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At the beginning of September, ICBL member Association for Aid and Relief Japan celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty by hosting a two-day Mine Ban event in Tokyo, attended by over 3,000 people.
As ICBL member organization Eden Foundation celebrates it 10th year of involvement in the landmine issue, ICBL representatives met with governent and opposition representatives and received pledges of support for efforts against antipersonnel mines.
In the 10th year from the adoption and signature of the Mine Ban Treaty, the ICBL considers the treaty to be a success. Yet, it is a "success in progress", with much work still remaining to address outstanding challenges. Read here an overview of results achieved over the past 10 years and steps still required to reach the ultimate goal of a "mine-free world".
As the treaty prohibiting the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of antipersonnel mines turns 10 this year, representatives of international civil society will gather in Oslo on 17 and 18 September to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the treaty text. The treaty was later opened for signature in Ottawa, Canada, on 3-4 December 1997.
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) welcomed today the release of 10 members of an Afghan demining team, and called for the immediate release of the three deminers still in captivity. “Deminers put their lives on the line every day to make the land safe again for others. They must be allowed to carry out their life-saving work without having to worry about security threats from outsiders,” said Sylvie Brigot, ICBL Executive Director.
On 15 August 2007, Iraq acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty, bringing the total number of States Parties to 155, seven of which are in the Middle East and North Africa. By joining the treaty, Iraq has committed to never again use, produce, acquire, or export antipersonnel mines. It has also committed to destroy stockpiled mines in four years and to clear minefields in ten years.
The Polish Red Cross organized three days of awareness activities about landmines at popular Woodstock festival, visited by 85,000 people
Kuwait's accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on 30 July 2007 brought the number of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty to 154.
In acknowledgement of the ongoing need to keep the International Campaign to Ban Landmines 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.
Colombian Campaign to Ban Landmines press release condemning new laying of landmines by the ELN in Micoahumado, Bolívar department. (In Spanish)
National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional, ELN) guerrillas planted new mines on the road that links the villages of La Plaza and La Guásima, in the area of Micoahumado, in the southern part of the Colombian Department of Bolívar. In early 2005 cleared mines it had laid along a 28-kilometer section of this same road.
(Lima, Peru, 25.05.07) "This important conference has indeed moved us forward toward fulfilling the promise of the Oslo Declaration. We believe that there will be a comprehensive, integrated treaty to eliminate cluster bombs in 2008."
(Lima, Peru, 25.05.07) – The Lima Conference on Cluster Munitions held in Peru this week concluded Friday, with strong and widespread support for a new treaty. Twenty-eight new countries joined the 46 states that launched a new process in Oslo in February this year to conclude a treaty by 2008
I was very honoured to accept Joel Soler’s invitation to serve as the Honorary President of these first International Rendez Vous of Cinéma Vérité – especially and obviously because it is dedicated to landmines and cluster bombs – even if I cannot be here today, and I thank the Executive Director of our International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Madam Sylvie Brigot, for representing me and our Campaign.
An interesting report on the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions in Serbia. A documentary film by Svetlana Lukic and Svetlana Vukovic made in co-operation with NPA on the impact of cluster munitions in Serbia.