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It is my strong belief that mines, which may be exploded by the presence or proximity of a person, are morally unacceptable. I fully support the convention on the prohibition of the use, stockpiling, transfer and production on anti-personnel mines and on their destruction.
Through their signature, governments promise to officially adopt and ratify the Ottawa Treaty and to comply with all of its terms. These include support for global demining work and assistance for mine victims. Through my signature on the People's treaty, I commit to working to ensure that governments keep these promises.
3956 people have signed the treaty.
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Name: Emily Shapiro
Country:
USA,
City:
Sudbury
,
MA
Age:
17 |
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Name: Tania Anderson
Country:
USA,
City:
Bainbridge Island
,
Washington
Age:
17 |
|
Name: Cate Sullivan
Country:
Australia,
City:
Hobart
,
Tasmania
Age:
50 |
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Name: Linnea Spens
Organisation:
PHR
Country:
USA,
City:
Morgantown
,
WV
Age:
26 |
|
Name: Edgar Miller
Organisation:
retired journalist
Country:
USA,
City:
Knoxville
,
TN
Age:
66
Comment:
Thursday July 12, 2001 - 21:51
As a journalist, I have seen first-hand the heart-rending consequences of landmines in places like Angola and Mozambique. The people I saw were not combatants, but innocent women and children. It is time to stop this madness. |
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Name: Alison Lemoine
Country:
USA,
City:
Framingham
,
MA
Age:
20 |
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Name: rhonda singh
Country:
canada,
City:
LaSalle
,
quebec
Age:
31 |
|
Name: Robert Babineau
Country:
Canada,
City:
Montreal
,
Quebec
Age:
46
Comment:
Wednesday July 11, 2001 - 18:50
We must completely eradicate these weapons that injure, maim and kill more many civilians than soldiers. |
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Name: Krystle Covey
Country:
United States,
City:
Independence
,
missouri
Age:
16
Comment:
Wednesday July 11, 2001 - 17:46
To those of you looking at this thinking What does she know stes just a kid you are wrong. I am a Debate student and have been studying this problem extensively for quite some time now. For example the ICRC as of 1998 estimated that landmines claim 26,000 civilian victims a year. This alone is a good reason to ban AP mines. |
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Name: Susan Higman
Country:
USA,
City:
Baltimore
,
MD
Age:
37 |
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Name: Steven Courchesne
Country:
Canada,
City:
Montreal
,
Quebec
Age:
22 |
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Name: Shawna Nelles
Country:
Canada,
City:
Montreal
Age:
27 |
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Name: mathieu correa de sa
Country:
france,
City:
verigny
,
eure et loir
Age:
49
Comment:
Tuesday July 10, 2001 - 21:21
THIS IS A MORAL AND HISTORICAL IMPERATIVE |
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Name: Peter Wilson
Country:
Germany,
City:
Landsberg
,
Bavaria
Age:
42 |
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Name: Ari Ho-Foster
Organisation:
CIET Canada
Country:
Canada,
City:
Ottawa
,
ON
Age:
26
Comment:
Sunday July 8, 2001 - 17:52
I have witnessed first-hand, the debilitating consequences of landmines in Angola. I hope through efforts like this we can bring countries like the US and China to its senses in banning the production and use of this weapon. |
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Name: Alfredo Leenderts
Country:
Netherlands,
City:
Oosterhout
,
NBr
Age:
39
Comment:
Sunday July 8, 2001 - 07:56
I work in the Dutch army in the engineercoprs, and i've seen what mines can do to people. We teach all over the world how to clear mines, but that isn't enough. To lay a mine it will cost a country a few dollars, to clear one mine it cost many hundreds of dollars en even so many casualties. Warindustry is earning lots af money with it. That's why i say "BAN ALL LANDMINES", most of the times children are the real victims |
