“We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.” — Nelson Mandela “The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand at times of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy”. Martin Luther King, Jr. WVCBL/PSALM are deeply […]
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The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines – U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition is deeply concerned about the global impact of President Trump’s 90 day stop work order for U.S. foreign assistance programming that suspends U.S.-funded mine clearance programs. Mine clearance serves humanitarian, national security, and economic aims. Clearing land of landmines and unexploded ordnance such as […]
Danae Hendrickson OPEN LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE, MARCO RUBIO From: Global Youth Mine Action Fellows Dear Honorable Secretary Rubio: As Mine Action Fellows, we urge you to immediately lift the 90-day stop-work order on U.S. foreign assistance programming, which has suspended the U.S. funded demining efforts. A waiver or expedited review for these programs […]
Erin Hunt | November 29, 2024 Thank you, Mr. President. Your Royal Highness, your excellencies, delegates, colleagues, friends. We speak on behalf of 45 Mine Action Fellows present here. Thank you to the Cambodian presidency and our supporters UK, Switzerland and Canada for facilitating our participation her. This week, we have had the opportunity to learn from […]
December 3rd also marks the anniversary of opening to signature ofthe Mine Ban Treaty (3 December 1997) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (3 December 2008). On this day, we join the international community in celebrating The International Day of Persons with Disablities. We pay special tribute to our survivors, colleagues and friends who have been […]
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines condemns the December 2 announcement by the Biden administration that it intends to transfer internationally banned antipersonnel landmines, the second such announcement in twelve days. We call on the Biden administration to reverse this decision immediately and halt any future transfer of antipersonnel mines to […]
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) applauds the significant steps taken during the 5th Review Conference of the Mine Ban Treaty to uphold the treaty and its norms, despite the challenging global landscape and concerning developments in recent weeks. The Siem Reap-Angkor Declaration and the accompanying Action Plan adopted by the Conference provide a […]
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is gearing up globally ahead of the 5th Review Conference (5RC) of the Mine Ban Treaty, to take place 25-29 November, 2024, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Under the slogan “Eradicate Landmines, Empower Lives: No excuses, No exceptions, No delays”, the ICBL and its members are calling on states and […]
Thursday, October 17, 2024 The U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition condemns the latest transfer of international-banned cluster munitions from the United States to Ukraine announced October 16, 2024. This is the seventh US transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine since July 2023 and it comes 21 days after a sixth transfer was announced. “The U.S. seems to be […]