Author(s):
Nathaniel Powell <nat@icbl.org> .
Thursday 05 July 2007
In acknowledgement of the ongoing need to keep the landmine issue high on the international public agenda, the Pailin Hawks volleyball team will carry the ICBL logo on their uniforms for the 2007 National A-League season.
The Pailin Hawks volleyball team.
The Pailin Hawks debuted during the 2006 National League season and impressed everyone with their dignity, determination and team spirit. Pailin Hawks Coach Khem Peng Thong subsequently won the 2006 Best New Athlete prize presented at the 2006 National League Grand Finals.
By acknowledging the International Campaign to Ban the Landmine through the Pailin ICBL Hawks, the CNVLD recognises that there has been a fundamental shift in public focus away from the Landmine issue even though the production, use, stockpiling and cruel legacies of the Landmine continue.
This shift has come in favour of more ‘fashionable’ initiatives, focusing on the G8, demonstrating the largesse involved when celebrities take on high visibility causes for short – term publicity.
The CNVLD and the Pailin ICBL Hawks urge the international community to re-invigorate the debate on the Landmine and the long-terms effects of UXO and not forget the daily casualties across the world without a public voice.
The CNVLD and the International Campaign to Ban the Landmine – Standing Up together in support of the Cambodian Survivors of the Landmine.