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Hundreds of representatives of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, some states not party, international organizations, UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the ICBL gathered in Cartagena, Colombia, from 29 November - 4 December 2009, for the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty. This Review Conference aimed at assessing challenges in the universalization and full implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty, and taking stock of progress made since the First Review Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2004.
Full ICBL report in PDF (low resolution: 1MB) including assessment and overview of the Summit, lobbying, activities and side events, statements, press releases and more!
Monday 30 November 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
Wednesday 2 December 2009
Thursday 3 December 2009
Friday 4 December 2009
International Cooperation and Assistance, 30 November 2009
Victim Assistance, 30 November 2009
Comments on the mine clearance deadline extension requests, 30 November and 1 December 2009
Clerance of Mined Areas, statement by mine action operators members of the ICBL,1 December 2009
Clearance of Mined Areas, 1 December 2009
Stockpile Destruction, 1 December 2009
Universalization, 1 December 2009
Introduction to the Stockpile Destruction Session, 2 December 2009
Survivors' Call to Action, 3 December 2009
Youth Declaration, 4 December 2009
Summit photos by Giovanni DIffidenti are available in the ICBL's image library, under Around the World - Americas - Colombia - Cartagena Summit.
Photos by Mary Wareham are available on Flickr.
Videos by Mette Eliseussen can be viewed on the ICBL's YouTube channel.
Media contact: media@icbl.org or tel.: +41 22 920 03 25 (in Geneva from 6 December 2009)
The ICBL delegation to the Summit includes campaigners, mine action experts and mine survivors from 73 countries. They can provide interviews on landmines in all geographical regions, on mine clearance, victim assistance, mine risk education, and stories of survival. Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate, is also present.
High resolution photos are available in our image library and raw footage about the various aspects of the landmine issue is available upon request.
Media Advisories and Press Releases
Press Release: Four New Countries Declared Mine-Free at Landmine Summit, 4 December 2009
Press Release: Governments should end suffering caused by landmines and cluster bombs, bolster disability rights, 2 December 2009
Media Advisory: Quad Rugby Match on 2 December 2009 (PDF)
Press Release: Mine Ban Activists Demand Concrete Action from Governments at World Summit on Landmines, 30 November 2009
Press Release: ICBL Condemns U.S. "Closed Door" Renewal of Landmine Policy, 25 November 2009
Media Advisory: The Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World, 29 Nov. - 4 Dec. 2009
Press Release: Anti-Landmine Treaty Working, Lives and Limbs Saved, 12 November 2009
Press releases and press statements in the lead-up to the Summit, from January-October 2009
Press Kit
Frequently Asked Questions
Factsheet: A Mine-Free World -- Mission Possible (Achievements and Challenges in all aspects of the Mine Ban Treaty) (PDF)
Interview Opportunities
Daily Calendar of Stories and Photo Opportunities during the Summit
Regional Factsheet - Americas (PDF)
Regional Factsheet - East Asia, South Asia and the Pacific (PDF)
Regional Factsheet - Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (PDF)
Regional Factsheet - Middle East and North Africa (PDF)
Regional Factsheet - Sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Landmine Monitor Report 2009
Información para los medios de comunicaciones / Comunicados de prensa
Comunicado de prensa: Cuatro nuevos países se declaran libres de minas antipersonal en la Cumbre de Cartagena, 4 de diciembre de 2009
Comunicado de prensa: Los gobiernos deberían acabar con el sufrimiento causado por las minas antipersonal y las bombas en racimo, reforzando los derechos de las personas con discapacidades, 2 de diciembre de 2009
Información para los medios de comunicación: Partido de quad rugby, 2 de diciembre de 2009 (PDF)
Comunicado de prensa: Activistas contra las minas solicitan a los gobiernos acciones concretas en la Cumbre contra Minas, 30 de noviembre de 2009
Información para los medios de comunicación: Cumbre de Cartagena por un Mundo Libre de Minas, Nov. 29 - Dic. 4, 2009
Preguntas frequentes
Oportunidades para entrevistas
Calendario diario de oportunidades de historias y fotos (PDF)
Hoja de datos regionales - Africa Subsahariana (PDF)
Hoja de datos regionales - Americas (PDF)
Hoja de datos regionales - Europa, Caucasus, Asia Central (PDF)
Hoja de datos regionales - Medio Oriente y Norte de Africa (PDF)
Hoja de datos regionales - Oriente, Sur de Asia, Pacifico (PDF)
Official documents will also be made available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish on the website of the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit.
Cartagena Action Plan (Unofficial, 11 December 2009) in PDF
Cartagena Declaration (Unofficial, 4 December 2009) in PDF
Draft Review of the Status and Operation of the Convention (17 July 2009) in PDF
Conferencia de prensa del Landmine Monitor (Bogota), Intervencion de Sylvie Brigot, Directora Executiva de la ICBL, 25 November 2009
The ICBL addresses the United Nations First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), 23 October 2009
Come, Share, Commit and Care, ICBL News editorial, September 2009
Cartagena Summit: Less than 100 Days to Go: Are States Parties Ready?, ICBL News, September 2009
First Preparatory Meeting for the Cartagena Summit - ICBL Statement, 29 May 2009. Steve Goose, Executive Director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch and Head of the ICBL delegation, addresses the First Preparatory Meeting held in Geneva after the 2009 Intersessional Standing Commitees Meetings.
Setting Off on the Road to Cartagena, ICBL News editorial, March 2009
ICBL Expectations for the Second Review Conference, Firoz Ali Alizada, ICBL Treaty Implementation Officer, addresses the Informal Meeting on the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty, held in Geneva, Switzerland on 2 March 2009 and attended by representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society.
Las expectativas da la ICBL para la II Conferencia de Revision, Jesus Martinez, ICBL campaigner and director of the Fundacion Red de Sobrevivientes, addresses the Managua Workshop for a Mine-Free Americas on 26 February 2009, the first of a of series of regional workshops held in advance of the Second Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty and attended by representatives of governments, international organizations and civil society.
ICBL Workshop on Victim Assistance (Cartagena, Colombia, 27 November 2009)
The Tirana Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-Eastern Europe (Tirana, Albania, 7-9 October 2009)
The Third Continental Conference of African Experts on Landmines (Pretoria, South Africa, 9-11 September 2009)
Second Preparatory Meeting, Official Website (Geneva, Switzerland, 3-4 September 2009)
The Dushanbe Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Central Asia (Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 7-8 July 2009)
First Preparatory Meeting, Official Website (Geneva, Switzerland, 29 May 2009)
The Bangkok Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free South-East Asia (Bangkok,Thailand,1-3 April 2009)
The Managua Workshop on Achieving a Mine-Free Americas (Managua, Nicaragua, 24-26 February 2009)
Powerpoint presentation on the achievements and challenges of the Mine Ban Treaty, prepared on the occasion of the global release of Landmine Monitor Report 2009
Country backgrounders for the universalisation targets in 2009: Bahrain - Nepal - Poland - USA
ICBL Photo Exhibition presenting key moments and achievements of the mine ban movement and the Mine Ban Treaty, including images and quotes of survivors and other key actors who "turned the vision into reality".
Mission Possible Logo in English and Spanish
Official website of the Cartagena Summit (Colombia)
Official website of the Cartagena Summit (Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit)