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02 December 2011
Landmine survivors welcome progress at global mine-ban meeting but say much more to be done as casualty toll continues to rise
(Phnom Penh, Friday 2 December 2011). A global conference on the worldwide landmine ban has concluded, with states announcing both promising progress and worrying setbacks in their efforts to eradicat…
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28 November 2011
Cambodia hosts milestone international meeting in the battle against landmines
(Phnom Penh, Monday 28 November 2011). Leading members of the international community are gathered in Cambodia – the cradle of the anti-landmine movement – to push for progress in reducing the harm an…
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19 November 2011
Can you give the ICBL a 20th birthday present, and help us reach a mine free world?
As part of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign, U.S. Federal employees can donate now to support the ICBL’s global campaign and reduce the devastating e…
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18 November 2011
“I want to hear governments promise that they will do a greater, better job of listening to the real needs of survivors from all over the world”– interview with ICBL Ambassador Song Kosal from Cambodia
On the opening day of the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Song Kosal from Cambodian Campaign to Ban Landmines. Here Kosal speaks about her experience after a landmine accident and the need to spread the word …
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17 November 2011
ICBL-CMC launches "Investing in Action" to support local campaigns in 2012
(Geneva/London, 17 November 2011) The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) have launched ‘Investing in Action 2012’, a local campaign support project…
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17 November 2011
“I sincerely wish that this time governments will go beyond words and take concrete actions to effectively implement the Mine Ban Treaty” – interview with ICBL campaigner Francky Miantuala from the Democratic Republic of Congo
With one week to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Francky Miantuala from the Campagne congolaise pour interdire les mines (CCIM). Here Francky talks about how he got involved in the campaign and w…
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17 November 2011
“My dream is to see governments take vital next steps on landmines” – interview with ICBL Campaigner Camilo Serna from Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas
With 4 days to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Camilo Serna, ICBL campaigner from the Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas. Here Camilo shares how he became involved in the campaign over ten years ago…
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17 November 2011
“People should understand the conditions of innocent civilians, particularly the most poor and marginalized, who have been wounded, lost limbs or lost their lives to landmines” – interview with ICBL campaigner Raza Shah Khan from Pakistan
With two days to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Raza Shah Khan, ICBL campaigner from the Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO) in Pakistan. Here Raza talks about landmines in hi…
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17 November 2011
“Unless removed, landmines are ever alert for the next victim” – interview with ICBL Ambassador Margaret Arach Orech from Uganda
With just ten days to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Margaret Arach Orech, ICBL Ambassador from Uganda Landmine Survivors Association. Here Margaret shares her experience as someone who has been…
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17 November 2011
Investing in Action: ICBL-CMC 2012 local campaign support project
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), www.icbl.org, and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), www.stopclustermunitions.org, are launching ‘Investing in Action 2012’, a local campaign sup…
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14 November 2011
ICBL statement at the CCW Amended Protocol II conference
On 11 November, Steve Goose - Chair of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines delivered the following statement at the 13th Annual Conference of Amended Protocol II, Convention on Conventional We…
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14 November 2011
"It is our job to spread the word and keep the issues alive" - interview with ICBL campaigner Jelena Vicentic
With just two weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Jelena Vicentic, ICBL Campaigner from Assistance Advocacy Access - Serbia. Here Jelena shares her experience from Serbia and calls on govern…
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12 November 2011
World’s newest country makes banning landmines first international commitment
(Geneva, 11 November 2011) The Republic of South Sudan, where thousands live in daily fear of landmines, has become the 158th State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty, just five months after declaring indep…
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11 November 2011
Each day that mine clearance doesn’t happen means new victims - interview with ICBL campaigner Muteber Ögreten from Turkey
With just over two weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Muteber Ögreten ICBL Campaigner from the Initiative for a Mine Free Turkey. Here Mutebar shares her experience campaigning in an affect…
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04 November 2011
“This generation has a unique opportunity to provide a key contribution in achieving our ultimate goal – a mine free world” - ICBL campaigner Amir Mujanovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina shares his experience of living in a landmine affected country
With three weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Amir Mujanovic (Muja), the Executive Director of Landmine Survivors Initiatives and ICBL Campaigner. Here Muja shares his experience of working…
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02 November 2011
ICBL publicly condemns reports of Syrian forces laying mines
(Geneva, 2 November 2011) The Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is highly disturbed by reports that Syrian government forces have laid antipersonnel mines along …
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28 October 2011
"I believe that if we act together we can do much more" - veteran ICBL campaigner Sister Denise Coghlan launches one month countdown to 11MSP
To launch the one month countdown to the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties (11MSP), ICBL interviewed Sister Denise Coghlan - Director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Cambodia and member of the Cam…
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23 September 2011
Tuvalu becomes 157th State Party to Mine Ban Treaty
(Geneva, 23 September 2011) The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has acceded to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, the United Nations announced yesterday.
