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Role of the UN in banning the use of landmines. Summary in English p. 948.

Enthält u.a.: Karp, Aaron: Negotiating small arms restraint. - S. 5-12. Enthält außerdem französ. Text u.d.T.: Maitrise des armes legeres: quelle coordination? - S. 1-73

The Ottowa Convention was an appropriate response to the crisis caused by antipersonnel landmines, & the policies it enacted, specifically, the decision to forbid the use of these mines & advocation of their destruction, have generally accomplished what they set out to do, even if further work remains. The success of the Ottowa Convention's resolutions is demonstrated through a case study involving the situation in Africa. Africa was chosen for the case study since it is particularly affected by antipersonnel mines & has been a place where the resolutions of the Ottowa Convention have been carried out. Focus is placed on the extent of the landmine crisis, the complexity of the problem, & the mechanisms developed to respond to it. D. Weibel

The United Nations and Mine Action, by Bernard Miyet
On December 2, 3 and 4 last year, approximately one hundred States gathered in Ottawa to sign a treaty banning antipersonnel landmines. This extraordinary achievment should not hide the scope of the work that remains to be done: according to the ICRC, 800 people are killed and 1,200 maimed every single month by landmines; about 70 states are directly affected by the problem. The United Nations has already accomplished a lot, establishing half a dozen demining programmes in Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. In a view to strengthen its capacity, the Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has designated the Department of Peacekeeping Operations as new focal point for mine action. The aim is to better coordinate the activities of the various partners (UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, Non-Governmental Organizations...) while developing the humanitarian dimension of a problem which has all too often been looked at solely under its technical and military aspects.