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      As Biden Reverses Trump Land Mine Policy, US Urged to Join Global Ban Treaty

      As Biden Reverses Trump Land Mine Policy, US Urged to Join Global Ban Treaty

      "As welcome as this step is, the White House needs to put the U.S. on a definitive path to join the treaties banning anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions," argues Sen. Patrick Leahy.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jun 21, 2022

      Campaigners on Tuesday welcomed an announcement that the United States military would end anti-personnel land mine use in most of the world, while pushing the Biden administration to go further and join the international treaty prohibiting the deployment of weapons that kill and maim thousands of people every year.

      "Inherently indiscriminate weapons that disproportionately harm civilians have no place in the 21st century."

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      'The World Is Waiting': Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Landmine Policy, Join Global Treaty

      'The World Is Waiting': Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Landmine Policy, Join Global Treaty

      "President Biden should forswear future U.S. production and use of anti-personnel landmines and fulfill the previous U.S. goal of eliminating this inherently indiscriminate weapon."

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 10, 2021

      As a benchmark report on worldwide landmine casualties showed a 21% increase in deaths and injuries in 2020, one of the paper's editors on Wednesday renewed calls for the Biden administration to reverse a Trump-era policy allowing the U.S. to use anti-personnel mines and join 164 nations in adopting the historic Mine Ban Treaty.

      "To help prevent further landmine casualties, the United States should join the Mine Ban Treaty without delay."

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      Lawmakers Tell Biden US Has 'Moral Obligation' to Ban Landmines

      "If the United States takes these steps it will be welcomed around the world."

      Andrea Germanos
      Jun 23, 2021

      A bipartisan group of 21 lawmakers on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to swiftly reinstate constraints on the use of landmines tossed out by the Trump administration and put the U.S. on a "definitive path" to joining an international treaty banning the use and stockpiling of the weapons.

      "It is the right thing to do for our country, for the world, and for our men and women in uniform," the signatories, members of both the House and Senate, wrote (pdf) to Biden.

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