SJR27,1,53 Whereas, there are over 119,000,000 land mines scattered in 70 nations of the
4world, and this number increases dramatically every year, the result of which is the
5injury or death of 2,000 people a month; and

SJR27,1,86 Whereas, these weapons continue to harm civilians and to prevent homes, land
7and communities from being free of danger and destruction and make it impossible
8for sustainable life to be resumed when war has ended; and

SJR27,1,119 Whereas, numerous U.S. military leaders confirm that land mines pose a threat
10to U.S. troops abroad and confirm that anti-personnel land mines no longer are
11necessary weapons of war; and

SJR27,1,1612 Whereas, the United States declared a moratorium until 1999 on the export of
13anti-personnel land mines and in 1996 called, by means of President Clinton's
14address to the United Nations, for a universal ban on the transfer and use of
15anti-personnel land mines and for the protection of civilians by removing the land
16mines already laid in the ground; and

SJR27,2,5

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1Whereas, the U.S. backing of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament is an
2uncertain and contradictory approach to the permanent elimination of the
3manufacture, sale and use of land mines and does not complement the more positive
4diplomatic approach of the Ottawa initiative, which has a high level of international
5support; and

SJR27,2,86 Whereas, momentum is growing for a worldwide ban by the end of 1997, and
7the support of the Ottawa process by the United States would show significant
8leadership toward that goal; now, therefore, be it