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Jody Williams

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The Resume

    (October 9, 1950- )
    Born in Battleboro, Vermont
    Coordinator for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1992- )
    Won the Nobel Peace Prize (1997)

Why she might be annoying:

    The land mine ban she helped negotiate, the Ottawa Treaty, has the loophole that the three biggest landmine producers - the US, Russia and China - never signed it.
    Some observers felt the Nobel Prize should have gone to her boss, Bobby Mueller.
    She and Mueller stopped speaking after the award.
    Her brash style has been criticized as counterproductive.
    She called Bill Clinton a 'weenie' for not signing the Ottawa Treaty.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a teacher of English as a second language.
    She became interested in human rights after being handed a leaflet on the subway.
    The Ottawa treaty was signed by over 150 countries, 74 of which have completed destruction of their stockpiles of landmines.
    She commented, 'None of us thought we would ever ban landmines. I never thought it would happen in just six years.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying