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On the International Day for Mine Awareness, campaigners from around the world gathered in Cambodia to call for the international community to commit itself to a mine-free world.
More countries need to sign the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) and implement all of its requirements, according to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Civil society groups are calling on governments to commit adequate and sustained multi-year funding and do more to support landmine survivors.
In addition to marking mine awareness day, campaigners launched the road to the 11th Meeting of States Parties to the MBT, which will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in November 2011.
“When governments meet in Phnom Penh this November, we do not want to hear rhetoric or platitudes, but rather what concrete actions they are taking to create a mine-free world,” said Tun Channareth, ICBL ambassador and a landmine survivor from Cambodia.
There are four key areas where the ICBL expects to see progress from states at the November 2011 meeting: clearing mined areas, assisting victims, providing the necessary funding and resources, and ensuring universal adherence to the MBT.
The 1997 MBT currently has 156 States Parties. The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) has 108 signatories, of which 55 have already ratified.
In addition to comprehensively banning landmines and cluster munitions, both treaties require states to clear all their contaminated areas, destroy their stockpiles of the weapons, and provide assistance to survivors, their families and communities.
More countries need to sign the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) and implement all of its requirements, according to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL).
Civil society groups are calling on governments to commit adequate and sustained multi-year funding and do more to support landmine survivors.
In addition to marking mine awareness day, campaigners launched the road to the 11th Meeting of States Parties to the MBT, which will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in November 2011.
“When governments meet in Phnom Penh this November, we do not want to hear rhetoric or platitudes, but rather what concrete actions they are taking to create a mine-free world,” said Tun Channareth, ICBL ambassador and a landmine survivor from Cambodia.
There are four key areas where the ICBL expects to see progress from states at the November 2011 meeting: clearing mined areas, assisting victims, providing the necessary funding and resources, and ensuring universal adherence to the MBT.
The 1997 MBT currently has 156 States Parties. The 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) has 108 signatories, of which 55 have already ratified.
In addition to comprehensively banning landmines and cluster munitions, both treaties require states to clear all their contaminated areas, destroy their stockpiles of the weapons, and provide assistance to survivors, their families and communities.
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