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They kill or maim more than 15,000 people. mainly civilians. announced a permanent ban on Americansales of mines to other countries and said the United States wouldintroduce a comprehensive treaty here prohibiting Easements ¢ property may b agriculture, their use, production, stockpiling and transfer. not development But the disarma- ment conference operates by consensus, meaning the opposition of Owners or heirs n saving up to half its posal na variety Mexico declaredits GOP Lawmakers Lack theVotes to Kill NEA had the 218 WASHINGTON — House On the Re Endowment for the Arts ago, nowsay they do not have thevotes to finish the job Leader Rich said in a briefing Tuesday h he still was opposed same day ewt Gi talks on the tions issue without instruc from home. 1 don't think there's much chance as we stand right now of 4 negotiation started in th term,” NEA supy the U.S. amba Baldwin sion ts funding On Thursday, the first formal Stephen Ledogar. or to the talks 5 large quantity ofexplosive. Likely to blowoff lower leg with further damageto thighs A genitals and buttocks AWO 3: Blast mine(Pattern A) Rarely causesinjury above the knee, but can amputate foot and lowerleg 4 ZT AIS poeIE Se oe Injury pattems ©) > and [iA ‘Bounding’mine(Pattern D) When triggered, the A [| Severe injury} |) Lesser injury ips into the air before otherssay this issue would be best negotiated in another forum Talksalso are stalled bythe in- sistence of some developing nations. led by India and Pakistan, that the conference focus first on nuclear disarmament, a position ons probably will turn to the Ca- sure other nations to sign. nadian proposal, which calls on Most of those in the informal other countries to signa treatyin coalition of humanitarian agencies, church groups, medical organizations, peace activists and Ottawa next December, Work on a text of such atreaty began last month in Vienna. The principal difference in the two approachesis that the disar- rejected by the United States and other declared nuclear powers mament conference would seek Ledogar’s assessment was ech- universal agreement on mine abo- said Thursday. “You have a whole series of folks who areunlikelyto oed by British Ambassador Michael Weston, who has taken a leading role in the mineinitiative even agree to the mechanism to here. and by Mark Moher, ambas- get the negotiations started sador from Canada, which favors an alternative approach to abol- about ways to fund the arts. Ledogar said some countries opposed the ban, arguing that mines are a military necessity: ishing the deadly devices. Efforts to eliminate the weap- fering into nts. Anyone within 25 meters is anyonewithin 100m injured Butterfly’ mine(Pattern C) Dropped aircratt, ip mines glide ground. Liquid explosive tonates whendevice is picked up, usually amputating fingers or hands, with furtherinjury to chest and face. areusually children, who mistake them for toys GRAPHIC i} review of the NEA’s proposedap- propriation for next year t a rh toric-free conversation 7 lition step-by-step, beginning with a ban oninternationalsales of the weapons. The Canadian plan wouldget as many countries as possible to agree to a total ban on use, pro- duction andstockpiling of mines by2000in hopes that would pres- others who have beenin the forefront of the anti-land-mine move- ment in recent years favor the Canadian proposal. But a numberof military powers, notably China and Russia, have expressed no in- terest in anti-mine proposals. Officials in the State Depart- mentare believed to favor a swift approach and may use the break- downin the talks to resumetheir argument when the policy comes up for reviewin June. © xD may i997 he did not think he Z publican leaders, who with great fanfare set about to kill the Na. votes needed to end eluding Syria and Vietnam indiated they were not ready to begin x incidents (Pattern B) Packed with one country can derail a pro- Thursday, opposition and othercountriesin- R-Texas, 12 Angola 9m Mozambique 1-2m 4: Stake mine (Pattern D) Fragmentation device scatters metal shards over wide area. Direct contactis usually fatal lion mines, left from wars and civil conflicts, buried around the world. They often remain long after combat has ceased. Not only do they kill and injure civilians. they keep farm land out of production, block roads, villages and airports and drive up medical President Clinton land mine i Cambodia 4-7m believed to be more than 110 mil- In January, reported argu- ment of those within the administration and in Congress who contend the United States must pursue other options — perhaps nations . of srity 4 costs, mainly in underdeveloped conservation easement g Afghanistan 9-40m ach year, experts say. There are City Councilwoman Melan: Wheadon alr 1 4 Jordan tions » Geneva con in talks on the property like t Open Lands property More than15,000 people are killed or maimed by land mines every year. Readily available and costing as little as $3 to $15 each,their deployment is affordable and often random. 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