Title: Global mine clearance :
Authors: Sahlin, Carl T.; National Defense University.
Date: 1998
Publisher: National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies,
Physical description: 4 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Language: English
LC class: U
Abstract: Approximately 60 people are killed or seriously injured daily by anti-personnel land mines (APLs). The number of victims may seem insignificant given the world population, but each person killed or maimed presents a real physical and psychological barrier to the economic and social development of more than 60 affected countries. Although 122 nations recently signed a treaty in Ottawa, Canada, banning APL use, the logical next step is to clear existing mines. The policy goal established by the Clinton administration to clear anti-personnel land mines from the world by 2010 may be achievable but it requires a change in U.S. strategy.
Notes: Caption title. Shipping list no.: 1998-0364-P. "August 1998."