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Coalition Taking Action to Eliminate Victim-Activated Weapons

Mines Action Canada is a coalition of Canadian NGOs working to eliminate the humanitarian, environmental, and development impacts of victim-activated weapons. They engage the public, build partnerships, conduct research, and develop resources to achieve their goals.

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Coalition Taking Action to Eliminate Victim-Activated Weapons

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  1. Global Health and Human Rights, March 27, 2010 Physicians for Global Survival

  2. Mines Action Canada is… a coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations working to eliminate the humanitarian, environmental and development impacts of victim-activated weapons

  3. We do this by… engaging the Canadian public building international and domestic partners' capacity researching and monitoring compliance with humanitarian laws and treaties developing and disseminating resources

  4. Victim-Activated Weapons Antivehicle mines Antipersonnel mines Explosive Remnants of War Cluster submunitions

  5. Human Impact

  6. Human Impact • 73,576 casualties in 119 states and areas over the past decade • Estimated 500,000 survivors worldwide • In 2009: • Over 70 states remained mine-affected • 27 states and 3 areas remained affected by cluster munition remnants

  7. Mine Ban Treaty • Entered into force in 1999 • 156 States Parties – 80% of the world’s countries • 39 countries have still to join

  8. Convention on Cluster Munitions • 104 signatories • 30 ratifications • Will enter into force on 1 August 2010

  9. Achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty • Stockpile destruction • Clearance • Reduction in casualty rates • Victim Assistance • Reduction in global trade and use • Only 13 states are current or potential producers • Trade consists of a low-level of illicit transfers • Government use of antipersonnel mines down from 15 states in 1999, to two since 2007

  10. Achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty • Reduction in global trade and use • Clearance • Reduction in casualty rates • Victim Assistance • Stockpile destruction • 44 million stockpiled antipersonnel mines destroyed • 86 States Parties completed stockpile destruction • 4 States Parties in process of destroying stocks

  11. Achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Reduction in casualty rates • Victim Assistance • Clearance • 1,100km2 of mined areas and 2,100km2 of battle areas cleared in 90 states and areas since 1999 • 2.2 million antipersonnel mines, 250,000 antivehicle mines, and 17 million explosive remnants of war (ERW) cleared • 16 States Parties have cleared all known mined areas

  12. Achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Clearance • Victim Assistance • Reduction in casualty rates • Casualty rates have declined steadily over the past decade • Casualty rates down from 20,000 per year to under 5,200 in 2008 • States with the most casualties over the past decade were: Afghanistan, Cambodia and Colombia

  13. Achievements of the Mine Ban Treaty • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Clearance • Reduction in casualty rates • Victim Assistance • The Treaty stipulates assistance should be provided to mine victims • A group of states with significant numbers of survivors, now the VA26, was formed at the First Review Conference • Implementation of victim assistance services remains a challenge

  14. Achievements of the Convention on Cluster Munitions • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Clearance • Applying lessons learned • Use of weapon has been stigmatized • Export ban enacted by the United States

  15. Achievements of the Convention on Cluster Munitions • Reduction in global trade and use • Clearance • Applying lessons learned • Stockpile destruction • Spain destroyed entire 233,261 submunition stockpile • Tens of millions of submunitions destroyed in past decade • Stockpile destruction in progress in Colombia, Canada, and six European countries

  16. Achievements of the Convention on Cluster Munitions • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Applying lessons learned • Clearance • Albania is the first state to complete cluster munition clearance

  17. Achievements of the Convention on Cluster Munitions • Reduction in global trade and use • Stockpile destruction • Clearance • Applying lessons learned • More comprehensive survivor assistance obligations • Clearance and international cooperation articles integrate lessons learned from Mine Ban Treaty

  18. www.minesactioncanada.org

  19. I, Paul Hannon, have no affiliations, sponsorships, honoraria, monetary support or conflict of interest from any commercial source.

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