ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Mark A. Hiznay, researcher with the Arms division of Human Rights Watch, researched and wrote this report. Stephen D. Goose, acting executive director of the Arms division, edited it. Michael McClintock, deputy program director of Human Rights Watch, and Dinah Pokempner, general counsel of Human Rights Watch, reviewed the report. Production assistance was provided by Jasmine Juteau, associate with the Arms division, Karen Binger, intern with the Arms division, Nicola Brandt, Everett Public Service Intern with the Arms division, Patrick Minges, publications director, and Fitzroy Hepkins, mail manager.
This report is largely based on research undertaken by Human Rights Watch for the U.S. country chapter in the International Campaign to Ban Landmines' Landmine Monitor Report 2000, which will be released in September 2000. We gratefully acknowledge funding from the John Merck Fund, the Open Society Institute's Landmines Project, the Ploughshares Foundation, the Samuel Rubin Foundation, and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

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