Four months until release of Landmine Monitor Report 2006

Landmine Monitor Report 2006, the eighth annual report of this unique civil society-based initiative, will be globally released on WEDNESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2006.

The report will be available online on 13 September at 01:00 GMT and the global release event will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland at 09:00 GMT. A launch of the global mine action report findings is being organized with the Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines in Bangkok.

Campaigners and researchers are encouraged to organize local, national and regional release events on or after 13 September. This is an opportunity to share report findings with media, government representatives, the diplomatic community, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the general public.

We hope that release events will help to generate media interest, to draw attention to progress made to date, and to highlight issues of concern to follow-up on in your countries.

Landmine Monitor can do the following to support your release events:

• Send you Landmine Monitor postcards and posters
• Mail you copies of the Landmine Monitor Annual Report and Executive Summary (including CD-ROM)
• Provide you with a press release
• Make available a Power Point presentation summarizing global report findings

As you begin planning your release events, please provide us with the following information:

• Release date, time and location
• List of speakers and participants
• Overview of program
• Contact person

Landmine Monitor will be in contact with those organizing release events in the coming months to support release preparations.

For more information contact lm@icbl.org.