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End the hidden assassins

I've just signed a petition urging U.S. President Obama to sign the global landmine ban.

With thousands of innocent victims killed every month by these brutal devices, it is an outrage that the US has not yet ratified the 156 country strong Treaty. Last week, key US politicians called on the President to join the ban and a wave of global voices could get the ban.

Click this link to join me in signing:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/obama_ban_mines/98.php?CLICKTF

Read more about this important issue below.

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Dear friends,

Mao Sopheap was orphaned by a landmine. Then, when she was 16, she stepped on one herself -- her left leg was blown apart and had to be amputated. During an interview she cried:

"That mine has given me a future of tears until the end of my life."

Outrageously the U.S. has not signed the decade-old global treaty to ban landmines. But last week, 68 U.S. Senators wrote to the President to support the ban, giving Obama the two-thirds majority he needs to ratify.

The Mine Ban Treaty was driven through by a global citizens movement -- now if enough of us support the Senate's move, we could get the Obama administration to sign it! Click below to take action now and forward this widely, the petition will be delivered to the White House when we reach 200,000 signers:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/obama_ban_mines/98.php?CLICKTF

Some military advisers are resisting the ban, but their argument that a ban would reduce security is tenuous -- the United States has not used landmines since 1991, has had an export ban in place since 1992, and has not produced any since 1997.

Since 1999, 156 countries have signed the global treaty banning their use and production and the reduction in the number of lives lost from mines has been tremendous. But significantly the U.S., China and Russia have not, and without the U.S. there's little chance of a comprehensive global ban, crucial to eliminate these indiscriminate killers.

Last week's letter from the Senate brings the U.S. one step closer to signing. But to counter military hesitation, a massive global wave of support is needed for the President to ratify the global ban. Sign the petition below, then forward this email to friends and family.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/obama_ban_mines/98.php?CLICKTF

Mao Sopheap's life and hundreds of lives per month have been destroyed by these malicious and obsolete bombs. Let's raise our voices together for those victims and send President Obama a clear message that the world will no longer accept U.S. delays and excuses. Sign the petition:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/obama_ban_mines/98.php?CLICKTF

With hope,

Alice, Iain, Pascal, Raluca, Mia, Ricken, Luis, Paul and the entire Avaaz team

SOURCES:

"White House Is Being Pressed to Reverse Course and Join Land Mine Ban", New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/world/americas/08mine.html

"The Senate is Ready to Ban Land Mines -- Is Obama?", Change.org:
http://globalpoverty.change.org/blog/view/the_senate_is_ready_to_ban_land_mines_is_obama

"Landmines Factsheet", from the United Nations:
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/banmines/facts.asp

Mao Sopheap's story:
http://library.thinkquest.org/11051/people.htm

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines Factsheet
http://www.the-monitor.org/index.php/publications/display?url=lm/2009/es/major_findings.html#major_finding1999-2009

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