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Geneva, 1 March 2010 -- Eleven years after the Mine Ban Treaty became binding international law, activists worldwide are stepping up their call on the United States to join. The U.S. announced last November that it had initiated a review of its landmine policy. "During the policy review process, it is crucial that decision-makers listen to the voices of landmine survivors and mine-affected communities," said Sylvie Brigot, Executive Director of the ICBL.
(London, 16 February 2010) - Burkina Faso and Moldova ratified the international Convention banning cluster munitions today, bringing the total number of ratifications to 30 and triggering entry into force on 1 August 2010, when the Convention will become binding international law.
Can the Convention on Cluster Munitions really improve the lives of the victims? Which countries are not living up to their promises to help survivors? What steps have already been taken to ensure the destruction of the hundreds of millions of stockpiled cluster submunitions? As we get close to the entry-into-force of the new Convention on Cluster Munitions, four organizations are coming together to address some of the many questions that arise. A press briefing will be held on 12 February in Brussels.
(04/12/2009, last updated: 08/12/2009) Read more » ( English )
Cartagena, Colombia, 4 December 2009 -- Over 1000 activists, survivors and government delegates celebrated the close of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World with the announcement that four new countries - Albania, Greece, Rwanda and Zambia - are now mine-free. The Summit closed with more than 120 governments adopting the Cartagena Action Plan, a detailed five-year plan of commitments on all areas of mine action including victim assistance, mine clearance, risk education, stockpile destruction and international cooperation.
(03/12/2009, last updated: 03/12/2009) Read more » ( English )
Support three key treaties on International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesCartagena, 2 December 2009 -- High-level representatives from 130 countries attending the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World should redouble efforts to rid the world of antipersonnel landmines and cluster bombs, as well as pledge their support to assisting victims and upholding disability rights, a global group of disarmament, humanitarian and human rights organisations said today, marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December.
Cartagena, 2 December 2009 -- In a statement Tuesday, the head of the U.S. delegation to the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty informed participants that the Obama administration has begun a comprehensive landmine policy review. In the statement, the U.S. representative said, "The Administration's decision to attend this Review Conference is the result of an on-going comprehensive review of U.S. landmine policy initiated at the direction of President Obama." Although members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines welcomed the reversal in the U.S. position and their participation at the Review Conference, campaigners remain guardedly optimistic about the motives behind such an abrupt change.
(01/12/2009, last updated: 01/12/2009) Read more » ( English )
Opinion Editorial by Jody Williams -- Published in the Los Angeles Times on 1 December 2009. Last Tuesday, just before the Thanksgiving holiday, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly revealed that President Obama would follow in President George W. Bush's footsteps and not sign the international Mine Ban Treaty. Many of us had hoped he would embrace President Clinton's pledge that the U.S. would join. By refusing to join the Mine Ban Treaty, Obama shows disregard for international humanitarian law.
(01/12/2009, last updated: 18/03/2010) Read more » ( English )
