On February 19, the US Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Implementation Support Unit, with the support of the European Union, held a symposium at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC on the United States and the Mine Ban Treaty. Senior PSALM students and members of WVCBL […]
JANUARY 2104 “Making a World of Difference” Art and Photo Exhibit by PSALM: PROUD STUDENTS AGAINST LANDMINES and CLUSTER BOMBS/WVCBL: West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs opened on January 10th, 2014 at the Monongalia Arts Center in Morgantown, West Virginia. “Making a World of Difference” acknowledges and honors individuals and organizations that […]
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How Soon is “Soon?”
DECEMBER 2013 How Soon is “Soon?” 4 Years Later and World Still Waiting for Conclusion of Obama Administration’s Landmine Policy Review In response to pressure from civil society, the Obama administration began a review of U.S. landmine policy in December 2009. Four years later, we are still waiting for the outcome of that review. Today […]
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WVCBL joins the U.S. Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs To Call for U.S. to Reject Any Possible Use of Cluster Munitions in Syria Washington, D.C.— TheWest Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs joins the U.S. Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs to call on the United States to refrain from using any form of cluster […]
From September 9-13th, 2013 stakeholders from States Parties, signatory states, observer states, UN agencies, international organizations and civil society will gather in Lusaka, Zambia, for the Fourth Meeting of States Parties (4MSP) to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that addresses the humanitarian consequences and […]
WVCBL (WEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN TO BAN LANDMINES AND CLUSTER BOMBS) URGES THE UNITED STATES TO JOIN THE GLOBAL BAN ON CLUSTER BOMBS Thursday, August 1st, 2013 marked the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). This year also marks the Cluster Munition Coalition’s 10th anniversary. WVCBL Campaigners […]
WVCBL/PSALM joins the Cluster Munition Coalition and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in marking five years since the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) was adopted at the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions. The 107 countries that adopted the Convention set aside long-held arguments on the military utility of cluster munitions and recognized that […]
Working with “Youth Campaigning on Canadian CCM Legislation” and Mines Action Canada, PSALM students completed a 20 foot artwork made especially for members of the Canadian Parliament working on the Convention on Cluster Munitions legislation. Students sent self-portraits with the message, “We don’t want our country to use cluster bombs, please don’t help them. Changez le […]
PSALM/WVCBL, as well a campaigners worldwide, joined together for a global month of action that kicked off on March 1st, the anniversary of entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty and built up to April 4th, the International Day for Mine Awareness. March 1st also marked the anniversary of the founding of PSALM/WVCBL by […]
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A “NOBEL” CAUSE: Portraits of Peace
Members of PSALM: Proud Students Against Land Mines/West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs met last fall to discuss how to join the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) in celebrating 20 years of campaigning for a world free of landmines. It seemed fitting that a youth campaign born from an art […]