Last year I sponsored a moratorium on the export of antipersonnel landmines from the United States. This amendment is the third leg of this effort to stop the slaughter of innocent people by landmines. There are 100 million landmines scattered around the world in over 62 countries. Think of what that means for the people of those countries. who live in constant fear that they. or their children. will inadvertently step on one of these explosives and lose a leg. or an arm. or their life. In Cambodia. over 4 million mines have turned huge areas of that country into death traps for returning refugees. The same is true of Afghanistan. Nicaragua.
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