Walk in peace: banish landmines from our globe.
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چکیده
These words are akdicated to the memory of Diana, Princess of Mles. She, perhaps w e than any other individual, in reaching out to the ravaged victim of landmines, &wed the growing demand for a total ban on these vile weapons. Her courage in exposing the hypocrisy of gomrnmals, her own include4 and her compassion for the suffering in mine infsted countries, must not be to no mail. Rather it is for w to continue and to accelert.ate the impetus she gave to banishing landmines fiom our globe, so that we can then begin to cleame the 60 nations in which more than l00 million mines huue been scattered and permit the people-the children in particular, so much loved by Diana-to walk again in peace.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 315 7120 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997