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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 27. Juni 2014 / Time Line June 27, 2014
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U.S. Announces Changes to Landmine Policy
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2014 - The United States will not produce or otherwise acquire any anti-personnel landmines in the future, American officials announced in Maputo, Mozambique, today.
The declaration -- delivered at the end of the Third Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention -- reinforces America's commitment to the aims of the treaty.
The convention prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of anti-personnel landmines. American officials in Maputo said the United States would like to accede to the Ottawa Convention. The United States is researching how to "mitigate" the risks associated with the loss of anti-personnel landmines.
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