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Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference - Oslo, 2-4 December 2008

Heads of State, Foreign Ministers and senior government representatives from over 100 countries are expected to gather in Oslo to sign a worldwide ban on the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of cluster bombs. It will be the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty of the decade.

(01/12/2008, last updated: 01/12/2008) Read more »

Mine-Affected States Given Clearance Extensions But Told to Work Urgently - Ninth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty concluded in Geneva today

Geneva, 28 November 2008 – Under pressure from the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty and civil society, the United Kingdom announced that it will immediately begin demining the Falkland Islands and reaffirmed its commitment to their full clearance as soon as possible. This was the most contentious issue at the annual Meeting of States Parties which concluded today in Geneva.

(28/11/2008, last updated: 29/11/2008) Read more »

United Kingdom Under Fire from Treaty Allies for Failure to Clear Landmines

Geneva, 26 November 2008 – Nobel Peace Prize laureate International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and a long list of countries belonging to the international treaty banning antipersonnel mines today sharply criticized the United Kingdom’s failure to clear mines in the Falkland Islands.

(26/11/2008, last updated: 26/11/2008) Read more »

States must keep their word to landmine survivors and mine-affected communities - Ninth Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty opens in Geneva today

Geneva, 24 November 2008 – Eleven years after the signing of the Mine Ban Treaty, survivors of landmine blasts are still waiting for the as... (24/11/2008, last updated: 25/11/2008) Read more »

9th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, 24-28 November 2008

Government representatives, landmine survivors, international agencies, mine action operators and civil society activists from over 100 countr... (07/10/2008, last updated: 18/11/2008) Read more »

Landmine Monitor: 1997 Mine Ban Treaty Suffers First Serious Violations

Three countries have failed to meet deadlines to destroy landmine stockpiles putting them in violation of the Mine Ban Treaty and 15 others ha... (21/11/2008, last updated: 21/11/2008) Read more »

ICBL Critiques of the Mine Clearance Deadline Extension Requests

At the 9th Meeting of the States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty, States Parties will consider Article 5 deadline extension requests submitted... (20/11/2008, last updated: 20/11/2008) Read more »

ICBL News - November 2008

Welcome to the November 2008 issue of ICBL News. Contents include an editorial: The Mine Ban Treaty Must Remain Strong; articles on:... (27/11/2008, last updated: 01/12/2008) Read more »

Help Ban Cluster Bombs Now! Sign the People's Treaty

The Cluster Munitions Convention's signing ceremony will take place in Oslo, Norway, from 2-3 December 2008. That is less than a month to ensu... (02/06/2008, last updated: 18/11/2008) Read more »

Philippines: Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and other groups sign pact with Philippines Campaign to Ban Landmines to adhere to international humanitarian law norms on landmines

The Philippine Campaign to Ban Landmines (PCBL) announced on 11 November 2008 the signing by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) of an ag... (18/11/2008, last updated: 18/11/2008) Read more »

Briefing for Arabic Diplomatic Missions on the Convention on Cluster Munitions

In the lead up to the Oslo Signing Conference which will be held in Oslo, Norway on 3 December 2008, the International Campaign to Ban Landmin... (04/11/2008, last updated: 04/11/2008) Read more »

France: Cinéma Vérité 2008 supports the Convention on Cluster Munitions

During its 2nd International Rendez-Vous, held in Geneva, Paris and Abu Dhabi from 8 to 15 October, the French film festival Cinéma Vérité cal... (15/10/2008, last updated: 27/10/2008) Read more »

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