| The wide area antipersonnel mine was a flanged metal sphere with tripwires spread by springs. |
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| World War I was fought using trench warfare almost from the beginning because of the increasing sophistication of antipersonnel weaponry. |
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| Among the refinements currently under discussion is a redesignation of antipersonnel mines as unlawful. |
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| To these bomb loads would have to be added a number of tons of antipersonnel fragmentation bombs to inflict comparable casualties. |
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| The antipersonnel mines are activated by tripwires that will explode by the presence of a civilian or combatant. |
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| It fired a guided antitank missile in addition to conventional tank rounds and a special antipersonnel round containing thousands of tiny dartlike flechettes. |
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| The new antipersonnel land mine brusher deminer is designed to withstand land mine explosions and can be used in different terrain conditions. |
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| The rockets carried a variety of warheads, including high explosive, antipersonnel, incendiary, smoke, and chemical. |
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| Furthermore some training sessions were organized about antipersonnel mines in camps and schools close to them. |
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| Upon completion of the operations in Nicaragua, Central America will be the first region in the world to rid itself of antipersonnel mines. |
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| There continue to be reports of armed groups from Georgia laying antipersonnel mines in the Abkhazia region. |
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| Another area where concerted action on conventional weapons is well under way is in the global effort to rid the world of the scourge of antipersonnel landmines. |
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| The organization has unearthed 2,500 antitank mines, 135,000 antipersonnel mines and 630,000 unexploded ordnances, Mr. Elmi, the acting director, said. |
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| Mine actions shall be integrated into all country strategies for those developing countries which suffer from the consequences of antipersonnel landmines. |
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| People who plant antipersonnel mines, kill children, take pleasure in their own cruelty and act treacherously can only be described as terrorists. |
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| Today, this convention has been adopted by the vast majority of States and has significantly reduced the use of antipersonnel mines made or used in the world. |
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| A draft Regulation on antipersonnel landmines, which is still on the table of the Council, provides for destruction of landmines and specific rehabilitation programmes both for affected individuals and communities. |
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| The humanitarian demining program has also made a valuable contribution to the widespread problem of antipersonnel mines, a legacy of times that should never again darken our region. |
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| Under the 2006-2010 National Development Plan, which is the law of the land, a budget allocation has been ensured for comprehensive and retroactive care for antipersonnel mine victims. |
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| Little by little, the public opinions of the countries evolved towards supporting the idea that it was necessary to forbid the use of antipersonnel mines. |
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| Barbed wire and antitank and antipersonnel mines interlaced the whole. |
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