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JAN ONDŘEJ CYIL 3 ȍ2012Ȏ Convention, however, was neither ratified nor signed by countries like the USA, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea, South Korea, Iran, Syria, Egypt and others. The reasons stated, for example by the USA, are their responsibility for the protection of South Korea and for peace keeping. 34 In this respect, however, General N. Schwarzkopf 35 and fourteen other retired generals and admirals wrote in an open letter that anti-personnel land mines were not the basis of military effectiveness or security of American forces in South Korea.

34 Conf. Murphy, J. F., T he United States and the Rule of Law in International Affairs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004, third printing 2007, p. 218. 35 Ibid.

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