States Parties 156 States Not Party 39
Signatories 104 Non-Signatories 91
Action alerts are issued whenever a concerted and urgent action from civil society can help influence a government's position or policies on landmines and cluster munitions.
President Barack Obama has just announced that the administration has initiated a comprehensive review of U.S. landmine policy to determine whether the U.S. will join the Mine Ban Treaty.
The United States Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) needs your help to ensure that this review includes not just the Pentagon, but also voices from key legislators, NATO allies that are States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, and nongovernmental organizations that have been working on this issue for the past few decades. As a citizen from any country, you can tell President Obama that you support the landmine ban and want to see the United States join the Mine Ban Treaty without delay. As Commander in Chief, President Obama has an opportunity to get U.S. landmine policy back on the right track!
Click here to use the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines' online tool to send your letter. The link will open in a new window.
Click here to use Human Rights Watch's online tool to send your letter. The link will open in a new window.
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Additional information:
U.S. React to Civil Society Outcry on Landmine Treaty Policy, 2 December 2009 -- ICBL News
United States' Shameful Landmine Policy -- Opinion Editorial by Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate, published in the Los Angeles Times on 1 December 2009
Zach Hudson, Coordinator of the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines, sheds light on multilateral international discussions held at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World -- An interview published by examiner.com on 7 December 2009
Ahead of Key Global Conference, U.S. Announces Continued Rejection of Landmine Ban -- A video interview of Steve Goose, Director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch and Head of the ICBL delegation to the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World, aired on Democracy Now on 25 November 2009
Mines Action Canada and the Cluster Munition Coalition have re-launched the People's Treaty and need your help to get 500,000 signatures to support the new convention banning cluster bombs!
The first "People's Treaty" was launched in Ottawa on 3 December 1997. While inside the conference hall 122 governments signed the historic Mine Ban Treaty, outside ordinary citizens demonstrated their personal commitment by signing the People's Treaty, born out of the tremendous ground-swell of support from citizens around the world who wanted to stop the suffering caused by antipersonnel landmines.
The People's Treaty provided a vehicle for ordinary people to commit themselves to ensuring that the goals of the Mine Ban Treaty are fully realized and that their governments meet their obligations. Since that time, the People's Treaty has received hundreds of thousands of signatures from all over the globe and has proven successful in engaging the public, generating media attention and putting pressure on governments. It is now time to mobilize that same public support to prevent any further civilian suffering caused by cluster bombs.
The People's Treaty was re-launched internationally in Ireland on 30 May 2008 - the final day of the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions. It is a powerful tool to remind governments that the world is watching and that we expect them to fully commit to solving this problem once and for all.
The People's Treaty website has everything you need to educate and engage your supporters, media, community leaders and the general public about the issue, including fact sheets, ready-to-use presentations, slide shows, photo galleries, videos, petition sheets and many other campaign resources. The People's Treaty site is available in four languages - English, French, Arabic and Spanish.
