Word: internationale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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But the die is cast. Neither mainstream Republicans nor Democrats now advocate cutting Russia off from IMF aid, although both are now calling for greater controls. But at this point IMF aid to Russia isn?t even passing through Russian hands ?- it?s simply being transferred from one IMF account...
And her organization should know about the gravity of these issues: it helped found the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its work.
Vitagliano said her organization, in light of recent events, considered adding cluster bombs to its international treaty in progress. But, citing the current opposition of the United States to the land mine treaty, among other reasons, she said it would not be feasible at this time. However, Vitagliano did say...
"What we have learned with land mines is that they have legitimate military uses, but our day-to-day experience is overwhelmed by the irresponsible uses of mines," Arkin said. He said that international pressure--alongside effective military alternatives--made the land mine treaty possible.
The problem with proxy armies is that they don't always pack up and go home when their sponsors do. The Indonesian military may have officially given up the ghost in East Timor, but their local militia allies on Thursday began menacing international peacekeepers, firing weapons into the air and...