Release Events & Activities: Landmine Monitor Report 2003

(Friday 05 September 2003 ) Events to release Landmine Monitor Report 2003 are scheduled to take place in approximately fifteen countries on Tuesday, 9 September 2003, as well as media work by campaigners in another fifteen countries. The main, global release event will be in Washington DC at the National Press Club.

The report is under embargo until GMT 09:00 on Tuesday, 9 September 2003

For more information on the scheduling of these events, please contact: lm =at= icbl.org

List of Events

CYBERSPACE. [GMT 09:00] Release of the full report online at www.icbl.org/lm/2003 including the full report (searchable by country), Executive Summary, Major Findings, Key Developments, maps and translations. Contact. Mr. Kjell Knudsen, ICBL Webmaster, webmaster =at= icbl.org

BANGLADESH. [GMT 06:00] Release event in Bengali and English at 11:00 by Non-Violence International Bangladesh (NVI) at the Reporters Unity Club in Segon Bagicha, Dhaka. Speakers include the Director General of the UN wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ruhul Amin. Contact. Mr. Rafique Al Islam, NVI, Tel: 880 (341) 64215/64809/64489. Email. mudita =at= gshakti.com

BELGIUM. [GMT 13:30] Release event at 14:30 by Handicap International Belgium (HIB) at De Markten in Brussels. Contact. Mr. Koen Baetens, HIB, Tel. 32 (2) 286-52-68/Mobile. +32 (479) 29-50-28, Email. koen.baetens =at= handicap.be

CAMBODIA. [GMT 07:00] Release event at 2:00pm by the Cambodia Campaign to Ban Landmines (CCBL) at the National Centre of Disabled Persons (NCDP) in Phnom Penh. In addition to the launch, other topics include youth activities against landmines and Cambodian mine survivors preparing to attend the 5MSP in Thailand. In Khmer and English. Contact. Mr. Ny Nhar, CCBL, Tel. 855 (23) 880-139, Email. jrscam =at= forum.org.kh

CAMEROON. [GMT 09:00] Release event at 10:00am by the International Club for Peace Research (ICPR/CIRP) at the Hilton Hotel in Yaounde. Speakers include Jonas Mfoutaie (ICPR), the ICRC regional delegate and the Canadian Commissioner in Cameroon (TBC). Contact. Mr. Jonas Mfouatie, ICPR/CIRP Director, Tel. +237 (223) 10-96/Mobile. +237 (775) 07-64, Email. mjonascirp =at= hotmail.com

FINLAND: [GMT 09:30] Press event and seminar at 11:30 by the Finnish Campaign to Ban Landmines (FCBL) at the Finnish Parliament in Helsinki and a separate launch event including a photo exhibition by John Rodsted. Sylvie Brigot (ICBL), Zlatko Vezilic (NPA), and Sanna Rummakko (FCBL coordinator) will speak. Contact. Ms. Sanna Rummakko, FCBL, Tel. 358-9-142915/Fax 358-9-147297, Email. sanna.rummakko =at= kaapeli.fi

FRANCE. [GMT 07:45] Release event at 08:45am by Handicap International (HI) at the

CAPE Centre d'Accueil de la Presse Etrangère (Foreign Press centre) in Paris. Speakers include: Mr. Philippe Chabasse, HI Co-director; Mr. Frederic Meunier, HI Iraq Desk Officer; Mr. Pierre Jolivet, Filmmaker and Director of HI’s 2003 TV commercial. Contact. Maud Saheb or Sylvain Ogier, HI, Tel. 33 (1) 43-14-87-02, Email. servicepresse =at= handicap-international.org

INDIA. [GMT 05:30] Release event at 11:00am by the Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines at Rainbow Higher Secondary School, New Delhi. Speakers include Canadian High Commissioner, Dy. High Commissioner, First Secretary (Political). Also, Dr. Kashyap Educationist and various media will participate in the event. Contact. Dr. Balkrishna Kurvey, Indian Campaign to Ban Landmines, Tel. 91 (712) 2745806, Fax. 91 (712) 2743664 Email. iipdep_ngp =at= sancharnet.in

ITALY. [GMT 09:30] Release event at 10:30am by Campagna Italiana Contro/Italian Campaign to Ban Landmines at the Salone delle Bandiere - Rappresentanza del Parlamento Europeo [European Parliament Office], Via IV Novembre 149 in Rome. Contact. Mr. Guiseppe Schiavello, Italian Campaign, Tel. 39 (6) 85-30-43-26/85-80-06-93, Email. coordinamento =at= campagnamine.org

JAPAN. [GMT 09:00] Release event at 18:00 by Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines (JCBL) at their offices: c/o JVC, 5F, Maruko-Bldg. 1-20-6, Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku in Tokyo. Contact. Mr. Yasuhiro Kitagawa, JCBL, Tel. +81 (3) 38-34-23-88, Email. banmines =at= jca.apc.org

KENYA. [GMT 13.00] Release event at 16:00 at Grand Regency Hotel in Nairobi hosted by the Kenya Coalition Against Landmines (KCAL). Contact. Ms. Mereso Agina, KCAL Coordinator, Tel. +254 (20) 573-099/Mobile. +254 (722) 705-860, Email. kcal =at= africaonline.co.ke

NORWAY. [GMT 09:00] Release event at 10:00 by Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) at their headquarters on Storgata 33A in Oslo. Contact. Mr. Ivar Christiansen, NPA Head of Information, Tel. +47 (22) 03-77-00, Email. ivar.christiansen =at= npaid.org or Mr. Per Nergaard, Head of Mine Action Unit, Tel.: +47 (22) 03-77-56, Email. per.nergaard =at= npaid.org

