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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY DODERER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the President of
1 4 the United States to endorse and sign the
1 5 International Convention on the Prohibition of the
1 6 Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of
1 7 Anti-Personnel Landmines and on Their Destruction.
1 8 WHEREAS, landmines remain deadly and active on
1 9 battlefields, roads, farm fields, villages, and towns
1 10 long after wars end, putting innocent civilians at
1 11 risk; and
1 12 WHEREAS, landmines kill and maim for years after
1 13 wars end when triggered by men and women at work and
1 14 children at play; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the International Red Cross estimates that
1 16 around the world 800 people are killed and 1,200
1 17 people are maimed each month by landmines; and
1 18 WHEREAS, it is estimated that 100,000 deadly active
1 19 landmines remain undetonated and scattered throughout
1 20 the world; and
1 21 WHEREAS, unless banned, landmines will continue to
1 22 indiscriminately kill and maim 25,000 or more innocent
1 23 people each year for many years into the future; and
1 24 WHEREAS, American Jody Williams, Coordinator of the
1 25 International Campaign to Ban Landmines, received the
1 26 Nobel Peace Prize in October 1997, for her efforts to
1 27 promote the banning of landmines; and
1 28 WHEREAS, since the Ottawa Meeting in December 1997,
1 29 133 governments from around the world have signed the
1 30 International Convention on the Prohibition of the
2 1 Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-
2 2 Personnel Landmines and on Their Destruction; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the President of the United States has
2 4 refused to endorse and failed to sign the
2 5 International Convention on the Prohibition of the
2 6 Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-
2 7 Personnel Landmines and on Their Destruction; NOW
2 8 THEREFORE,
2 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 10 SENATE CONCURRING, That the President of the United
2 11 States is requested to endorse and sign the
2 12 International Convention on the Prohibition of the
2 13 Use, Stockpiling, Production, and Transfer of Anti-
2 14 Personnel Landmines and on Their Destruction; and
2 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
2 16 Resolution be sent by the Chief Clerk of the House of
2 17 Representatives to the President of the United States,
2 18 the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker
2 19 of the United States House of Representatives, and the
2 20 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
2 21 LSB 1590HH 78
2 22 nh/sc/14.1
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