US: Nobel Laureates Urge Obama to Ban Landmines

On: November 30, 2010

In: Arms, Landmines, Mine Ban Treaty, Press release, United States, US Foreign Policy

Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize recipients have sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to ban antipersonnel landmines.

UPDATE:

On December 3rd, Burma’s recently freed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi added her name to the list of 15 other Nobel Peace Laureates who signed a letter sent November 30th to President Obama calling on the United States to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.

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