IP: banning landmines

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:33:18 EST
From: Michael Felker <mfelker () central cis upenn edu>




Please forgive this rather maudlin intrusion . . .


27 years ago as a 19 y/o medic with the Marines in Vietnam I dealt firsthand
with the human devastation caused by landmines.=A0 This devastation=
 continues:
the U.S. Dept. of State estimates that every 22 minutes, somewhere in the
world a man, woman, or child is killed or maimed by a mine.=A0=20


A Treaty to ban the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of
anti-personnel
landmines will be signed in Ottawa, Canada, next month; nearly 100 nations
support this treaty.=20


In anticipation of the signing of the Treaty, members of the Nobel
Peace Prize-winning Campaign to Ban Landmines are traveling across the
U.S. to publicize the concept of a world free of landmines; they will be in
Philadelphia on Thursday, November 20th participating in the following
events:=20


=A0=A0=A0=A0noon
=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0 Vigil & rally, west side of Philadelphia City Hall


=A0=A0=A0=A03PM to 5PM
=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Meeting at the University of Pennsylvania Law School,=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Room 1, Roberts Hall, 34th & Chestnut Streets


=A0=A0=A0=A06:30PM=A0 to 8PM
=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0 Meeting at American Friends Service Committee=20
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Center, 15th & Cherry Streets=20


I have flyers about these events; if you would like some to put in your=
 local
laundromat, food co-op, video store, school, etc., please let me know.


=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Thanks,


=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Mike Felker


more info re: the landmine issue is available at


=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.vvaf.org/landmine.html/
=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.demining.brtrc.com/
=A0=A0=A0=A0http://www.hdic.jmu.edu/hdic/=20








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