Number: 96-362
Title: Landmines: Basic Facts and Congressional Concerns
Authors: Thomas Hawkins, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: The global proliferation of anti-personnel landmines impedes the resettlement of refugees, threatens international peacekeepers, and endangers civilians who live on previously contested territory. Congress and the Clinton Administration have attempted to address the problem of global landmine proliferation through international treaty, improved landmine and countermine technology, and humanitarian assistance. Moreover, U.S. military doctrine clearly defines guidance for the conduct of mine warfare by the Armed Forces.
Pages: 34
Date: Updated August 26, 1998