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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font color="#CC0000" size="+1">Background
and Goals of the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines</font></b></font> <br>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">(This is an abbreviated
description for browsers that do not support frames)</font><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
</font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>Website
address: www.banminesusa.org</b><br>
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The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) is a coalition of more than 400 U.S.-based
human rights, humanitarian, faith-based, children's, peace, disability, veterans',
medical, development, academic, and environmental organizations dedicated to
a total ban on antipersonnel landmines. It is one of 90 country campaigns that
form the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). The ICBL, launched
in 1992 works to bring about a global ban on antipersonnel landmines. In 1997,
the ICBL and its coordinator, Jody Williams, received the Nobel Prize for Peace
for their work banning landmines.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The work of the
ICBL has brought about tremendous change in a short period of time. Most notably,
the ICBL played a major role in developing the 1997 Convention on the Use, Production,
Stockpiling, and Transfer of Antipersonnel Landmines and on Their Destruction
(known as the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty), which has been signed by nearly 140 governments
and ratified by more than 90.</font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Goals of the
USCBL:</font></p>
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<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">a U.S. ban on
the use, production, stockpiling, sale, transfer,and export of antipersonnel
landmines; </font>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">universal ratification,
implementation, and monitoring of the Mine Ban Treaty; </font>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">increased resources
for humanitarian demining and mine awareness programs; and </font>
<li><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">increased resources
for landmine victim rehabilitation and assistance.</font>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>For more infomation,
contact:</b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
Gina Coplon-Newfield<br>
Campaign Coordinator<br>
Physicians for Human Rights<br>
100 Boylston Street<br>
Boston, MA 02116<br>
Tel: 617-695-0041<br>
Fax: 617-695-0307<br>
<a href="mailto:landmines@fcnl.org">landmines@fcnl.org</a><br>
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