Landmines

Cheap and easy to deploy, many fighting forces routinely use mines to defend a frontier, deny opponents the use of a road, and many other purposes. Often these landmines remain active long after the fighting has ceased, posing a significant threat to the safety of the civilian population. The magnitude and horror of this problem sparked a grassroots effort to ban landmines.

The campaign received a major boost in $1996$ when Diana, Princess of Wales, joined in the effort, going to places most affected by landmines, comforting victims, and bringing the issue to the attention of millions. When Princess Diana died in a car crash in August $1997,$ sorrow often turned into commitments to support her charitable interests, including the effort to ban mines. Only a few nations remain opposed to the landmine convention.

$—$O Connor, Karen, & Sabato, Larry J$.$ American Government: Continuity and Change. New York: Pearson Longman. $2006.$

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