Weapons, the House says stop anti-personnel mines. Satisfaction from Emergency: “In memory of Gino Strada”
Final green light to the law against anti-personnel mines. The Chamber of Deputies has unanimously approved the law to counter the financing of companies producing anti-personnel bombs, ammunition and cluster sub-ammunition (Law 1813 “Measures to counter the financing of companies producing antipersonnel mines, ammunition and cluster submunitions”). Thus closes another ugly chapter of the past.
“The approval of the law against the financing of anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions and sub-munitions represents a further step towards the elimination of these devices, started in Italy with the law for their ban in 1997, which was obtained thanks to an important civil campaign of which Emergency was the promoter. Today we welcome this new provision, which establishes control and verification mechanisms, dictating implementation deadlines and establishing sanctions in case of non-compliance “. Rossella Miccio, president of Emergency, after the final go-ahead unanimously of the Chamber of Deputies to the law against the so-called cluster bomb. “Over twenty years since Gino Strada talked about the effects of these Green parrots on children in Afghanistan, and we still see the consequences of conflicts every day in our hospitals. “
“In the last twenty years in Afghanistan – continues Emergency – the organization has guaranteed free life-saving treatment to 61 thousand victims of firearms in the 3 surgical centers and in the 44 first aid posts in 30 districts. Of these, 19 thousand were victims of shrapnel from explosive devices and 7,000 victims of mine. “There are 4 people every day. 40% of the injured treated were women or children. The number of victims of indiscriminate attacks has not shown any decrease in twenty years of conflict” .
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