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The meeting of Intersessional Standing Committees (ISC) of the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) will take place from 27 to 30 May 2013 at the WMO building in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will be followed on Friday, 31 May by a workshop on victim assistance.
On 24 and 25 April, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) participated in a national victim assistance meeting in Lima, Peru. Photo © MineBanConvention ISU.
Global campaigns against landmines and cluster munitions call for end to these weapons on International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
(Geneva, 4 April 2013) Members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) in close to 50 countries around the world today are calling on states to put an end to the use of landmines and cluster munitions immediately and to address their deadly legacy.
On March 18, the Afghan Landmine Survivors’ Organization (ALSO) organized a Survivors' Swimming race in Kabul, to mark the 14th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty entry into force. The race was one of several ICBL member Lend your Leg (LYL) global actions for mine awareness and mine action and was the first such event to take place in Afghanistan.