Cuatro nuevos países se declaran libres de minas antipersonal en la Cumbre de Cartagena

Cartagena, Colombia, 4 de diciembre de 2009 – Más de 1.000 activistas, sobrevivientes y delegados de gobiernos celebraron la clausura de la Cumbre de Cartagena por un Mundo Libre de Minas, anunciando …

Four New Countries Declared Mine-Free at Landmine Summit

Press Release - For immediate release Cartagena, Colombia, 4 December 2009 -- Over 1000 activists, survivors and government delegates celebrated the close of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World…

Los gobiernos deberían acabar con el sufrimiento causado por las minas antipersonal y las bombas en racimo, reforzando los derechos de las personas con discapacidades

COMUNICADO DE PRENSA Para su difusión immediata Los gobiernos deberían acabar con el sufrimiento causado por las minas antipersonal y las bombas en racimo, reforzando los derechos de las personas con …

Governments should end suffering caused by landmines and cluster bombs, bolster disability rights

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Support three key treaties on International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 2 December 2009) - High-level representatives from 13…

Activistas contra las minas solicitan a los gobiernos acciones concretas en la Cumbre contra las Minas

Cartagena, 30 de noviembre de 2009 -- Más de mil activistas, sobrevivientes, profesionales de la acción contra minas, expertos en desarrollo y representantes de gobiernos de todo el mundo, se encontra…

Mine Ban Activists Demand Concrete Action from Governments at World Summit on Landmines

Cartagena, November 30th 2009 -- Over a thousand activists, survivors, mine action practitioners, development experts and government representatives from around the world will converge in Colombia thi…

Conferencia de prensa del Landmine Monitor - 25 Nov. 2009 - Intervencion de Sylvie Brigot

Conferencia de prensa del Landmine MonitorBogotá 25 de Noviembre de 2009Intervención de Sylvie Brigot, Directora de la Campaña Internacional para la Prohibición de las Minas Antipersonal (ICBL )Señora…

Cumbre de Caratgena por un Mundo Libre de Minas, Nov. 29 - Dic. 4, 2009

Información para los medios de comunicaciónCUMBRE DE CARTAGENA POR UN MUNDO LIBRE DE MINASReunión global sobre el Tratado de prohibición de minasQUECumbre de Cartagena por un mundo libre de minas, o s…

Las expectativas de la ICBL para la II Conferencia de Revision

La Convencion para la prohibicion de minas antipersonal:Las expectativas de la ICBL para la II Conferencia de RevisionJesús Martínez, Director, Fundación Red de SobrevivientesREUNIÓN REGIONAL"AVANCES …

Anti-Landmine Treaty Working, Lives and Limbs Saved

Geneva, 12 November 2009 – Since the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty entered into force ten years ago, significant progress has been made in eradicating antipersonnel mines, but much work remains, according to L…

Media Advisory: Landmine Monitor Report 2009 Global Launch, 12 November 2009

Landmine Monitor Report 2009 will be released globally at a press conference hosted by the UN Institute for Disarmament Research in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the eleventh annual report published by…

Media Advisory: The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World, 29 Nov-4 Dec 2009

WHAT: The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World, or second five-year Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty WHEN: 29 November-4 December 2009 Members of the press are welcome to attend the entire m…

A Mine-Free South-Eastern Europe: Mission Possible

From 7-9 October 2009, members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) gathered in Tirana, Albania for the Tirana Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-Eastern Europe, to conduct advoc…

Assessing Five Years of Mine Ban Treaty Implementation in Turkey

The First [National] Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in Turkey was held in the city of Diyarbakýr, Southeastern Turkey, on Sunday 18 October 2009. Organised by the Initiative for a Mine-Free …

Third Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines, Pretoria, South Africa, 9-11 September 2009

ICBL campaigners joined the Third Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines in Pretoria, South Africa from 9-11 September 2009, to conduct advocacy and outreach in support of the Mine Ban…

"The Awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize is a Call to Action"

As the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama on 9 October, Jody Williams commented: "President Obama has articulated a vision of a changed world -- on…

Nobel Laureate Urges Governments to Work Harder on a Mine-Free South-Eastern Europe and Caucasus

Regional meeting on landmines opens today in Tirana Tirana, 7 October 2009 - States of South-Eastern Europe and the Caucasus still have large steps to take on the road to becoming 'mine-free', said t…

Landmine issue makes Google shortlist for Project 10 to the 100th

Make your vote count until 8 October! Google has finally whittled down the more than 150,000 ideas submitted as part of its Project 10 to the 100th to 16 themes that will compete for $ 10 million in …

Cartagena Summit - Are States Ready?

