Myanmar rebel group signs up to landmine ban
Afp, Geneva
An anti-landmines campaign group said yesterday that it hoped two of Myanmar's largest armed opposition movements would give up using the weapons, after a smaller rebel group committed itself to an international ban. Geneva Call, which is trying to get armed rebel or resistance groups to follow the conditions of the 1997 Ottawa Convention outlawing anti-personnel landmines, announced that the Chin National Front had joined its parallel pledge on July 31. "Geneva Call is hoping to bring other Burmese opposition groups on board the mine ban," said Katherine Kramer, of Geneva Call. "We have already started discussions with other groups, including the Karen and Karenni, though it is still at the early stage," she added. Myanmar's military regime is not among the 154 governments, which have signed up to the international treaty.
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