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La France a été, et reste, une puissance légitime et crédible. Toutefois, celle-ci a évolué au fil de l'Histoire. Plus que jamais, le soft power français doit s'exprimer, bénéficiant de l'indispensable levier européen. Penser que la France peut rester seule est dès lors une illusion, voire un mensonge.

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.