Belarus completes the destruction of 3.4m stockpiled landmines

Belarus delegate at the Third Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in Maputo, Mozambique ©ICBL, June 2014. Today the Republic of Belarus announced that it has completed the destruction of its st…

4 April: Going Beyond Awareness

Today marks 4 April, the day for International Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. 4 April aims at raising awareness of dangers caused by landmines and explosive remnants of war. The Intern…

The Mine Ban Treaty Turns 18: What Does it Mean?

ICBL Ambassador Mr Tun Chanareth advocates for delegates at the UN in Geneva to ban landmines. April 1996 © John Rodsted “The signing of the Ottawa treaty was one of the highlights of my career at th…

Algeria completes antipersonnel mine clearance

The delegate of Algeria announcing completion at the 20th International Meeting of National Mine Action Programme Directors ©ICBL Algeria confirmed today in Geneva the completion of its antipersonne…

Looking Back 20 Years: Lady Di in Angola

By Michael P. Moore from Landmine and Cluster Munition MonitorBased on an original post at Landmines in AfricaThis month marks the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's visit to Angola. During that vis…