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The Americas is one of the regions with the highest rates of Mine Ban Convention membership in the world but because the scale of the problem is more limited there than in other areas, international attention is increasingly turning away from the Americas.
Cuba and the USA are the only American nations that remain outside of the treaty. The main issues in this region concern treaty implementation – especially mine clearance - and victim assistance as it is home to seven mine affected nations. Unfortunately, because the scale of the problem is more limited there than in other areas such as Afghanistan or Cambodia international attention is increasingly turning away from the Americas. The end result? These nations are left alone to face the outstanding burdens of treaty implementation.
What: Americas : A Forgotten Continent? An event hosted by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines at the Seventh Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty
When: Thursday, 21 September 2006, 13:00-15:00
Where: Room XXVI, E Building, Palais des Nations
Who: Andrea Kahmann, Brazilian Campaign to Ban Landmines
Stuart Malsen, Landmine Monitor;
Jesús Martínez, Landmines Survivors Network - El Salvador
Camilo Serna, Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines,
Maria Josep Parés, Moviment per la Pau
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For more information on the event or to book interviews, please
contact Nancy Ingram at nancy@minesactioncanada.org or
+41 076 222 6968