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Please click on the PDF icon above for the full 2010 annual report. The financial statement is available at the end of this page.
The year 2010 was a pivotal period in several respects for the ICBL as we positioned the campaign for the next five years leading up to the Third Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty in 2014, and for the entry into force and start of the implementation phase of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM).
The most significant step taken during the year to help meet these two long-term work commitments was the merger of the ICBL and its sister campaign, the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC). The Transition Team overseeing this process achieved agreement on core issues of governance, management and staff structures, and laid out an implementation plan to see the merger take effect in early 2011.
In the meantime, the ICBL’s Landmine Monitor program, which had already begun providing research and monitoring for the CMC, became Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor in 2010. This reconfigured program developed a new set of research products to be able to continue to meet the information needs of stakeholders for both campaigns in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
Another highlight for the year was the ICBL’s contribution to the successful participation of civil society in the 10th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, as well as the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
In addition to specific Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) implementation activities described in Section B.1.a of the report, the ICBL’s plan for 2010 included a number of crosscutting issues focused on the implementation and universalization of the MBT and on what is needed to achieve success in our collective efforts to realize a mine-free world.
This includes inter alia activities to promote the implementation of the Cartagena Action Plan adopted at the treaty’s Second Review Conference in 2009; to outline key issues to be discussed at Standing Committee meetings and meetings of State Parties; to develop policies on topics of concern to States Parties and the ICBL; and to ensure that sufficient resources linked to MBT implementation are distributed and used in the most efficient manner.
The work accomplished throughout the reporting period enabled the ICBL to reach the objectives it set forth in the proposal, and helped us to get one step closer to the goal of a world free of landmines and cluster munitions, where survivors can lead fulfilling lives. The ICBL is committed to continue working towards this goal in partnership with like-minded states, the United Nations, international organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Financial Statement 2010
