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June 13, 2019 Letter

Letter to Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Mine Clearance in the DMZ and the Mine Ban Treaty

June 13, 2019 News Release

Saudi Arabia/UAE: Join Landmine Ban Treaty

Mine Clearance in Yemen is Just Step One

A sign warning “only the road has been checked,” in the village of Ruwais, Mokha district. © 2018 Private
May 24, 2019 Statement

Statement on Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

May 24, 2019 Statement

Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meeting

Delivered by Mark Hiznay, Associate Director

May 23, 2019 Statement

Statement on New Use of Antipersonnel Mines, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

April 22, 2019 Report

Yemen: Houthi Landmines Kill Civilians, Block Aid

Cease Use of Banned Weapons; Expand and Improve Demining

A deminer works with children following him in Zuheiri, a town on the western coast. © 2018 Private
July 4, 2018 News Release

Thailand: Insurgents Use Landmines in South

Cease Use of Banned Weapons, End Attacks on Civilians

Thai security forces inspect a rubber plantation, where an ethnic Thai Buddist latex tapper lost his foot after stepping on a landmine laid by separatist insurgents in Yala province on July 2, 2018.
June 8, 2018 Statement

Statement on Stockpile Destruction, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meetings

Delivered by Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Arms Division

June 7, 2018 Statement

Statement on Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meeting

Delivered by Steve Goose, Executive Director, Arms Division

March 14, 2018 Dispatches

Sri Lanka Bans Cluster Munitions

Becomes 103rd State Party to the International Treaty

A mine field in Sri Lanka is marked with Danger! Mines! signs and caution tape.
February 12, 2018 News Release

Syria: Landmines Kill, Injure Hundreds in Raqqa

More International Support Needed for Clearance

Warning about mines written on outside wall of building in Raqqa, Syria, January 21, 2018.
January 22, 2018 Dispatches

Palestine Joins Global Push to Eliminate Landmines

Israel, Others in Region Should Follow Suit

A member of the Palestinian security forces takes part in a training session to find and remove landmines, organised by the Palestinian Ministry of Interior and the United Nations, in the West Bank city of Jericho June 25, 2012.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Middle East Conflicts Spur Disastrous New Trends for Region

Smoke billows behind a building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on December 3, 2017, during clashes between Houthi rebels and supporters of Yemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh. © 2017 Getty Images
December 21, 2017 Statement

Statement on Compliance, Mine Ban Treaty Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties

Delivered by Steve Goose, Director

December 14, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka Joins Global Landmine Ban

Others Should Reconsider Joining Treaty

The Broken Chair, a statue in support of the bans on landmines and cluster munitions, stands outside the United Nations in Geneva.

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