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Une organisation lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix exhorte les rebelles sénégalais à cesser l'emploi de mines en Guinée-Bissau

3 avril 2006 -- La Campagne internationale pour interdire les mines (ICBL) condamne l'utilisation récente de mines antipersonnel en Guinée-Bissau par une faction du groupe sénégalais du Mouvement des Forces Démocratiques de la Casamance (MFDC). ICBL appelle à une cessation immédiate de l'emploi des mines qui, d'après les Nations Unies, ont déjà fait des victimes et coupé des routes empruntées par les civils.

Nobel Peace Prize Organization Urges Senegalese Rebels to Stop Laying Landmines in Guinea-Bissau

3 April 2006 -- The International Campaign to Ban Landmines condemns the recent and ongoing use of antipersonnel landmines in Guinea-Bissau by a faction of the Senegal-based Movement of the Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The ICBL calls for an immediate halt to the mine-laying, which, according the United Nations, has caused casualties and cut off roads to civilian use.

Landmine researchers from all over the world gather in Phnom Penh, 2-4 April 2006

2006 Landmine Monitor Global Research Meeting

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2-4 April 2006

New Position available: Finance Manager

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) seeks an experienced Financial Manager with a proven record of success to manage the finance and funding operations for the organization.

Intersessional Standing Committte Meetings, May 2006

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ICBL Urges Brunei for Early Ratification

ICBL’s Diplomatic Advisor, Ambassador Satnam Singh was recently (March 13-16) in Brunei to meet with the senior government officials there to explore ways and means to expedite the long pending ratification of the Mine Ban Convention.

1 March 2006. Global successes, big challenges: Mine Ban Treaty Turns 7

Mine Ban Treaty Turns 7:
Global Successes Tempered by Ongoing Use and Production
Big Challenges Looming on Mine Clearance Deadlines and Assistance to Mine Survivors

New ICBL Director

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Executive Director, Sylvie Brigot. Sylvie has a wealth of experience with the landmine issue and a long track record with the ICBL. She has served for the past year as ICBL’s Advocacy Director.

Haiti ratifies the Mine Ban Treaty and brings the Number of States Parties to 149!

On 15 February 2006, Haiti deposited its instrument of ratification of the Mine Ban Treaty with the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The treaty will enter into force for Haiti on 1 August 2006.

Celebrate 1 March 2006, Act Now!

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From the Global to the Local: Mines Action Canada at Work

Mines Action Canada (MAC) is celebrating the success of two major initiatives abroad while looking ahead to the launch next month of its flagship domestic outreach event.

ICBL Mourning Active Campaigner

DEAR All ICBL ers,

We are very sad to tell you that dear Suon Chreuk died on Sunday morning. You will remember him as one of the wheelchair workers and a big campaigner against land mines, a man of great courage and integrity and always ready to welcome us all. He lost two legs to a landmine years ago and has been working as part of our team since 1993.

Congress delays New Landmine Production: Requires Pentagon to Review Indiscriminate Effects of New Weapons Before Production

In a last minute decision at the end of 2005, the U.S. Congress has told the Pentagon not to begin production of any new landmines before studying the possible indiscriminate consequences for deploying this weapon. The U.S. has not begun production of a new landmine since 1997.

Armed Non-State Actors: The Main Users of the “Poor Man’s Weapon”

A report produced by Geneva Call, Armed Non-State Actors and Landmines. Volume I: A Global Report Profiling NSAs and their Use, Acquisition, Production, Transfer and Stockpiling of Landmines, has recorded global occurrences of anti-personnel (AP) and anti-vehicle (AV) mine planting by NSAs, whether activated by victims, vehicles or at a distance by command-detonation. Around 60 NSAs have deployed landmines in 24 countries in five geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa.

Humanitarian Mine Clearance in Casamance discussed during LM Report Launch in Senegal

Senegal - The launch of the Landmine Monitor Report in Casamance gives the opportunitiy to former combattants to discuss how they could facilitate mine clearance in the region.