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The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), through its Survivor Network Project and with specific financial support from the Norwegian government, have launched a request for proposals to support promising landmine and cluster munition survivor networks by sustaining and building their capacity.
The ICBL has interviewed Sister Patricia Pak Poy, founder of the Australian Network to Ban Landmines. Here Sister Patricia talks about how she became involved in the campaign and why it is so important.
In the run up to the 11MSP, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia between 28 November and 2 December 2011, the ICBL highlighted the amazing work of some of our campaigners from around the world. Read their stories in their own words and how they are working hard to Push For Progress towards a mine free world.
With one week to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Francky Miantuala from the Campagne congolaise pour interdire les mines (CCIM). Here Francky talks about how he got involved in the campaign and what he wants to see happen at the 11MSP.
In the run up to the 11MSP, which is being held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, between 28 November and 2 December 2011, the ICBL is highlighting the amazing work of some of our campaigners from around the world. Read their stories in their own words and how they are working hard to Push For Progress towards a mine free world.
With 4 days to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Camilo Serna, ICBL campaigner from the Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas. Here Camilo shares how he became involved in the campaign over ten years ago.
With just ten days to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Margaret Arach Orech, ICBL Ambassador from Uganda Landmine Survivors Association. Here Margaret shares her experience as someone who has been directly affected by landmines.
In the run up to the 11MSP, which is being held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, between 28 November and 2 December 2011, the ICBL will be highlighting the amazing work of some of our campaigners from around the world. Read their stories in their own words and how they are working hard to Push For Progress towards a mine free world.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), www.icbl.org, and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), www.stopclustermunitions.org, are launching ‘Investing in Action 2012’, a local campaign support project that will provide organisations that are members of the ICBL-CMC with funding for campaign activities.
With just two weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Jelena Vicentic, ICBL Campaigner from Assistance Advocacy Access - Serbia. Here Jelena shares her experience from Serbia and calls on governments to take real action in Phnom Penh.
With just over two weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Muteber Ögreten ICBL Campaigner from the Initiative for a Mine Free Turkey. Here Mutebar shares her experience campaigning in an affected country and her views on steps Turkey must take in order to fulfill its treaty obligations.
With three weeks to go until the 11MSP, ICBL interviewed Amir Mujanovic (Muja), the Executive Director of Landmine Survivors Initiatives and ICBL Campaigner. Here Muja shares his experience of working in a country affected by landmines and his work with survivors who have inspired him.
To launch the one month countdown to the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties (11MSP), ICBL interviewed Sister Denise Coghlan - Director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Cambodia and member of the Cambodian Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Sister Denise has been based in Cambodia and involved in the landmine issue and the campaign for more than 20 years. Here she shares her experience, knowledge and passion for the issue and the campaign.
In both August and September 2011, more elephants injured by landmines in Myanmar/Burma arrived for treatment in Thailand.Pa Hae Po , a male elephant, was the 14th elephant mine victim admitted for care at the the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) hospital in northern Thailand in mid-September. He lost a part of his left front foot to a landmine planted in the jungle on the Burma-Thai border.
A regional seminar on “Addressing the Human Costs of Anti-personnel Landmines” took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 20-21 September 2011. The meeting was organized by the Royal Government of Cambodia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). At the meeting, Mr. Chan Neang who is a member of the Cambodian Campaign to Ban Landmines and a landmine survivor delivered the following statement:
ICBL Ambassador Tun Channareth (called Reth) received an honorary degree from Seattle University on 12 June 2011 for his fourteen years of campaigning against landmines.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), www.icbl.org, and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), www.stopclustermunitions.org, are launching ‘Investing in Action’, a local campaign support project that will provide organisations that are members of the ICBL-CMC with funding for campaign activities.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced on 15 March 2011 that ICBL member Handicap International will receive the 2011 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of US$1.5 million. A co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in the early nineties, Handicap International is the world's largest non-governmental organization providing assistance and advocacy for people with disabilities.
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