Well, I have watched,supported and also donated for the anti-landmine cause for a long time so I may be able to share my view of this story-but of course, there is not ONE history but many different individual accounts of the history and people who watch and discuss it.
The Ottawa treaty was signed just a little time after the tragic accident with the Princess-of course the treaty and solutions for the landmine problem have been discussed and prepared for a long long time,just like everything in politics and history needs a lot of time to develop and gain more influence. Even before she joined the movement there were many great ppl who supported the cause and fought for the ban of landmines.I believe that this important thing was prepared by many caring and active people,but Diana gave it a face and a voice and her influence was the final drop of water that has made the glass run over with water,if you understand what I mean...
Just like that I may add that it makes a HUGE difference if we-Joe Averages and people of no importance to the world and the news-support a cause or weather the most-photographed woman of her time and also one of the most popular celebrities/royals does speak out for exactly the same cause...Even if we do the same work we will never have the same impact,this is a fact.
I do not really know why you constantly pick on my every word,but I am patient,maybe you just want to let off some steam so why not putting down a dead person like Diana or pick on somebody you do not even know, to feel better about yourself? I do not mind & I sincerely hope you are feeling better now because I know that a lot of people on TRF are quite frustrated and have a hard life-but let me reassure you that I do not take anything personally.I just wish there was more more constructive talks and less picking on royals or other users
So I will give you two sources to read,to support my ideas and also to defend Diana´s legacy who was more than just a pretty face:
Biography of Princess Diana | Diana
"Diana is believed to have influenced the signing, though only after her death, of the Ottawa Treaty, which created an international ban on the use of anti-personnel landmines. Introducing the Second Reading of the Landmines Bill 1998 to the British House of Commons, the
Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, paid tribute to Diana's work on landmines:
“ All Honourable
Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines.
The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines,
is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines. ”
—Robin Cook"
From Wikipedia an excerpt of the article about the Ottawa treaty:
The Ottawa Treaty was ardently championed by Diana, Princess of Wales. In January 1997, she visited Angola and walked near a minefield to dramatize its dangers.[42] In January 1997, Angola's population was approximately 10 million and had about 10–20 million land mines in place from its civil war.[43] In August 1997, she visited Bosnia with the Landmine Survivors Network. Her work with landmines focused on the injuries and deaths inflicted on children.
When the Second Reading of the Landmines Bill took place in 1998 in the British House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook praised Diana and paid tribute to her work on landmines:
All honourable Members will be aware from their postbags of the immense contribution made by Diana, Princess of Wales, to bringing home to many of our constituents the human costs of landmines.
The best way in which to record our appreciation of her work, and the work of NGOs that have campaigned against landmines, is to pass the Bill, and to pave the way towards a global ban on landmines.
(This is the same quote as above-but it shows that it is a widely shared opinion)
