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21 December 2010
Recruitment: CMC-ICBL Vacancies
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) are global campaigns in over 90 countries with more than 350 member organizations. Their main offices are cu…
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02 December 2010
Wheelchair Rugby Exhibition Match "Rumble in Cartagena" Wins 2010 Sports Event for Peace Award
Press Release -- For Immediate Release Monaco, 2 December 2010 -- The international organization Peace and Sport, under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, has granted the 2010 Sports Event f…
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02 December 2010
Governments must promote rights of landmine and cluster bomb survivors
Press Release -- For Immediate Release Governments must promote rights of landmine and cluster bomb survivors. Campaigns celebrate International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesGeneva, 2 December 2010…
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24 November 2010
Record-Breaking Progress for Mine Ban
PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RECORD-BREAKING PROGRESS FOR MINE BAN, according to Landmine Monitor 2010 released today. Geneva, 24 November 2010 - Record-breaking progress in implementing the…
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18 November 2010
Cambodian Deaths: A Cruel Reminder of the Need to Accelerate Mine Clearance
Landmines claim victims around the globe every day and continue to threaten civilians long after the end of conflicts. An antivehicle mine explosion that killed 13 Cambodian civilians on 16 November c…
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12 November 2010
CMC Press Release -- Cluster Bombs: 66-Point Plan Turns Legal Obligations Into Concrete Actions
CLUSTER MUNITION COALITION PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release Cluster bombs: 66-point plan turns legal obligations into concrete actions. Historic Laos meeting sets a new standard to judge all stat…
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11 November 2010
Rumble in Cartagena Shortlisted for 2010 Sports Event for Peace Award
The international organization Peace and Sport, under the patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco, has announced the nominees for the 2010 Sports Event for Peace award. The wheelchair rugby match Rumb…
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09 November 2010
CMC Press Release -- Governments Must Deliver Action Plan on Cluster Bomb Ban
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) enthusiastically welcomes the opening of the historic First Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and commends Lao PDR…
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02 November 2010
Media Advisory -- Global Meeting on Mine Ban Treaty
WHAT: The Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty WHEN: 29 November - 3 December 2010 WHERE: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland WHO: Governments, United Nations agencies, the …
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02 November 2010
"We Want to Make Sure States Keep Up the Energy"
Speaking notes for Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director. Press briefing held at the Palais des Nations, 2 November 2010, Geneva, Switzerland. Thanks for being with us this morning. I a…
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01 November 2010
Swift Implementation of Cluster Munition Ban Saves Lives
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Press Release. Bangkok, 1 November 2010 – The destruction of millions of stockpiled cluster submunitions years before deadlines mandated under the Convention on C…
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26 October 2010
A Finite Problem That Can Be Resolved
On 25 October 2010 as Disarmament Week opened, the ICBL addressed the United Nations' First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. Zach Hudson from the United States Campaign to Ban Land…
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12 October 2010
A small gift plus $10
JustGive.org celebrates 10 years of online charitable giving. To mark the occasion, thank donors and further its mission, JustGive.org will add $10 to every donation made from 10-20 October 2010. To s…
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04 October 2010
Speaking Notes -- Sylvie Brigot, ICBL Executive Director -- European Union Mine Awareness Seminar
EU action against landmines and cluster munitions: Mine Awareness Seminar, 30 September 2010 - Speaking notes on Advocacy and Awareness of International Conventions - Sylvie Brigot, Executive Director…
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04 October 2010
European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva Reaffirms Support for the Mine Ban Treaty and Convention on Cluster Munitions
Mined Lives photo exhibition opens in Brussels. On 30 September 2010, representatives of the ICBL and Cluster Munition Coalition briefed senior officials from the European Union at a seminar organized…
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13 September 2010
Campaigners Invited to Organize a Monitor Release Activity
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor produces several research products including the annual Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor reports, online country profile reports, as well as factshee…
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01 September 2010
Donate to the ICBL through the Combined Federal Campaign
U.S. Federal employees can give to the ICBL from 1 September - 15 December 2010 through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign. The ICBL has been admitted …
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24 August 2010
ICBL Statement on Allegations of Use of Antipersonnel Mines by Turkey
Delivered by Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch, Head of Delegation, Standing Committee on General Status and Operation of the Convention, Geneva, 21 June 2010. We thank Turkey for its statement and for …
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20 August 2010
When Weather Shifts Landmine Danger
Recent weather incidents highlight the danger caused by displaced antipersonnel mines
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20 July 2010
ICBL Comments and Questions on Mine Clearance
