneva for their 10th- annual assessment of the successes of the Mine Ban Treaty, as well as the remaining challenges for the total elimination of antipersonnel landmines.See the full content of this document
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President Obama - Join the Mine Ban Treaty
Universalizing the treaty - getting all countries to come on board - remains one of those challenges. Despite the fact that 156 countries are party to the treaty, the ...
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