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Three Ethnic Armed Groups from Burma/Myanmar Commit to a Ban on Anti-personnel Mines Geneva – 16 April 2007 The Lahu Democratic Front (LDF), the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF) and the Pa-O People’s Liberation Organization (PPLO), today committed to a total ban on anti-personnel mines by signing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment. The signing took place […]

Somalia commemorates the International Mine Awareness Day Geneva/Baidoa, 4 April 2007- Isha Baidoa Human Rights Organisation, a member organisation of the Somali Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Landmines (SOCBAL), hosted an unprecedented event marking the United Nations’ International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Baidoa, the current seat of Somalia’s Transitional Federal […]

  Polisario Front Destroys Second Landmine Stockpile Geneva/Tifariti – 1 March 2007 On 27 February, the Polisario Front’s mine action team destroyed 3’321 antipersonnel mines in Tifariti, Western Sahara. This is the Polisario Front’s second stockpile destruction since it signed the Geneva Call “Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Antipersonnel Mines and […]

National Democratic Front of Burma Issues Position Statement on Landmines Geneva – 28 February 2007 In a significant first step towards the mine ban, the National Democratic Front (NDF) of Burma agreed to a position statement on landmine use during its Central Executive Committee meeting of 25 January 2007. The position statement follows Geneva Call’s […]