Debunking the Myths on Landmines

A deminer working with the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. This photo by Johan Eklund was part of the exhibition on gender and diversity in mine action, hosted by the Gender and Mine Action Programme of the Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines during the Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty.

In March 2011 we celebrate the twelfth anniversary of the entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty. Campaigners worldwide will be paying a visit to the United States embassy in their country during the month to call once again on the U.S. administration to join the treaty and renounce the use of antipersonnel mines forever. During these meetings, we will need to respond to many arguments that the U.S. has raised to justify staying away from the treaty. As campaigners, we also need to be prepared to answer difficult questions from a broader group of people who may be interested in the treaty: our family, our friends, the guy next door… We have therefore prepared this issue of the newsletter to provide answers to some of the assertions, often false, we sometimes hear.

Debunking the Myths on Landmines

"U.S.: Join the Mine Ban Treaty!" Views from campaigners in Cambodia, El Salvador, Iraq, Uganda and the United Kingdom

Nobel Laureates Call on President Obama to Ban Landmines

Campaign News: Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Burundi, Canada, Colombia, D.R. Congo, Georgia, India, Iraq, Nepal, Nigeria, Senegal, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan

ICBL Cast & Crew: Afghan Landmine Survivors Organization, Mine Aid (Croatia), ICBL Georgian Committee, Senegalese Association of Mine Victims

International Women's Day