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Name: Mike Stockton
Country:
UK,
City:
Sheffield
Age:
26 |
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Name: Di Jobbson
Country:
UK,
City:
Stockton
Age:
30 |
|
Name: Joanne Carter
Country:
UK,
City:
Derby
Age:
30 |
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Name: Gerald Lee
Country:
UK,
City:
Durham
Age:
31 |
|
Name: Alison Gilmour
Country:
UK,
City:
Manchester
Age:
24 |
|
Name: Alex lee
Country:
uk,
City:
manchester
,
england
Age:
28 |
|
Name: Paul Hodgson-Hutton
Country:
UK,
City:
Puttenham
,
Surrey
Age:
43 |
|
Name: Marcie Lightwood
Organisation:
LEPOCO
Country:
USA,
City:
Bethlehem
,
PA
Age:
49
Comment:
Thursday July 5, 2001 - 02:58
I want to believe that the United States will be a leader in the humanitarian effort to prevent the injury of innocents. We can make it happen. |
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Name: Derek Williamson
Country:
Britain,
City:
Hersham
,
Surrey
Age:
57 |
|
Name: Hon Hiew
Country:
Australia,
City:
Perth
,
WA
Age:
27
Comment:
Wednesday July 4, 2001 - 08:52
Everyone has a right to live without weapons of destruction. |
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Name: Don Cochrane
Country:
England,
City:
Lonodn
Age:
29 |
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Name: Nick Green
Country:
uk,
City:
London
Age:
31 |
|
Name: Katherine Denby
Organisation:
University of Cape Town
Country:
South Africa,
City:
Cape Town
Age:
30 |
|
Name: Sarah Collins
Organisation:
Pearson TV
Country:
UK,
City:
London
Age:
29 |
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Name: Tim Cunningham
Country:
England,
City:
London
Age:
29 |
|
Name: kelley Doak
Organisation:
pearson tv
Country:
United Kingdom,
City:
London
Age:
31 |
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Name: Victoria Avis
Country:
UK,
City:
Cambridge
,
Cambs
Age:
25 |
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Name: Brent N. Hunter
Country:
USA,
City:
San Francisco
,
CA
Age:
37 |
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Name: Wendy Doulton
Organisation:
Cook Associates
Country:
USA,
City:
Marina Del Rey
,
CA
Age:
31 |
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Name: Helen Williamson
Organisation:
RDF Media
Country:
USA,
City:
Los Angeles
,
CA
Age:
29 |
|
Name: Peter Bolton
Organisation:
Student
Country:
USA,
City:
Gettysburg
,
Pa
Age:
18
Comment:
Monday July 2, 2001 - 18:51
I wish the campaign well in it's efforts to bring an end to the senseless waste of human life caused by landmines. |
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Name: Sinead Whelna
Country:
Ireland,
City:
DFublin
Age:
26 |
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Name: Hady Chidiac
Country:
Lebanon,
City:
Jbeil
Age:
33
Comment:
Monday July 2, 2001 - 11:10
I wish all landmines will be cleared the soonest. |
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Name: Kjetil Heggem
Organisation:
Norwwegian Red Cross
Country:
Norway,
City:
Bergen
Age:
24 |
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Name: ashley milne
Country:
Australia,
City:
Wollongong
,
NSW
Age:
13 |
|
Name: Michael Corthell
Organisation:
The Nunu Foundation
Country:
USA,
City:
Dover
,
MA
Age:
50
Comment:
Thursday June 28, 2001 - 12:56
We are all one people. We are all one planet. |
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Name: Jillian Gardner
Country:
Australia,
City:
Sydney
,
NSW
Age:
27
Comment:
Thursday June 28, 2001 - 12:31
After visiting, and falling in love with Cambodia and the Khmer people, i had to ask my self why & how could we not help. |
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Name: Jason Evans
Country:
UK,
City:
Brighton
,
Sussex
Age:
26
Comment:
Wednesday June 27, 2001 - 19:39
Peace is paramount. |
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Name: Kimmie Weeks
Organisation:
Voice of the Future Inc.
