Landmines Campaign Condemns Recent Mine Use - Urges Action by G8 Leaders

(Thursday 19 July 2001 ) As leaders of the G8 gathered in Genoa for their annual meeting, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) called on them to step up action against mines, a weapon already banned by two-thirds of the world.

Just last week Uzbekistan laid fresh antipersonnel mines along its borders, resulting in even more civilian casualties,