Side Events

The ICBL generally welcomes members to organize side events around the 8th Meeting of States Parties. This year, many member organizations have fully engaged themselves to propose a large interesting variety of special events, meetings, debates, films screenings and photo exhibitions from 18 to 22 November 2007 in the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center at the Dead Sea, Jordan.

The purpose is to make the 8th Meeting of States Parties an exciting place for a broader presentation and discussion on landmines and cluster munitions problem and a unique chance to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty during the 8th Meeting of States Parties taking place in the Gulf region. The 8MSP conferences start officially on Sunday 18 November with the Official Opening of the Meeting of States Parties at 10.00 in the KHBT Convention Center.

Schedule of ICBL's Side Events (see the official agenda for more description)

Location: MOUNT NEBO 1, WADI RUM 1, PETRA 1+2

Sunday 18 November

• Environmental Impact of Landmines and ERW (the case of arid regions) - ICBL / Arab Network (14.00-15.00)
• Landmine Monitor Report 2007 Release - ICBL / Landmine Monitor (13.00-14.00)
• Unveiling of photo exhibition making the 10th Anniversary of the Convention - ICBL / Jody Williams and the photographer John Rodsted (14.30-15.00) GROUND FLOOR

Monday 19 November

• Youth Model Review Conference Luncheon - Mines Action Canada (13.00-14.00)
• Real Partnership: the most effective approach towards Article 5 obligations - Norwegian People's Aid (13.00-15.00)
• Turning Mine and ERW into Improvised Explosive Devices: the urgent need for mine action in the Middle East and North Africa - ICBL / Protection (13.00-15.00)
• Presentation in Arabic of "Circle of Impact: the fatal footprint of cluster munitions on People and Communities" - HI Belgium (13.00-15.00)

Tuesday 20 November

• Landmine Survivors Volleyball Game - Landmine Survivors Network (13.00-15.00)
• Victim Assistance: developing employment oppurtunities - Handicap International (13.00-15.00)

Wednesday 21 November

• Victim Assistance and Disability Rights - UNMAS / LSN (13.00-15.00)
• Landmine Action's Field Programme - Landmine Action (13.00-15.00)

Thursday 22 November

• Towards the Mine Ban Treaty in Nepal - NCBL (13.00-14.00)
• No more Mines - Italian CBL - Short Documentary (14.00-15.00)
• Update on the International process to ban cluster munitions - CMC / ICBL (13.00-15.00)
• Universalization of the Convention in the Middle East: Engaging States and Non-State Actors - Geneva Call (13.00-15.00)

Photo Galleries and Art Projects (from 18 to 22 November in the Gallery Floor) :

• "The Mine Ban Treaty 1997-2007 : A Success in Progress" - ICBL / John Rodsted - Photo Exhibition
• "Mines, People: living with, surviving to and smiling" - Moviment Per la Pau - Photo Exhibition
• "Three years of youth messages against mines" and "No more Mines" - Italian CBL - Short Documentary
• "Livehoods" - Handicap International - Poster Exposition
• "Geneva Call's Progress Report" - Geneva Call
• "Cluster Munitions" and "Western Sahara and Guinea Bissau" - Landmine Action - Photo Exhibition
• MAG Display Board - MAG
• "Mined America" - Vinicius Souza and Maria Eugênia Sá with the Brazilian CBL

Contact and Coordination :

• Thea Ruggia - thea@icbl.org
• Daiana Savage - savage@icbl.org