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That only makes any sense if the government that laid the mines still exists after the conflict and wasn’t entirely insane in the first place. Read about the K
by idontwantthis 4y ago
That only makes any sense if the government that laid the mines still exists after the conflict and wasn’t entirely insane in the first place.
Read about the Khmer Rouge.
- asdff 4y agoArms need to come from someplace. In the case of the Khmer Rouge, those landmines were made by the chinese government 1. Sanctions could therefore land on china for not accounting for mines they created. For the case of governments that truly have no responisble parties remaining afterwards, say the land is littered with IEDs, then the UN should have funds set aside to go towards these efforts, just like how they have funds going to other humanitarian efforts. But when its possible its best to charge the offending governments if they are still around than to have the world subsidize them. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mines_in_Cambodia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mines_in_Cambodia
- idontwantthis 4y agoYou’re basically describing the facts as they are now. It is a massive international effort involving the UN the US and many other countries. Oh and Cambodia itself which has agency even though it’s poor.
- Synaesthesia 4y agoThe US war in Cambodia preceded the rise of the Khmer Rouge.