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14 September 2011
ICBL urges the NTC to secure landmines stocks in Libya
(Geneva, 14 September 2011) The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is calling on the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) and its allies to immediately secure the weapons stocks that…
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15 August 2011
Nobel Peace Prize-winning global campaign strongly condemns Israel’s new use of landmines
(Geneva, 16 August 2011) Humanitarian campaigners fighting for a mine-free world have strongly condemned Israel’s planting of new antipersonnel mines along the Syrian border with the Golan Heights. Re…
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09 August 2011
Response to frequently asked questions on mines used in Libya
Landmine Use in Libya in 2011: Frequently Asked Questions. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) urges all parties to the conflict in Libya to cease any further use of mines, and to provi…
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12 July 2011
ICBL condemns the horrific killing of four deminers in Farah province of Afghanistan
(Geneva, 12 July 2011) The ICBL condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific killing of four deminers from the Demining Agency for Afghanistan (DAFA) in Farah province of Afghanistan and the …
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08 July 2011
Hundreds more antipersonnel mines laid around Libyan town
Researchers from Human Rights Watch have found hundreds more landmines laid close to the town of al-Qawalish in western Libya.
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24 June 2011
One more country declared mine free, but new use of antipersonnel mines condemned at Mine Ban Treaty meeting
Press Release -- for immediate release (Geneva, 24 June 2011). Nigeria, which joined the Mine Ban Treaty in 2002, declared that it is free of antipersonnel landmines during an international meeting he…
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22 June 2011
Libya: more use of landmines by government forces uncovered
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is extremely concerned about the latest reports from our colleagues at Human Rights Watch that confirm even more antipersonnel landmines have been us…
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15 June 2011
ICBL Ambassador Tun Channareth Receives an Honourary Doctorate from Seattle University
ICBL Ambassador Tun Channareth (called Reth) received an honorary degree from Seattle University on 12 June 2011 for his fourteen years of campaigning against landmines.
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27 May 2011
Libya: new mine use by government forces
Amnesty International (AI) has reported discovering newly laid antipersonnel mines last week in a residential area of the city of Misrata. The mines are Brazilian produced plastic T-AB-1. This is the …
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20 May 2011
Myanmar/Burma: Former Commander in Chief of the Burmese Army Condemns Mine Use
In recent years, Myanmar/Burma is the only country where there has been confirmed, regular use of antipersonnel mines by government forces. During an ICBL mission to the country in February and March …
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30 April 2011
Nobel Peace Laureate Campaign Welcomes Libyan Rebel Pledge Not to Use Landmines, Urging the Government for Similar Action
Press Release -- For Immediate Release. Geneva, 30 April 2011 - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) welcomes the formal pledge by the Libyan National Transitional Council, not to use an…
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27 April 2011
ICBL-CMC Launches "Investing in Action" to support local campaigns in 2011
(Geneva/London, 27 April 2011) On 20 April, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) launched 'Investing in Action', a local campaign support project…
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20 April 2011
Investing in Action: ICBL-CMC 2011 Local Campaign Support Project
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), www.icbl.org, and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), www.stopclustermunitions.org, are launching ‘Investing in Action’, a local campaign support …
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13 April 2011
Connecting the Dots -- Detailed Guidance
It is widely recognized that few survivors of incidents caused by landmines or explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions, are fully included in all aspects of society. In most developing …
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04 April 2011
Campaign Pushes for Progress on Landmine Treaty
Press Release -- For Immediate Release. Siem Reap, Cambodia, 4 April 2011 - States can only eradicate landmines and the suffering they cause by joining and completely respecting the 1997 Mine Ban Trea…
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22 March 2011
Intersessional Meetings - Sponsorship Applications
The Mine Ban Treaty's Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings will take place in Geneva from 20 to 24 June 2011 and the Convention on Cluster Munitions' Intersessional Meetings will take place in G…
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08 March 2011
ICBL Campaigners in 60 Countries Call on the U.S. to join the Mine Ban Treaty!
"A mine took both my legs and cut my dreams short when I was a teenager. Now I have to use a wheelchair ‘to walk’. My country went through a long civil war that left dozens of thousands of people dead…
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08 February 2011
Plan de Actuación 2011
Plan de Acción para la Undécima Reunión de Estados Partes en el Tratado de Prohibición de Minas 1997Acerca de este planEste Plan de Acción de la Campaña Internacional para la Prohibición de Minas Terr…
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21 January 2011
Taking Action at School or on Campus
Many students and other young people across the globe are already involved in the campaign against landmines. You too can take action in your community, at school or on campus!
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19 January 2011
Plan d'action 2011
Plan d'action en vue de la onzième réunion des États parties au traité d'interdiction des mines de 1997À propos de ce planCe plan d'action de la Campagne internationale pour l'interdiction des mines (…
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17 January 2011
Inspired by Jody Williams' TED talk?
"One of the things that made this campaign work is that we grew from 2 NGOs to thousands in 90 countries, working together in common cause to ban landmines… It was the actions together of all of us th…
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12 January 2011
The 2011 ICBL Action Plan
Action Plan towards the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty.