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Article

24 Sep 2001

Author:
UN Wire

LANDMINES: Conference Calls For More Countries To Join Global Ban

An anti-landmine conference concluded Friday in Managua with leaders of the 70 countries that have already banned mines calling on 90 countries to destroy the estimated 245 million mines in their military arsenals. In their resolution, the countries urged the United States, Russia, China, Cuba, India, Pakistan, Egypt and Israel to support a worldwide ban