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New Poll Shows 80% of Americans
Want US to Join Mine Ban Treaty
Bush Administration Refuses to Join Mine Ban Treaty and Rolls Back US Landmine Policy
New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and Other Major Newspapers Publish Editorials/Op-Eds Critical of New Bush Landmine PolicyVatican Urges Countries to Observe Landmines Convention
Report and Treaty to Promote Rights of the Disabled
Heather Mills McCartney Urges Russia to Ban Mines
Afghan Government Agrees
to Join Mine Ban
Experts Doubt Value of Mines
in Korea
Urge
Congress to Block New Landmine Production
Ten Years Later, The U.S. Is No Closer to Mine Ban
Congressman Lane Evans to Retire–Leading House Supporter for Abolishing Landmines
Congress Blocks New Landmine Production–Requires Pentagon to Review Indiscriminate Effects of New Weapons Before Production Global Use of Landmines Falls, While U.S. Ponders New Production Pentagon Poised to Resume Production of Antipersonnel Mines
Divesting
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Demining AXA |
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Netwerk Vlaanderen campaigners demine an AXA ATM |
Activists seeking a ban on antipersonnel landmines have employed many tactics over the years including engaging companies that produce landmines. During the 1990s, campaigners in the U.S. were successful in compelling many arms manufacturers to stop producing landmines. Recently, activists in Europe have joined the efforts of U.S. organizations and sought to force banks and other organizations with financial assets in landmine producers to sell their stakes.
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