USAs militær genindfører landminer i Europa
Brugen af landminer er fordømt kloden rundt, og kun 35 lande har ikke underskrevet en FN-aftale imod dem. Alligevel har USA nu besluttet at bruge dette morderiske anti-personel våben i stort omfang igen.USA står uden for de nuværende aftaler, og nægtede også under præsident Obama at underskrive, men han indskrænkede dog brugen til udelukkende at gælde grænsen mod Nordkorea. Mange af minerne ligger fortsat på lager, og USA fjerner altså nu sine restriktioner. Planen er også at anbringe nyudviklede miner ved den russiske grænse i de baltiske stater, på trods af at disse selv har afskrevet sig brug af landminer.
USA har dog lovet, at udlagte miner med tiden vil selvdestruere, selvom denne teknik har vist sig meget upålidelig. Gamle miner ligger fortsat spredt over store landområder, og invaliderer tusinder hvert år. Troen på påstået "sikre" landminer var også USAs politik i 2004, selv om resultaterne heller ikke dengang var lovende. EU har kritiseret planerne, hvilket naturligvis ikke stopper USA.
Om EU så finder nosser til at nægte USA at udlægger sådanne forbudte landminer i EU-lande, vil fremtiden vise - for dette er nemlig ikke sådan direkte forbudt. FN-aftalen rummer diverse tekniske krumspring, fx afgrænser aftalen sig til landminer rettet mod mennesker, så der er en gråzone for antitankminer. Og danske væbnede styrker kan alligevel deltage i militære operationer med USA på trods af de forbudte våben - takket være en kringlet fortolkning beskrevet i militærets Manual om Folkeret:
"Forbuddet forhindrer ikke danske styrker i militære operationer med stater, som ikke er forpligtede af forbuddet mod anvendelse af personelminer. En eventuel fordel, som måtte opnås ved andre staters udlægning af personelminer, vil ikke indebære en dansk overtrædelse under forudsætning af, at danske styrker har overholdt forbuddet mod at bistå, opmuntre eller tilskynde til handlinger, der er forbudt."
FN-aftalen blev presset igennem i 1997 af den verdensomspændende Campaign to Ban Landmines, som AMK aktivt deltog i. Aftalen er nu underskrevet af 164 lande, her i blandt Danmark, der tidligere både brugte og producerede landminer. Kampagnen udløste Nobels Fredspris til de deltagende grupper - som nu må genoptage kampen.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - februar 2020
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.
Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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> Peace prize for drone researcher: Refuses to make weapons
”I don't want to build drones for the military”, wrote Dylan Cawthorne in the Danish trade magazine for engineers - and for this attitude the peace organisation ”Aldrig Mere Krig” (”Never More War”) has now honoured him with the association's Peace Rose. Cawthorne is an aerospace engineer and associate professor at the Drone Centre at the University of Southern Denmark.Cawthorne warns of a ”militarization of public Danish universities”, and that he himself is exposed to ”increased pressure from management to work on military projects”, with ”financial gain as the primary motive”.
Despite the pressure, Cawthorne refuses to work on military projects, and will insist on developing only civilian drones – for the benefit of healthcare and similar humanitarian tasks: ”Then I can combine my love of flight and fabrication, with my dream of making the world a better place.”
The Peace Rose was awarded to Dylan Cawthorne on Sunday the 10th of September in front of his artwork ”Kites for Peace”. The award certificate from the peace organisation honours Cawthorne for ”the courage to demand technology for peace and not for war”.
”In a world where science has made our leaders all too skilled at creating havoc and causing destruction, but not at solving their conflicts peacefully, it is important for daring individuals to speak out against the onslaught of militarisation”, said Tom Vilmer Paamand, who is chairman of the peace organisation, at the presentation:
”Freedom of research is threatened, just as freedom of speech is, when suddenly there is no room for sober thoughts against war. That is why people like Dylan Cawthorne, who dare anyway, are so badly needed.”
”Aldrig Mere Krig” is the Danish section of War Resisters' International, and has been handing out its Peace Roses for over 50 years. Over the years, the prize has been given for many forms of action, and to many types of actors - from dock workers to artists, journalists and even to a commander of the special forces. And in a similar case to Cawthorne's, to the engineering company Rambøll, which at that time had a philosophy of not wanting to ”make money from the arms industry”.
Tom Vilmer Paamand - september 2023
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