Country:
USA,
City:
New London
,
CT
Age:
19 |
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Name: Alexandra Lea
Country:
Australia,
City:
Sydney
,
NSW
Age:
27 |
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Name: charles w morris
Country:
usa,
City:
port orchard
,
wa
Age:
45
Comment:
Monday June 25, 2001 - 04:56
We the people of the world must stop land mines from being made, used and mostly left behind so that the generations now and to come are safe. My country need to stand with the rest of the nations already signed to this treaty. This has to stop. |
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Name: Kerry Ross
Country:
Canada,
City:
Victoria
,
BC
Age:
20
Comment:
Sunday June 24, 2001 - 23:47
I find even the thought of using landmines barbaric and outrageous in a generation that is supposedly so technologically advnaced. This is an issue that needs more public attention and dedication with regards to how serious the problem is and that it needs to be dealt with at a faster pace than what it currently is. |
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Name: Kevin Chung
Country:
Singapore,
City:
Singapore
Age:
32
Comment:
Saturday June 23, 2001 - 19:10
I was trained by the military to deploy anti-personel mines, I hope I'll never have to lay any AP minefield.<br>I urge Singapore government to sign the treaty immediately. Please put aside the $$ profit of a single Government link company and be a global citizen. |
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Name: Razali Abdullah
Country:
Singapore,
City:
Singapore
Age:
28 |
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Name: Muriel ELBAZ
Country:
FRANCE,
City:
Franconville
Age:
36 |
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Name: Andy Warren
Country:
Canada,
City:
Vancouver
,
BC
Age:
35
Comment:
Thursday June 21, 2001 - 01:06
In 1993, I went to Cambodia to see Angkor Wat. I carried some self-importance with me as the only person I knew who had been there. That however, was shattered the first day as I arrived on the steps of Angkor Wat, and the first thing i saw was a vicitm of landmines. I quickly saw things differently, the vibe of my visit seriously altered. I urge you to support the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. |
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Name: Michael Scott
Country:
Canada,
City:
Toronto
,
ontario
Age:
37 |
|
Name: Kate
Country:
Australia,
City:
Melbourne
,
Victoria
Age:
17 |
|
Name: Sandra Millar
Country:
Tanzania,
City:
Dar es Salaam
Age:
29 |
|
Name: ali mahmood
Country:
Singapore,
City:
Singapore
,
Singapore
Age:
49
Comment:
Tuesday June 19, 2001 - 16:14
An individual who kills or hurt a civilian is called a terrorist. A nation who does it whether willfully or otherwise is nothing but an 'evil' state. Guns and bombs are used by terrorist,Landmines are used by state. I hope my country will sign the treaty soon for it is good in so many other ways. |
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Name: Chrissy
Country:
Australia,
City:
Perth
,
WA
Age:
22
Comment:
Tuesday June 19, 2001 - 12:40
god bless the landmine victims please protect them in the palm of your hand....... |
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Name: Andrew Woodman
Country:
Australia,
City:
Nicholls
,
A.C.T
Age:
21 |
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Name: David Benson
Organisation:
Lower Columbia College
Country:
Longview,
City:
WA
,
USA
Age:
50 |
|
Name: John O'Connor
Country:
Canada,
City:
montreal
,
quebec
Age:
43 |
|
Name: Neil Martindale
Country:
Canada,
City:
Fredericton
,
New Brunswick
Age:
25 |
|
Name: Doreen Adorno
Country:
USA,
City:
Lakewood
,
NJ
Age:
35 |
|
Name: Helga Ottengren
Country:
Sweden,
City:
Lund
Age:
19 |
|
Name: Ken O'Reilly
Country:
Australia,
City:
Brisbane
,
Qld
Age:
48
Comment:
Sunday June 17, 2001 - 13:29
The whole idea of weapons designed to maim people is evil |
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Name: Jorån Østerholt Dalane
Country:
Norway,
City:
Gjerstad
Age:
18 |
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Name: Christine Elliott
Country:
Australia,
City:
Beech Forest
,
VIC
Age:
32
Comment:
Saturday June 16, 2001 - 09:44
I struggle to accept how landmines and their intentional use could have been created in the first place. It is totally unacceptable that they are still being manufactured and used. I look forward to the day when landmines do not exist anywhere. |
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Name: R.Stan
Country:
Canada,
City:
Calgary
,
AB
Age:
34 |
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Name: Rose W.
