HRES361-119

That the House of Representatives— reaffirms the commitment of the United States to support international humanitarian efforts to eliminate landmines and unexploded ordnance; recognizes the communities from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam including the many Hmong, Cham, Cambodian, Iu-Mien, Khmu, Lao, Montagnard, and Vietnamese people who supported and defended the United States Armed Forces during the conflict in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s; remembers the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam war and the sacrifices of the members of the United States Armed Forces that served in the conflict; recognizes those individuals in numerous countries who, at great risk to their personal safety, work to locate and remove antipersonnel landmines and unexploded ordnance; affirms its support for the goal, as expressed by the Maputo +15 declaration of June 27, 2014, to intensify efforts to clear mined areas to the fullest extent possible by 2025; calls upon the United States Government— to continue providing the funding necessary to support international humanitarian demining activities; to maintain its international leadership role in seeking to rid the world of areas contaminated by landmines and unexploded ordnance; and to rededicate itself to addressing legacy mine contamination as an urgent humanitarian priority; and reaffirms the goals of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.