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Articles here date back to 1998 when the ICBL website was first launched.

Youth Leaders Forum 2010

Youth Leaders Forum 2009 participants on stage at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World. Photo: Giovanni Diffidenti

Taking place in Vientiane, Laos from 8-12 November, the Youth Leaders Forum aims at building the capacity of 18 - 30 years old who are active in the campaigns to ban landmines and/or cluster munitions. It will include sessions on lobbying, fundraising, media relations, and volunteer management.

(11/08/2010, last updated: 12/10/2010) Read more » ( English )


"All States Should Join the Convention and Forswear Use of Cluster Munitions Forever"

The Convention on Cluster Munitions took effect on 1 August 2010. "Our experience in over a decade of Mine Ban Treaty implementation shows that the hard work must start right now if states are to overcome the major humanitarian challenge posed by cluster munitions," said Nobel Peace Laureate and ICBL Ambassador Jody Williams.

(29/07/2010, last updated: 12/08/2010) Read more » ( English )


(20/07/2010, last updated: 20/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


Intersessional Standing Committee Meetings, 21-25 June 2010 - Summary

(20/07/2010, last updated: 20/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on Transparency Reporting

(05/07/2010, last updated: 05/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Clearance

(02/07/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on mines retained for training and research purposes

(02/07/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on International Cooperation and Assistance - Other Issues

(02/07/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on the Intersessional Work Program Review

(02/07/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on an Inclusive Development Approach to Victim Assistance

(02/07/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Campaigner Binalakshmi Nepram Receives MacBride Peace Prize for Outstanding Disarmament Efforts

Secretary-General of Control Arms Foundation of India, Ms Nepram will receive the International Peace Bureau's Sean MacBride Peace Prize 2010, in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to promote linkages between disarmament and development an to end gun violence in India.

(30/06/2010, last updated: 12/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


ICBL Statement on international cooperation on victim assistance

(25/06/2010, last updated: 02/07/2010) Read more » ( English )


Updates on ICBL’s post-Cartagena Victim Assistance Activities

(25/06/2010, last updated: 25/06/2010) Read more » ( English )


Campaigners' Views -- What's the Cartagena Action Plan priority in your country?

(23/06/2010, last updated: 23/06/2010) Read more » ( English )


Campaign News

Photo: Initiative for a Mine-Free Turkey

(23/06/2010, last updated: 01/07/2010) Read more » ( English )