Sixteen recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize have sent a letter to their fellow Nobel Laureate President Barack Obama urging the U.S. to relinquish antipersonnel landmines and join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty without delay.
In the letter, the Laureates state, "United States accession to this important instrument would bring great benefits to the U.S. and the world...It would help strengthen the fundamental goal of preventing innumerable civilians from falling victim to these indiscriminate weapons in the future, and help ensure adequate care for the hundreds of thousands of existing survivors and their communities."
