On Thursday, 23 June 2016, ICBL Director, Megan Burke, spoke to academics, researchers and activists working at the Korea Summit in Washington DC. The Summit was organized and hosted by the Korean Peace Network, the Elliott School of International Affairs‘ Partnership for International Strategies in Asia and the American Friends Service Committee for organizing the “Summit on North […]
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A White House decision to suspend future cluster munition transfers to Saudi Arabia should be made permanent and extended to cover all cluster munition transfers. According to Foreign Policy magazine the White House has suspended US transfers of cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia following concerns over civilian harm from their use in Yemen, where a […]
A HISTORY OF HARM A cluster bomb is a weapon that can contain up to several hundred small explosive bomblets. Dropped from the air or fired from the ground, cluster bombs break open in mid-air and scatter these bomblets over a wide area. Anyone within the strike zone is likely to be […]
“On this International Day, let us work together to advance the goal of a world free of the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon On December 8th, 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in […]
PSALM students hosted a celebration and recognition of Sri Lanka’s announcement that they will accede to the Mine Ban Treaty and the push to “Finish the Job” for a mine-free world by 2025. Students also met to prepare for a school/community-wide, “Lend Your Leg” awareness day to be held in recognition of the April 4th International Day of Mine […]
PSALM students A PLACE AT THE TABLE Join PSALM students at the MONONGALIA ARTS CENTER in Morgantown, West Virginia for “A PLACE AT THE TABLE”, A LOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO BAN LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND HOW THE CAMPAIGNS ADDRESS THE NEED OF SURVIVORS from February 5th-27th, 2016. “A PLACE AT THE TABLE”, […]
Representatives from ninety-nine countries, including ten States not party along with over one hundred members of civil society participated in the 14th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty. The meeting was opened on 30 November 2015 with the participation of Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister […]
The Global Health Program at West Virginia University Hospital Health Science Center hosted its annual Global Health Week event on October 22, 2015.PSALM students presented to visitors information and raised awareness about the devastation caused by landmines and cluster munitions the world over. PSALM students have attended this program for the past 7 years. […]
PSALM students recently celebrated the International Day of Peace. Students utilize the day to raise awareness about the importance of countries joining the bans on anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions. STUDENTS SEND CONGRATULATIONS TO SOMALIA AND MAURITIUS FOR RATIFYING THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS! STUDENTS ALSO CALL ON THE US TO JOIN THE BANS ON […]
H.E. Sir Anerood Jugnauth, GCSK, KCMG, QC the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Home Affairs, Minister of Rodrigues and National Development Unit of the Republic of Mauritius ©UNTC, 1 October 2015 The Republic of Mauritius deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 1 October 2015 at the United Nations’ […]