Author(s):
Chayer Amelie <amelie@icbl.org> .
Monday 29 November 2010
TENTH MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES
TO THE MINE BAN TREATY
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Members of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines available for interviews during the 10th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you are interested in another area or theme not listed on this sheet.
Contact: Amelie Chayer, Communications Officer
media@icbl.org / mobile : +41 78 728 5320 or +33 6 89 55 12 81
ICBL AMBASSADORS AND REPRESENTATIVES
Sylvie Brigot - Brigot is the Executive Director of the ICBL. She has worked on the landmine issue since 1994. Languages: English, French
Tun Channareth - A mine survivor and activist from Cambodia, Reth received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the ICBL. He is an ICBL Ambassador. Languages: English, Khmer
Tamar Gabelnick - Treaty Implementation Director for the ICBL, Gabelnick has in-depth knowledge of the status of the Mine Ban Treaty implementation worldwide, including political and financial challenges associated with mine clearance, victim assistance, and other treaty obligations. Languages: English, French
Stephen Goose - Director of the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, Goose is the Head of the ICBL delegation at the Tenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty. He also sits on the Editorial Board of the Landmine Monitor. He has been campaigning with the ICBL since 1993. Language: English
LANDMINE SURVIVORS
Firoz Ali Alizada - A landmine survivor since the age of 12, Alizada is now working for the ICBL as Treaty Implementation Officer. He has addressed audiences throughout the world on the rights of people with disabilities, and has extensive knowledge of the landmine situation in Afghanistan. Languages: English, Dari
Tun Channareth - A mine survivor and activist from Cambodia, Reth received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the ICBL. He is an ICBL Ambassador. Languages: English, Khmer
Jesús Martinez - Martinez has been the director of Fundación Red de Sobrevivientes in El Salvador since 2000. He was 17 and living through El Salvador's civil war in 1989 when he had a landmine accident. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on the need for victim assistance in post-conflict countries. Language: Spanish
MINE CLEARANCE
Stuart Casey-Maslen - Casey-Maslen works with Norwegian People`s Aid and coordinates the Monitor`s research on mine action. He also sits on the Monitor Editorial Board. Languages: English, French
Mohammad Shohab Hakimi - Hakimi has managed mine clearance programs in Afghanistan for over 20 years, as Director of the Mine Dog Center. Languages: English, Pashtun
Atle Karlsen - Karslen works for Norwegian People's Aid and has extensive experience of mine clearance strategic planning, quality assurance and land release. Languages: English, Norwegian
Eva Veble - Head of the Mine Action Unit at DanChurchAid, Veble has engaged in mine action in South-Eastern Europe, on advocacy for a ban on landmines and cluster munitions, and in mine clearance and victim assistance program implementation. Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, English, Serbian, Slovenian
VICTIM ASSISTANCE
Firoz Ali Alizada - A landmine survivor since the age of 12, Alizada is now working for the ICBL as Treaty Implementation Officer. He has addressed audiences throughout the world on the rights of people with disabilities, and has extensive knowledge of the landmine situation in Afghanistan. Languages: English, Dari
Sr. Denise Coghlan - Coghlan was a founding member of the Cambodian Campaign to Ban Landmine in 1995, one of the first country campaigns to form in the ICBL. She has over 20 years of experience working with landmine survivors in Cambodia through her work at the Jesuit Service. Languages: English, Khmer
Katleen Maes - Maes Works with Handicap International and coordinates the Monitor`s research on casualties and victim assistance. Language: English
Jesús Martinez - Martinez has been the director of Fundación Red de Sobrevivientes in El Salvador since 2000. He was 17 and living through El Salvador's civil war in 1989 when he had a landmine accident. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on the need for victim assistance in post-conflict countries. Language: Spanish
LANDMINE MONITOR
Jackie Hansen - Hansen served on ICBL staff until early 2005 when she joined Mines Action Canada and serves as the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor Program Manager. Languages: English, Spanish
Mark Hiznay - Hiznay is a senior researcher in the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch, where he works on all aspects of landmines and cluster munitions issues. He is an expert on the technical and policy aspects of these munitions, and is the final editor of Landmine Monitor 2010. Language: English
NON-STATE ARMED GROUPS
Elisabeth Decrey-Warner - Decrey-Warner is the President of Geneva Call, a Swiss organization dedicated to engaging non-state armed groups in the Mine Ban Treaty movement by negotiating with them to sign a deed of commitment to abide by conditions laid out in the treaty. Languages: English, French
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan - Moser-Puangsuwan has continued to follow a life-long vocation of peace activism working in Guatemala, Germany, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. A co-founder of the Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1995, he currently works as thematic coordinator on non-state armed groups for Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor. Languages: English, Thai
GENDER AND MINE ACTION
Arianna Calza Bini - Bini is the Manager of the Gender and Mine Action Programme of the Swiss Campaign to Ban Landmines. The programme aims to make mine action more inclusive and effective by raising awareness of the importance of considering the different needs, priorities and capabilities of women, girls, boys and men affected by landmines and UXO through advocacy, research, training and capacity building. Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian.
BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS
Thomas Nash - Nash is the Coordinator of the Cluster Munition Coalition, the umbrella group for more than 300 civil society organizations that successfully campaigned to bring about the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Languages: English, French, Spanish
AFRICA
Francky Miantuala - Miantuala coordinates the Congolese Campaign to Ban Landmines and works in close cooperation with landmine survivors in DR Congo. Language: French
Dr. Robert Mtonga - Since he founded the Zambia Campaign to Ban Landmines in 1996, Mtonga has extensively engaged with governments throughout Africa on the landmine issue. He provides research on Zambia for Landmine Monitor, the ICBL's global monitoring initiative and currently serves as the Co-President of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). Language: English
AMERICAS
Alvaro Jiménez Millan- Millan is the Coordinator of the Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines. His professional background encompasses armed conflict, public administration and the construction of social policy. Language: Spanish
Jesús Martinez - Martinez has been the director of Fundación Red de Sobrevivientes in El Salvador since 2000. He was 17 and living through El Salvador's civil war in 1989 when he had a landmine accident. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on the need for victim assistance in post-conflict countries. Language: Spanish
ASIA-PACIFIC
Shushira Chonhenchob - Chonhenchob has extensive experience working in Thailand on the landmine issue including victim assistance and advocacy. She currently works as Norwegian People's Aid focal point on the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Thailand. Languages: English, Lao, Thai
Purna Shova Chitrakar - Chitrakar has coordinated NGO efforts to ban mines in Nepal since 1995, and in this capacity has extensively engaged with her government, including to ensure non-use of landmines would be included in peace agreements with armed opposition groups. Languages: English, Nepali
EUROPE, THE CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA
Muteber Ogreten - Ogreten coordinates the Initiative for a Mine-Free Turkey that advocates for the prompt clearance of mined areas and better support to mine survivors. Turkey is one of the four states in violation of the Mine Ban Treaty for missing its stockpile destruction deadline. Language: Turkish
Eva Veble - Head of the Mine Action Unit at DanChurchAid, Veble has engaged in mine action in South-Eastern Europe, on advocacy for a ban on landmines and cluster munitions, and in mine clearance and victim assistance program implementation. She is a member of the ICBL's Administrative Committee. Languages: Bosnian, Croatian, English, Serbian, Slovenian
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
Ayman Sorour - Sorour is the director of Protection, the only non-governmental organization working directly on the problem of mines and explosive remnants of war in Egypt. He has extensive knowledge of the landmine situation in North Africa and the Middle-East. Languages: Arabic, English, French
Sardar Sidiq Abdulkarim - Abdulkarim manages the Kurdistan Organization for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, a rehabilitation center for landmine survivors and other persons with disabilities in northern Iraq. Languages: Arabic, Kurdish, English