Country:
Australia,
City:
Newcastle
,
NSW
Age:
20
Comment:
Friday June 15, 2001 - 09:06
Landmines were put in countries during times of conflict without people in power thinking seriously about what was to be done with the landmines after the conflict was over. As is all to often the case in our society, there is little forsight. We need to learn from this. We need to correct these mistakes and implement rules and laws to stop such atrocities ever happenning again. Where there are existing landmines they drastically and significantly effect the lives of the people who live there. Steps MUST and should be taken to remove these landmines. People are constantly quoting that we should "learn from history". We should learn from this, appriciate the landmines are a weapon that outlive the war and go on maiming and killing for years, and that they should no longer be used in any conflict any where in the world. |
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Name: Ayman Sorour
Organisation:
Landmines Struggle Center
Country:
Egypt,
City:
Cairo
,
Cairo
Age:
31
Comment:
Thursday June 14, 2001 - 18:26
Millions of Mines/UXOs in Egypt are waiting for somebody to clear them and to stop daily innoucent victims.you can help,be sure about that. |
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Name: Mark Flannagan
Country:
U.K.,
City:
London
Age:
38 |
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Name: Vanessa
Country:
South Africa,
City:
Gauteng
Age:
31
Comment:
Thursday June 14, 2001 - 11:19
Landmines should be banned as innocent people too often becomes the victims |
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Name: Steven B. Fine
Organisation:
N/A
Country:
USA,
City:
Bowie
,
Maryland
Age:
33
Comment:
Thursday June 14, 2001 - 10:48
Landmines need to be banned. They are cruel and inhumane. Conflicts need to be settled via dialogue and cooperation. |
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Name: Gail
Country:
Australia,
City:
Melbourne
,
Victoria
Age:
17
Comment:
Thursday June 14, 2001 - 09:09
I totally support this issue. Landmines are a vile and unhumane element of our world and it is unthinkable that this innocent people should be subject to this in this day and age! |
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Name: Beth Thompson
Country:
US,
City:
Myakka City
,
FL
Age:
42 |
|
Name: K.M. BRISCOE
Organisation:
United Heritage Metis Association
Country:
B.C.,
City:
Vancouver
,
Canada
Age:
41
Comment:
Wednesday June 13, 2001 - 23:29
Many aboriginal peoples world-wide have sustained suffering as a result of these horrific equipments of war. I consider myself to be fortuntate enough to have been born and to live in a country that took the initiative to be the instigating nation to draw up an international treaty, against land mines in our capital. Many aboriginal peoples in other countries are not so fortunate, as those in Vietnam, and other Asian countries and continents. When Britain and South Africa, and other nations who are leading producers of land mine production cease to do so, than the message has been heard. The United States bears a strong responsibility in hearing such a message as well and accountability for a lot of land mine pollution in Vietnam, Laos, Korea, etc. Perhaps when the United States of America decides to sign the treaty and join its strongest ally in the world, their n |
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Name: dominique bischoff-brown
Country:
usa,
City:
centre island
,
ny
Age:
51
Comment:
Wednesday June 13, 2001 - 23:28
