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Mr. Jack Welch
Chairman and CEO
General Electric Company
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06431
Dear Mr. Welch:

Each year, approximately 20,000 people are killed or maimed worldwide by landmines. Landmines are weapons of terror. They are strategically buried to block access to land and water resources, which has the effect of impoverishing populations as well as maiming and killing civilians. Eighty percent (80%) of landmine victims are civilians, and 20-30% are children.

The vision of a landmine-free world has caught the imagination of the world's peoples and their governments. One hundred thirty-nine countries have signed the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, and 110 nations have ratified it.

We urge General Electric to embrace this vision, and unequivocally adopt a policy renouncing any future involvement in the production of landmines or their components, as is requested in a shareholder proposal appearing on the 2001 proxy ballot.

Former U.S. military commanders assert that, like poison gas, antipersonnel landmines are not essential to the effectiveness or safety of our forces. For example, in February, Generals James Hollingsworth and Henry Emerson, who both served in Korea, stated in a Washington Times Opinion Editorial that they believe the U.S. should join the Mine Ban Treaty because ap mines endages our own forces. In a recent meeting with Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Secretary of State Colin Powell indicated that landmines would be included in the current administration's comprehensive review of U.S. defense policy.

Nineteen companies that were once involved in the production of landmine components have pledged no future involvement in this destructive business. Please join those companies and ensure that GE will truly live up to its pledge to "bring good things to life" – only good things.

Sincerely,

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