the Leg: imagine life without one

	Duration: 02:11 minutes Upload Time: 2006-10-20 05:40:20 User: krybaby1029
Tags: one  lifeless  leg  landmines  stop  ban   Description: Ten facts you need to know about landmines: 1. Each year, up to 20,000 new casualties are caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance: around 1,500 a month and 40 a day. 2. Landmine injuries include blindness, burns, destroyed limbs and shrapnel wounds. Often the victim dies from the blast because they don't get to medical care in time. Those who do survive often need amputations, long hospital stays and extensive rehabilitation. 3. Eighty five per cent of all the injured children die before they reach hospital. 4. Landmines are a developmental disaster: they deny people the use of land and infrastructure. Treating survivors drains the poorest countries of scarce resources. 5. Eighty two countries are affected by landmines or unexploded ordnance. No-one knows how many mines there are in the ground but their impact is dramatic: it only takes two or three mines to render a piece of land unusable and just one wrong step to transform a life. 6. The most affected territories include: Afghanistan, Angola, Bosnia, Cambodia, Eritrea, Iraq, Laos, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Sudan. 7. In 2003, countries where mines were still used included: Burma, Burundi, Columbia, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Philippines,Russia (Chechnya), Somalia, Sudan and Nepal. 8. Fifteen countries produce or reserve the right to produce anti-personnel mines. Of these, India and Pakistan are actively engaged in new production of anti-personnel mines. 9. Somewhere between 190 million and 205 million anti-personnel mines are stockpiled by states not party to the Ottawa Treaty. 10. States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty are obliged to clear all mines on their territory within ten years of ratifying the Treaty.
Comments
Leo4evr  2007-12-25 19:26:23 that was pretty much the most pointless thing i've seen all day. From an objective point of view. __________________________________________________
lolacarola  2007-12-18 07:40:34 It's from Amelie Soundtrack: Comptine D'un Autre ete :) __________________________________________________
krybaby1029  2007-12-17 04:43:33 YANN TIERSEN "Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain"(Virgin France 2000)-it's from "Amelie" the movie sondtrack __________________________________________________
arthurvits  2007-12-16 15:04:03 i have to know how this music called . . plese help as soon as posible !!!! __________________________________________________
Glee38  2007-12-04 01:06:33 This video is nice and arty but really gives No Idea what it's like to have only one leg __________________________________________________