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. Members of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) are visiting dozens of U.S. embassies worldwide on the 1 March anniversary to urge the U.S. to decide to join the Mine Ban Treaty without further delay.
On 1 March, Human Rights Watch and other members of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) are organizing on Twitter and Facebook to tell the U.S. to get on board the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. If you have an account on Facebook or Twitter, you can participate in this initiative on 1 March and during that week.
The March 2010 edition of the ICBL newsletter is available online! Read about the ICBL reaching its goals at the Cartagena Summit, the USCBL urging the U.S. to join the Mine Ban Treaty, the new Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor, as well as campaign news from China, D.R. Congo, Germany, India, the Netherlands, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