Dear G7 leaders<br> The landmine holocaust requires urgent action. When so many people die or are maimed each day it is strange that in the 21st century so many<br> countries, in particular the USA, still persist in these barbaric practices. War is the result of failed intelligence and imagination. Landmines which are left behind to continue to kill and injure civilians for decades after the conflicts are over are acts of war directed at..men, women and children... This is barbaric and our failure to direct enough resources to clean up these sites is criminal. We know this disaster exists and yet we are perpetuating the crime. <br> This could be changed if you would agree to direct enough resources to clean up the sites and if you decided to stop creating new killing fields. ...it is up to you. <br> |
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Name: michael thwaites
Organisation:
California Digital Library
Country:
USA,
City:
Berkeley
,
CA
Age:
46 |
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Name: Judith van Ravenstein
Country:
Netherlands,
City:
The Hague
Age:
24 |
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Name: nicola zanini
Organisation:
emergency
Country:
italy,
City:
rimini
Age:
23 |
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Name: Nicholas White
Organisation:
Carey Baptist Grammar School
Country:
Australia,
City:
Melbourne
,
Victoria
Age:
15 |
|
Name: Joaquim Playà
Organisation:
DEMAC
Country:
Spain,
City:
Barcelona
,
Catalonia
Age:
35 |
|
Name: Brooke
Country:
usa,
City:
Santa Barbara
,
california
Age:
15 |
|
Name: Sjoerd van den Ende
Country:
Netherlands,
City:
Den Haag
Age:
27 |
|
Name: Marilyn A. Mowry
Country:
usa,
City:
voorheesville
,
ny
Age:
62 |
|
Name: Ashley Ewasick
Country:
Canada,
City:
Guelph
,
Ontario
Age:
18
Comment:
Tuesday June 12, 2001 - 01:10
With this signture, maybe I can help people in some way. |
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Name: Bantu Charles
Organisation:
Africa Students Asso.
Country:
USA,
City:
seattle
,
WA
Age:
28
Comment:
Sunday June 10, 2001 - 17:20
I love if people can look in to what is going on now days around the world. Children die because of what they do not know it may cause their life. So if we mean, let us tell the world that we really mean to stop the use of landmain. and thanks by Bantu Charles. |
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Name: A.Evans
Organisation:
Ban the slaughter
Country:
AUSTRALIA,
City:
cairns
,
QLD
Age:
13
Comment:
Sunday June 10, 2001 - 06:58
If we are to stop the use of landmines,we must first get the ottowa treaty signed by all countries. Then we can think about other subjects |
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Name: Wigger Tasman
Country:
Switzerland,
City:
Lausanne
Age:
36 |
|
Name: Kelly Kowal
Country:
United States,
City:
DeKalb
,
Illinois
Age:
20 |
|
Name: Chris Truesdell
Country:
USA,
City:
Mpls
,
MN
Age:
28 |
|
Name: Rajesh Kumar
Organisation:
The World Revolution
Country:
United States,
City:
Seattle
,
WA
Age:
29 |
|
Name: R. Schut
Country:
The Netherlands,
City:
Bennekom
Age:
47 |
|
Name: Charity Ryan
Country:
United States,
City:
Austin
,
Texas
Age:
25
Comment:
Wednesday June 6, 2001 - 17:27
How is it possible that this is still happening? |
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Name: Anne-marie TROILLARD
Country:
FRANCE,
City:
Marseille
Age:
42 |
|
Name: Elaine Kovacs
Country:
USA,
City:
New Brunswick
,
NJ
Age:
54 |
|
Name: Catherine Berra
Country:
USA,
City:
Oakton
,
Virginia
Age:
38 |
|
Name: Charles Collins
Country:
USA,
City:
Lyons
,
CO
Age:
41 |
|
Name: stacy whittemore
Organisation:
Harbor High School
Country:
US,
City:
Santa Cruz
,
CA
Age:
34 |
|
Name: Linda Noonan-Ngwane
Organisation:
Southern Africa Network - ELCA
Country:
USA,
City:
Haverford
,
PA
Age:
40 |
|
Name: Geoff Campbell
Country:
USA,
City:
San Francisco
,
CA
Age:
41 |
