Int'l conference calls for total landmine ban

Int'l conference calls for total landmine ban

www.chinaview.cn 2004-11-29 02:06:18

NAIROBI, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- An international conference on landmine opened here on Sunday with participants calling for totalban of production, stockpiling and use of anti-personnel landmine to make the world mine-free.

In his opening remarks, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said "unless all the existing stocks are destroyed, and unless production of these lethal weapons is brought to an end, the threat posed by landmines will continue to be with us."

He urged governments to intensify conflict resolution efforts by resolving conflicts before they escalate into full-scale war.

Jointly organized by the Unite Nations, International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Kenyan Coalition Against Landmines, the Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World, has brought together senior government officials of 143 countries across the world.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-11/29/content_2271008.htm

Bush scorned Kyoto and mine conferences all in the same week. We must look really great in the eyes of the rest of the world right about now.

do we have to be on the wrong side of everything?

I would think we have enough war toys without them.

Cause the US is entitled to produce and use these weapons and we don't need other nations for anything, so stop saying that!!

probably more numerous... equally dumb.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0222-07.htm

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