The Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty: The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World
29 November–4 December 2009, Cartagena, Colombia
Hundreds of representatives of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, some states not party, international organizations, UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the ICBL gathered in Cartagena, Colombia, from 29 November - 4 December 2009, for the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty. This Review Conference aimed at assessing challenges in the universalization and full implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, and taking stock of progress made since the First Review Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2004.
See also the Second Review Conference webpage on the official convention website.
Workshops and Regional meetings
- International Cooperation and Assistance, 30 November 2009
- Victim Assistance, 30 November 2009
- Comments on the mine clearance deadline extension requests, 30 November and 1 December 2009
- Clerance of Mined Areas, statement by mine action operators members of the ICBL,1 December 2009
- Clearance of Mined Areas, 1 December 2009
- Stockpile Destruction, 1 December 2009
- Universalization, 1 December 2009
- Introduction to the Stockpile Destruction Session, 2 December 2009
- Survivors' Call to Action, 3 December 2009
- Youth Declaration, 4 December 2009
Daily Updates
- Monday 30 November 2009
- Tuesday 1 December 2009
- Wednesday 2 December 2009
- Thursday 3 December 2009
- Friday 4 December 2009
Report on Activities
- Press Release: Four New Countries Declared Mine-Free at Landmine Summit, 4 December 2009
- Press Release: Governments should end suffering caused by landmines and cluster bombs, bolster disability rights, 2 December 2009
- Media Advisory: Quad Rugby Match on 2 December 2009
- Press Release: Mine Ban Activists Demand Concrete Action from Governments at World Summit on Landmines, 30 November 2009
- Press Release: ICBL Condemns U.S. "Closed Door" Renewal of Landmine Policy, 25 November 2009
Press Kit
- Factsheet: A Mine-Free World -- Mission Possible (Achievements and Challenges in all aspects of the Mine Ban Treaty)
- Regional Factsheet - Americas
- Regional Factsheet - East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific
- Regional Factsheet - Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
- Regional Factsheet - Middle East and North Africa
- Regional Factsheet - Sub-Saharan Africa
- Landmine Monitor Report 2009
- Comunicado de prensa: Cuatro nuevos países se declaran libres de minas antipersonal en la Cumbre de Cartagena, 4 de diciembre de 2009
- Comunicado de prensa: 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, 2 de diciembre de 2009
- Información para los medios de comunicación: Partido de quad rugby, 2 de diciembre de 2009
- Comunicado de prensa: Activistas contra las minas solicitan a los gobiernos acciones concretas en la Cumbre contra Minas, 30 de noviembre de 2009
- Hoja de datos regionales - Africa Subsahariana
- Hoja de datos regionales - Americas
- Hoja de datos regionales - Europa, Caucasus, Asia Central
- Hoja de datos regionales - Medio Oriente y Norte de Africa
- Hoja de datos regionales - Oriente, Sur de Asia, Pacifico
Official Documents Adopted at the Summit
Official documents will also be made available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish on the website of the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit.
- Cartagena Action Plan (Unofficial, 11 December 2009)
- Cartagena Declaration (Unofficial, 4 December 2009)
- Draft Review of the Status and Operation of the Convention (17 July 2009)
Selected ICBL statements and publications in the lead up to the Cartagena Summit
- Conferencia de prensa del Landmine Monitor (Bogota), Intervencion de Sylvie Brigot, Directora Executiva de la ICBL, 25 November 2009
- The ICBL addresses the United Nations First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), 23 October 2009
- Come, Share, Commit and Care, ICBL News editorial, September 2009
- Cartagena Summit: Less than 100 Days to Go: Are States Parties Ready?, ICBL News, September 2009
- First Preparatory Meeting for the Cartagena Summit - ICBL Statement, 29 May 2009. Steve Goose, Executive Director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch and Head of the ICBL delegation, addresses the First Preparatory Meeting held in Geneva after the 2009 Intersessional Standing Commitees Meetings.
- Setting Off on the Road to Cartagena, ICBL News editorial, March 2009
- ICBL Expectations for the Second Review Conference, Firoz Ali Alizada, ICBL Treaty Implementation Officer, addresses the Informal Meeting on the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty, held in Geneva, Switzerland on 2 March 2009 and attended by representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society.
- Las expectativas da la ICBL para la II Conferencia de Revision, Jesus Martinez, ICBL campaigner and director of the Fundacion Red de Sobrevivientes, addresses the Managua Workshop for a Mine-Free Americas on 26 February 2009, the first of a of series of regional workshops held in advance of the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty and attended by representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society.
Regional Workshops & Preparatory Meetings
- ICBL Workshop on Victim Assistance (Cartagena, Colombia, 27 November 2009)
- The Tirana Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-Eastern Europe (Tirana, Albania, 7-9 October 2009)
- The Third Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines (Pretoria, South Africa, 9-11 September 2009)
- Second Preparatory Meeting, Official Website (Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 September 2009)
- The Dushanbe Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Central Asia (Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 7-8 July 2009)
- First Preparatory Meeting, Official Website (Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 2009)
- The Bangkok Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-East Asia (Bangkok,Thailand,1-3 April 2009)
- The Managua Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Americas (Managua, Nicaragua, 24-26 February 2009)
Powerpoint presentation on the achievements and challenges of the Mine Ban Treaty, prepared on the occasion of the global release of Landmine Monitor Report 2009
Country backgrounders for the universalisation targets in 2009: Bahrain - Nepal - Poland - USA
ICBL Photo Exhibition presenting key moments and achievements of the mine ban movement and the Mine Ban Treaty, including images and quotes of survivors and other key actors who "turned the vision into reality".
Additional Information
Official website of the Cartagena Summit (Colombia)
Official website of the Cartagena Summit (Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit)
Photos and Videos
Photos by Mary Wareham are available on Flickr.
Videos by Mette Eliseussen can be viewed on the ICBL's YouTube channel.