[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 22997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE IMPORTANT ISSUE OF LAND MINES

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, as cochair of the Women's 
Caucus, along with the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly), together 
we are hosting a bipartisan meeting with Queen Noor of Jordan, who is 
making her first official visit to Capitol Hill today, to bring 
awareness to the devastation caused by land mines around the globe.
  More than 60 countries are infested with land mines, 60 countries 
that have the potential of killing or maiming innocent civilians, 
claiming 26,000 new victims every year. Land mines cannot tell the 
difference between the footfall of a soldier or a child at play. Every 
20 minutes someone steps on a land mine, killing or leaving them 
maimed. Fewer than 10 percent of the survivors have access to proper 
medical treatment.
  I urge my colleagues to support the efforts of Queen Noor and the 
Land Mine Survivors Network to bring awareness to this important issue 
and to provide a voice to those survivors who do not have the 
opportunity or ability to speak for themselves.

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