PAKISTAN. [GMT 11:00] Release event at 15:00 by the Sustainable Peace and Development Organization (SPADO) in Peshawar. Contact. Raza Shah Khan, SPADO Executive Director, Tel. 92 (91) 84-17-89, Mobile. 92 (300) 95-98-429, Email. spado =at= mail.com

SWITZERLAND. [GMT 12:00] Release event at 13:00 by the ICBL Geneva Office in Salle III at the UN Palais des Nations in Geneva. Speakers include Ambassador Jean Lint, President of the Mine Ban Treaty’s Fourth Meeting of States Parties. Contact. Ms. Susan B. Walker, ICBL, Tel. +41-(0)79-470-1931, Email. walker =at= icbl.org

THAILAND. (10 September) [GMT 13:00] Release event at 8:00pm by the Thailand Campaign To Ban Landmines at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Bangkok. Contact. Mr. Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan or Ms. Emilie Ketudat, Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines, Tel. +66 (2) 279-1817/Mobile. +66 (1) 611-0086. Email. landmine =at= jrs.th.com

TURKEY. [GMT 08:00] Release event at 10:00 by Turkey Against Landmines at Taxim Hill Hotel in Istanbul. Contact. Mr. Muteber Ogreten or Mr. Mehmet Balci, Tel. 90 (535) 22-93-828, Email. mbalci =at= mayinsizbirturkiye.org Another release event is scheduled by the the Bar (Lawyers) Association in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey. Contact. Mr. Seadt Yurtdas, syurtdas =at= yahoo.com

UNITED STATES. [GMT 13:30] Release event at 9:30am by Human Rights Watch and the ICBL at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Speakers include Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate, and Stephen Goose, Executive Director of the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch. Contact. Ms. Mary Wareham, HRW, Tel. 1 (202) 612-4356, Email. wareham =at= hrw.org

List of Activities

In addition, the following campaigners are undertaking media outreach on 9 September 2003 and may hold a release event at a later date:

AUSTRALIA. (8 October) Briefing by Sheree Bailey, Landmine Monitor’s Victim Assistance Research Coordinator and the Australia Network of the ICBL at Parliament House in Canberra. Other participants include AusAID and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Contact. Ms. Sheree Bailey, Landmine Monitor/ICBL, +61 (408) 799-110, Email. bailey =at= icbl.org

AUSTRIA. Austrian Aid for Mine Victims in Vienna. Contact. Ms. Judith Majlath, Tel. +43 (1) 535-75-16, Email. judith.majlath =at= aon.at

BRAZIL. Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres (CBCM) and Viva Rio in Rio de Janeiro. Contact. Mr. Gustavo Oliveira Vieira, Tel. +55 (51) 96-61-47-18, Email. gvieira7 =at= terra.com.br

CANADA. Mines Action Canada (MAC) in Ottawa. Contact. Mr. Paul Hannon, MAC Executive Director, Tel. 1 (613) 241-3777/Mobile. (613) 282-2019, Email. macnancy =at= web.ca

DENMARK. DanChurchAid at in Copenhagen. Contact. Steven Olejas, DCA, Tel. +45 3315-2800 or +45 2969-9116, Email. sol =at= dca.dk

GERMANY. Press release. German Initiative to Ban Landmines in Berlin. Contact. Mr. Markus Haake, GIBL Co-ordinator, Tel. 49 (030) 421 36 86, Email. gibl.haakeSPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERlandmine.de

MALAWI. Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR). Contact. Mr. Undule

Mwakasungura, CHRR, Tel: +265 (1) 761-122/700, Email. undule =at= sdnp.org.mw

NEPAL. (3 December 2003) Briefing by Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (BLCN) at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur in Kathmandu. Contact. Ms. Purna Shova Chitrakar, 977 (1) 271-794/277-428, Email. ncbl =at= mail.com.np

NEW ZEALAND. (17 October) Briefing by Campaign Against Landmines (CALM) at the Loaves and Fishes room at the Cathedral in Wellington. Speakers include Hon. Marian Hobbs, Minister for Disarmament, the Thai Ambassador, and Captain Lew Luff, a deminer just back from Afghanistan. Contact. Mr. John Head, CALM Convenor. Tel: +64 (4) 905-5524, Email. jhead =at= i4free.co.nz

RUSSIA. (26-28 September) Release event by IPPNW-Russia at the Russian UN Peacekeeping Museum in Moscow. Contact. Mr. Roman Dolgov, IPPNW-Russia, Tel. +7 (095) 298-2161/958-5288, Email. scippnw =at= online.ru

SENEGAL. Mr. Boubine Touré in Dakar, Tel. 221 821- 82-54, Email. boubine =at= syfed.refer.sn

SPAIN. (17 or 18 September) Event by Moviment per la Pau in Barcelona. Contact. Ms. Maria Josep, Moviment per la Pau, Tel. +34 (93) 21-93-371, Email. movpau =at= pangea.org

SWEDEN. Press release. Svenska Freds (Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, SPAS) in Stockholm. Contact. Frida Blom, SPAS, Tel. 46 (8) 702-1830, Email. frida.blom =at= svenska-freds.se

UKRAINE. (October) Ukrainian Peacekeepers Veterans Association in Kiev. Contact. Mr. Yuri Donskoy, UPVA, Tel. 380 (44) 228-47-40, Email. Ukraine =at= icbl.org

UNITED KINGDOM. Media launch by Landmine Action in London. Contact. Mr. Richard Lloyd, Landmine Action Director, Tel. 44 (020) 7820-0222/Mobile. 44 (0)771 374-1004, Email. richard =at= landmineaction.org

For more information, to amend an event listing or to inform us of a release event not listed, please email lm =at= icbl.org or contact Mary Wareham, HRW, at the address below.