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 22 June 2010, Delivered by Tamar Gabelnick, ICBL Treaty Implementation Director. Thanks very much for the updates this morning. States Parties provided an e…
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20 July 2010
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 21-25 June 2010 - Summary
Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention (21 & 25 June). Co-Chairs: Ecuador & Slovenia; Co-Rapporteurs: Canada & Thailand. Universalization: The apparent st…
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05 July 2010
ICBL Statement on Transparency Reporting
Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, Standing Committee on the General Status and Operation of the Convention, 21 June 2010
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02 July 2010
ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Clearance
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. The ICBL would like to thank Norway again for holding this special session. We hope sessions like this will breathe new life into the discussi…
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02 July 2010
ICBL Statement on mines retained for training and research purposes
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. Chairperson, as noted by the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor's fact sheet on Article 3, a total of 74 States Parties report that they re…
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02 July 2010
ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Other Issues
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. Thank you Madame President. We would like to use this last session to reflect a bit more broadly on international cooperation, and also to mak…
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02 July 2010
ICBL Statement on the Intersessional Work Program Review
Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 25 June 2010. The ICBL strongly believes that the intersessional work programme is fundamental to the success of the Mine Ban Treaty. It ensures that work i…
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02 July 2010
ICBL Statement on an Inclusive Development Approach to Victim Assistance
Intersessional Standing Committee on Victim Assistance, 24 June 2010. There is an increased understanding that an inclusive development approach to victim assistance is important on the part of both a…
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25 June 2010
ICBL Statement on international cooperation on victim assistance
Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 25 June 2010. Delivered by Purna Shova Chitrakar, Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal
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25 June 2010
Updates on ICBL’s post-Cartagena Victim Assistance Activities
Intersessional Standing Committees MeetingsThursday, 24 June 2010, Delivered by Firoz Alizada, ICBL Treaty Implementation Officer
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22 June 2010
ICBL Statement on a Mine-Free Central America
Standing Committee on Mine Clearance, Mine Risk Education and Mine Action Technologies, 22 June 2010, Delivered by Megan Burke, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. We would like to congratulate Nic…
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21 June 2010
ICBL Statement on Universalization
Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 21 June 2010. Delivered by K. Asia Derlicka, ICBL Advocacy and Campaigning Officer. On behalf of the ICBL, let me begin with congratulating His Royal Highn…
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18 June 2010
Central America Becomes World's First Landmine-Free Region
Press Release -- Embargoed until 18 June 2010, 9:00 am Managua Time (GMT-7) Managua, 18 June 2010 -- As Nicaragua celebrates completion of its mine clearance activities, Central America becomes the wo…
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15 June 2010
Intersessional Standing Committees Meetings, 21-25 June 2010, 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…
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14 June 2010
Logistics Memo: Meetings of the Standing Committees (ISC) 2010
Dear Campaigners, The Meetings of the Standing Committees (ISC) will be held from 21 to 25 June 2010 in Geneva, Switzerland. You will find below some useful logistics information you may need to atten…
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27 April 2010
"It could be mined again" - Ongoing armed conflict in Myanmar/Burma threatens mine clearance efforts in Thailand
By Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. The mountain is called Na Taung by the Burmese and Doi Ya Moo by the Thai, and its peak is on the Thai side of the shared border. The…
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19 April 2010
Grave Concern Over Allegations of Landmine Use by Turkish Army
Press Release - For immediate release Geneva, 19 April 2010 -- The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is gravely concerned by reports of antipersonnel landmine use by members of the Turkis…
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08 April 2010
Mine and Cluster Bomb Survivors Urge Governments to Meet Treaty Obligations
Vienna Expert Conference on Victim Assistance Opens Today
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01 April 2010
European Commission Officials Briefed
On 25 March 2010 in Brussels, the ICBL Executive Director Sylvie Brigot briefed European Commission (EC) and European Union (EU) officials about the challenges and next steps towards a world free of l…
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18 March 2010
Victim Assistance Workshop, 27 November 2009
A preparatory workshop on victim assistance was held on 27 November 2009, on the eve of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World. Bringing together over 60 campaigners, experts and survivors, the one…
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11 February 2010
Landmines and cluster bombs: Toward international blacklists? Press briefing, 12 February 2010, Brussels
Invitation to a Press Briefing 12 February 2010, 10:30 amResidence Palace (International Press Centre) - Passage RoomRue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Brussels. As we get close to the entry-into-force of t…