The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World will be a highly significant event in the history of the Mine Ban Treaty. It will provide an opportunity to revitalize and reinvigorate our work on the treaty…

African Union Members Must Step Up Efforts in Clearing Landmines, Assisting Mine Survivors

Regional meeting on landmines opens today in Pretoria

Donate to the ICBL through the Combined Federal Campaign!

U.S. Federal employees can give to the ICBL from 1 September - 15 December 2009 through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign. The ICBL has been admitted…

Landmine Survivors Call on Governments to Live Up to their Mine Ban Treaty Promises

New report shows government assistance fails to meet landmine survivor needs

Nobel Peace Laureate Campaign Denounces Killing of Chechen Activist

NOBEL PEACE LAUREATE CAMPAIGN DENOUNCES KILLING OF CHECHEN ACTIVIST Geneva, 12 August 2009 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) strongly denounces the killing of civil society activis…

ICBL Campaigners Advocate for a Mine-Free Central Asia

In the second week of July, members of the ICBL gathered in Dushanbe, Tajikistan for the Dushanbe Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Central Asia, to conduct advocacy and outreach in support of the Min…

Press Release - Hold-Out States Must Join Landmine Ban, Says Nobel Laureate

Regional workshop on landmines opens on 7 July in Dushanbe Dushanbe, 7 July 2009 -- Central Asian states should join the vast majority of the world in renouncing antipersonnel landmines once and for …

Media Advisory - Dushanbe Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Central Asia, 7-8 July 2009

REGIONAL MEETING ON LANDMINE BAN TREATY: Governments and Campaigners from Central Asia Expected to Attend WHAT: The Dushanbe Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Central Asia; a regional meeting on land…

More than 80 Governments meet in Berlin to plan cluster munitions disposal

The new international convention banning cluster bombs is already delivering results, as signatories plan the destruction of these indiscriminate weapons even before it has entered into force, said th…

ICBL Ambassador Addresses Religious Leaders in Nairobi

On 16-18 June 2009, ICBL Ambassador Margaret Arach Orech joined the Conference of Religious Leaders on Conventional Weapons: Small Arms and Landmines, in Nairobi, Kenya. She provided examples of speci…

ICBL Statement on the victim assistance section of the Cartagena Action Plan

Parallel Programme on Victim Assistance, 29 May 2009 - Delivered by Firoz Ali Alizada, ICBL Treaty Implementation Officer Let me thank the Victim Assistance Co-Chairs and Implementation Support Unit …

Summary of the May 2009 Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings

Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention (25 & 29 May) Co-Chairs: Chile & Japan; Co-Rapporteurs: Ecuador & Slovenia; Universalization: no new States Partie…

ICBL Overview of Stockpile Destruction

Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, 25 May 2009 - Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation Thank you once again for the opportunity for the ICBL to present a global o…

ICBL Statement on Addressing Concerns about Compliance with Article 4

Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, 25 May 2009 - Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation Thank you for the floor, Co-chair. Earlier today we had the chance to give …

ICBL Presentation on States Parties that were granted mine clearance deadline extensions at the 9th Meeting of the States Parties

Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Mine Risk Education and Mine Action Technologies, 27 May 2009 Thank you Co-Chairs. We would like to congratulate States Parties on their ongoing demining work. A…

ICBL Statement on Linking Mine Action and Development

Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, 29 May 2009 Thank you for the opportunity to speak here on the issue of linking mine action development. The ICBL believes th…

ICBL Statement on Transparency Reports (Article 7)

Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, 25 May 2009 - Delivered by Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director Thank you Mr. Co-Chair. We would like to take…

ICBL Statement on Facilitating Compliance

Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, 29 May 2009 - Delivered by Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director Thank you for the floor, Co-Chair. Turning to…

Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 25-29 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland

In order to ensure the systematic and effective implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, four informal, open-ended Standing Committees meet once a year in Geneva, Switzerland. The meetings are open to g…

PRESS RELEASE: "Banning Cluster Munitions: Government Policy and Practice" Report Released

STOCKPILE DESTRUCTION SIGNALS END FOR CLUSTER MUNITIONS. New report looks at government engagement on ban treaty GENEVA, Switzerland – 29 May 2009 – Several states that have signed the new internatio…

Bangkok Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-East Asia, 1-3 April 2009

In the first week of April 2009, members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) gathered in Bangkok, Thailand to conduct advocacy and outreach in support of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. Th…

Voices from the Ground - Questionnaire for Mine Survivors

We want to make sure the voices of survivors, their families and communities will be heard at the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty to be held in Cartagena, Colombia, from 30 November to…