Rapports

The task of de-mining Afghanistan is as daunting as it is urgent. There are more than 10 million mines in Afghanistan spread over 824 square kilometres. It takes two people five and a half hours to clear 3 square…

Conclusion of the Kabul Conference The Kabul conference Building a Peaceful Future for Afghanistan: A Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines concluded yesterday, 31 July, adopting the following declaration. The conference was well-attended for the final morning of lively deliberations on…

The United Nations top official in Afghanistan the world's most mine-infested country - today hailed the country's decision to adopt an international treaty banning the deadly weapons. The Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi welcomed the decision by the…

Author/Origin: Sue Wixley (wixley@icbl.org) (Kabul, Afghanistan, 29-Jul-2002) This afternoon the government of Afghanistan declared its firm commitment to joining the Mine Ban Treaty, following a Cabinet decision earlier in the afternoon. A signing ceremony involving the government and Jody Williams is…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PESHAWAR, 10 July (IRIN) - Ten-year-old Rauf lost his left leg after stepping on an antipersonnel mine two years back while playing in a field near his home.…

Author/Origin: Sue Wixley (media@icbl.org) WHAT: an international meeting, "Building a Peaceful Future for Afghanistan: A Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines" WHO: the Government of Afghanistan is hosting the conference and the event is being organised in co-operation with the Afghan Campaign to…

The following fact sheet entitled "Humanitarian Mine Action: The Landmine Threat and the Response to It" was issued by the State Department's Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs on July 9. (begin text) U.S. Department of State Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Office of Humanitarian…

KABUL, July 8 (Reuters) - A bus ran over a landmine in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing the driver and a passenger, witnesses said on Monday. The bus hit the mine as it pulled off the road on…

Halo Trust , the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance agency has cleared over one million mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) worldwide THE HALO Trust, the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance agency, has cleared over one million mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO)…

Author/Origin: Liz Bernstein (media@icbl.org) (Kabul, Afghanistan, 26-Jul-2002) Embargoed for release: 28 July 2002 As Afghanistan's first international conference on antipersonnel landmines gets underway today, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and the Afghan Campaign to Ban Landmines (ACBL) will call on…