MEDIA ADVISORY – PRESS CONFERENCE
Author/Origin: Landmine Monitor lmSPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERicbl.org |
(Tuesday 21 August 2001 ) Landmine Monitor Report 2001: Toward a Mine-Free World
Global Release by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
| WHEN? | 9:30-10:30am, Wednesday, September 12, 2001 |
| WHERE? | San Martin room, Organization of
American States 17th St. & Constitution, Washington, DC |
| WHAT? | Representatives of the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) will release and discuss the key
findings of Landmine Monitor Report 2001. They will address:
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| WHO? | Speakers include: |
Jody Williams. 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; Williams served as ICBL Coordinator from 1991 to 1998 and is now the ICBL’s Ambassador; speaking and traveling widely to advocate for the elimination of this weapon.
Steve Goose. Program Director, Arms Division, Human Rights Watch; Goose was the chief editor of the Landmine Monitor Report 2001, and will lead the ICBL delegation to the Managua meeting.
The third annual report of the ICBL’s unprecedented Landmine Monitor initiative, Landmine Monitor Report 2001: Toward a Mine-Free World, contains information on every country in the world with respect to landmine ban policy, use, production, transfer, stockpiling, mine clearance, mine awareness and survivor assistance. One hundred and twenty-two researchers from 95 countries gathered information to produce this 1,175-page book. The report, along with its 75-page Executive Summary, will be presented at the Third Meeting of States Parties to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in Managua, Nicaragua on September 17, 2001. To date, 140 countries have signed the treaty and 118 countries have ratified.
For more information, please contact:
- Mary Wareham, Coordinator, Landmine Monitor, Tel. (202) 612-4356. Email. SPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERicbl.org">lmSPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERicbl.org
- Liz Bernstein, Coordinator, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Tel. (202) 547-2687. Email. SPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERicbl.org">banemnowSPAMFLTER@SPATMFLTERicbl.org
