This effort will also attempt to educate the international community about the disastrous economic and humanitarian effects of the 110 million mines buried in 60 countries worldwide and will mobilize the youth of this world toward mine clearance in the next decade. If we are successful in this effort, collectively, we would return safe and usable land to millions of people around the world. This effort will also attempt to educate the international community about the disastrous economic and humanitarian effects of the 110 million mines buried The IRC is committed to freedom, human dignity, and self-reliance and is the leading nonsectarian, voluntary organization providing relief, protection, and resettlement services for refugees and victims of oppression or violent conflict. Through nearly 40 offices around the world, the IRC offers resettlement assistance, global emergency relief, rehabilitation, and advocacy for refugees. This special-interest legislation would impose heavy costs on the public of continued royalty payments on old works of music and literature from the 1920's and would severely impede the ability of current authors, playwrights, archivists, film makers, educators, scholars, and others to create new and desirable works.
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