Search

Despite the enormous efforts made during the past 12 years to rid Cambodia of the scourge of mines and other explosive remnants of ... 28-02-2008 Feature Despite the enormous efforts made during the ...

• 2008-02-28
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Cambodia

... purpose of the Movement Strategy on Landmines is to provide stimulus, guidance and support for coherent action by the Red Cross/ ... as regards landmines, and of the humanitarian consequences of the ...

• 1999-10-30
• Miscellaneous

• Topic
  • Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
    • Council of delegates
      • 1999

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

Geneva (ICRC) - Six years ago, the adoption of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines brought tremendous hope to ... anti-personnel landmines brought tremendous hope to mine-affected ...

• 2003-09-15
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

... humanitarian consequences of anti-personnel landmines and other explosive remnants of war, opened today in Kuwait City. ... consequences of anti-personnel landmines and other explosive remnants of war, ...

• 2007-06-11
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Cluster munitions

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Kuwait

This study examines the military case for continued use of anti-personnel landmines. ... anti-personnel mines Anti-personnel landmines - Friend or Foe? ... continued use of anti-personnel landmines.

• 1997-12-31
• Publication

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Building respect for IHL
      • Dialogue with weapon bearers
        • Armed forces

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• People
  • Weapon bearers

21-08-1997 News Release 97/32 The ICRC, together with the Kenya Coalition Against Landmines, is holding a one-week exhibition of ... The exhibition, called " The Horrors of Landmines " , is being ...

• 1997-08-21
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Africa
    • Kenya

The group made a series of recommendations designed to strengthen the rules governing use of landmines. ... caused to civilians by anti-personnel landmines are both too complex and too weak.

• 1995-02-15
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

20-04-2000 News Release 00/14 A seminar on landmines and their impact on development in the Arab world was held on 9April at the ... presence of landmines in the Arab world; their effect on economic, ...

• 2000-04-20
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... international agreement to ban the production, transfer, stockpiling and use of anti-personnel landmines. ... use of anti-personnel landmines, which each year kill or maim an estimated 24,000 people, ...

• 1997-02-10
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

15-11-1995 News Release 46 The Vienna Conference was a serious disappointment for all those who want landmines banned or their use ... The ICRC fears that the next session will be equally inconclusive ...

• 1995-11-15
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... through its field operations in conflict zones on four continents, has been a direct witness to the landmine carnage. ... And our experience is but faint reflection of the landmine legacy which is ...

• 1996-07-02
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

In particular we commend the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy and the government of Canada, ... The landmines issue is but part of a phenomena of great concern ...

• 1997-12-03
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

The horror of the immense human suffering caused by landmines is set to continue, and the amended Protocol II will do little to ... II on landmines; clear assignment of responsibility for mine ...

• 1996-05-03
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

Many civilians have been injured by anti-personnel landmines laid along village paths. Friedrich Steinemann, the ICRC's regional delegate in Kampala, said: " The mine problem has also hampered the ...

• 1996-04-03
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Places
  • Africa
    • Uganda

The task of clearing the wo rld of the existing tens of millions of landmines is already daunting, and many more are being laid ... Those who step on blast landmines usually lose a foot or a leg and ...

• 1997-06-25
• Statement
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

... in Harare from 20 to 23 April 1997 to discuss the future of anti-personnel landmines in the region. ... suffering and severe socio-economic burdens which landmines have inflicted " .

• 1997-04-09
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the campaign's coordinator Jody Williams on being awarded the Nobel Peace ... -personnel landmines at the Diplomatic Conference hosted by the ...

• 1997-10-10
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

Under an agreement reached by UEFA and the ICRC, the Red Cross in Switzerland and 20 other European countries will be able to ... Viewers in Switzerland will be able to pledge their donations by ...

• 1997-11-06
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... Peter Herby, Johanne Dorais-Slakmon LANDMINES IN AFRICA: FACT SHEET Scope And Nature Of The Crisis Mine-laying has become common ... severely affected by the large scale sowing of landmines .

• 1995-01-01
• Miscellaneous
• by: Louise Doswald-Beck, Peter Herby, Johanne Dorais-Slakmon
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

18-09-1997 1. Opening of the Conference The Plenary met on September 1 1997 at 11.00 hrs. ... The final versions of the Convention, in the six authentic languages, will be forwarded to Ottawa, Canada, ...

• 1997-09-18
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

The Silent Menace: Landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina 01-02-1998 This is a text version of the brochure, The Silent Menace: ... scourge of landmines, the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ...

• 1998-02-01
• Miscellaneous
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Bosnia-Herzegovina

... urgent action to address the disastrous humanitarian implications of the use of anti-personnel landmines. ... of anti-personnel landmines far outweighed their military utility in most conflicts, ...

• 1997-07-23
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... negotiating new restrictions on the use of landmines, which currently kill or maim some 2,000 persons a month. ... restrict the production, use and transfer of anti-personnel landmines.

• 1995-12-31
• Article

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Anti-personnel landmines

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Weapons
      • Review of new weapons

Participants urged the SADC to place the issue of landmines high on its agenda and to give urgent consideration to matters such as ... conference on landmines to be convened by the Organization of ...

• 1997-04-24
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action

... what is decided in Vienna within the next three weeks will be crucial for hundreds of thousands of potential landmine victims. ... Conventional Weapons, a treaty that includes provisions on landmines.

• 1995-09-27
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Mine action