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’ […]
States Embrace Ambitious Plan to Rid the world of Cluster Munitions; Condemn any use by anyone/ Cuba announces plan to join convention (Dubrovnik, 11 September 2015) – In a triumph for victims and affected communities worldwide, States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions spoke out to “condemn any use of cluster munitions by any actor,” […]
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Dubrovnik Review Conference
Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) members across continents are stepping up their efforts to encourage the remaining signatories to ratify and non-signatories to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The CMC welcomes new members since the last meeting of States Parties (Guinea, Guyana, Palestine, Canada, Paraguay and South Africa) and the steps toward joining that […]
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CHILD’S PLAY?
Every World Cup tournament inspires young people worldwide to be the soccer players/ footballers of tomorrow. Yet for those living in cluster munition contaminated countries, this dream remains a difficult reality. A cluster munition, also known as a cluster bomb, is a weapon containing multiple explosive submunitions. Like landmines, these submunitions can remain a fatal […]
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ONE SHOE
LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS represent an insidious and persistent danger to children affected by war. Children are particularly vulnerable to these weapons in a number of ways. If they are too young to read or cannot, signs posted to warn them of the presence of mines and remnants of war are useless. Children are far more likely […]