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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 Landmines called on all states to ensure the landmine issue remains high on the disarmament agenda: "We as civil society, governments, and international organizations, can and have made a big difference," he said. "Our work is not done yet, but it is a finite problem that can be resolved."
JustGive.org celebrates 10 years of online charitable giving! Until 20 October 2010, when you donate to your favorite charities, JustGive will add $10 to each gift. Donations as small as $10 are accepted. Thanks to the generous support of people like you, we are able to continue advocating for a better life for communities affected by landmines and cluster munitions. Click here to support our work!
On 30 September 2010, representatives of the ICBL and Cluster Munition Coalition briefed senior officials from the European Union at a seminar organized by the European Commission's Directorate-General on External Relations. European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, reaffirmed her commitment to address the suffering caused by landmines and cluster munitions.
The Association of Ethical Shareholders (Germany) awarded the prize on 13 September 2010 to Mr Küchenmeister and Action Group Landmine.de, in recognition for their outstanding campaign for a ban on landmines and cluster munitions and for the rights of victims of unexploded ordnance.
The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor encourages ICBL campaigners and researchers to organize activities to mark the release of Monitor reports in November 2010. Campaigners can carry a range of activities such as press conferences; meetings to present government officials with report findings; panel discussions or debates open to the media and public; art, music, photography or cultural shows or exhibits.
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In each newsletter issue, this new section will introduce campaign members from throughout the world.
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In this special issue of the ICBL newsletter, mine action experts, victim assistance practitioners and campaigners explore the new opportunities offered by the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They also look at how the lessons learned in over 10 years of implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, as well as all the structures and expertise already in place, could benefit the full and swift implementation of these younger conventions.
U.S. Federal employees can give to the ICBL until 15 December 2010 through the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), the world's largest workplace charity campaign. Help us ensure that as many states as possible ban landmines and cluster munitions, address the needs of victims and fully respect their rights, clear contaminated land and destroy their stockpiled weapons, making sure they will never claim the lives or limbs of innocent civilians.
Landmines can and do move as weather conditions change, for example due to heavy rain, hurricanes or earthquakes. Areas previously considered clear and safe can become mine-contaminated, threatening displaced or returning populations. Recent tragic incidents show once again that the only real way to fully ensure safety is by completing clearance of all mined areas as soon as possible, no matter how remote.
On 1 August 2010, a conference organized by the Afghan Landmine Survivors' Organization, brought together over 100 mine survivors, representatives from disability organizations, government officials and donor organizations. It produced concrete recommendations to help and encourage the government of Afghanistan to promote physical rehabilitation and peer support.
On 3 August an elephant injured by a landmine while working in Myanmar/Burma arrived at the Friends of the Asian Elephant hospital in northern Thailand. Mae Ka Pae, a 22 year old female elephant, was the 13th elephant mine victim admitted for care at the FAE hospital. She lost part of her left rear foot to a mine while pulling logs in the jungle on the Burma-Thai border.
The ICBL is concerned about reports of a landmine incident that cost the life of a South Korean man and injured another, in early August, on the border with North Korea. According to several media reports, dozens of North Korean landmines have drifted south along streams that connect with South Korea due to heavy rain falls.
