THE PROBLEM WITH LANDMINES. . .

© Tim Grant

1997

IS THE HUMAN IMPACT…

15000 – 20000 NEW LANDMINE VICTIMS PER YEAR

IN MOST OF THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

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Almost 500 000 known survivors in 2009. . .

©Tim Grant

Thousands of km2 are invested with these hidden killers

© John Rodsted 1997

There are over 350 types of landminesfound in approximately 80 countries and territories

since World War I

AfghanistanBosniaCambodiaColombiaIraq

KosovoLebanonMozambiqueRussiaSudan

plus many more

LM MAP 2006

Cluster bombs have been used in over 20 countries

Iraq : In just three weeks, 13, 000 cluster bombs were used containing 1.8-2

million bomblets by the U.K. and U.S.

The most contaminated areas are: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Kosovo and Vietnam

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“Toy-size bombs designed to kill tanks and soldiers appear as white

lawn darts, green baseballs,orange-striped soda cans- and have

proved deadly to children…’When you see a 5-year-old boy come

to the hospital without any limbs,’ asked Kuwait City surgeon

Dr. Mohammed Khaled,’ how can you forget that sight?”

Ft. Worth Star Telegram” January 12, 1992 Mennonite Central Committee

SOLUTIONS ?

Clear landmines and teach people about the dangers

Stockpile DestructionMine Clearance

©Sean Sutton, Reuters

©ICRC/V. Ivleva-Yorke/ao-e-00249h

Mine Risk Education

©Gaëtan de Beaupuis

SOLUTIONS ?

Provide for the needs and rights of survivors EVERYWHERE

Institute For Rehabilitation, Slovenia 2005

Emergency assistanceNew limbs and rehabilitation

Social reintegration© Amaya Valcárcel

©ICBL-Georgian Committee

SOLUTIONS ?

•All landmines must be found and destroyed

•All landmines survivors must be fully cared for

•All countries must never use or produce landmines again

International Law

The Ottawa Convention

156 countries have joined the Ottawa

Convention (80% of the world)

The number of new landmine victims is less now than ten years ago

The amount of land cleared is increasing

More countries continue to become members of the Ottawa Convention

But the job is not done yet. . .

Canada is a leader in the international movement

to ban landmines

CANADIAN SUPPORT AND ACTION

IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE WE

REMAIN A WORLD LEADER

IT’S ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE MAKING

AN EXTRAORDINARY IMPACT

Become part of the global network of activists and

campaigners to make a mine-free world the realityreality

and not just a dream!

THE SOLUTION IS NEAR!

ACT NOW to ensure that we can end the suffering of these “weapons of mass destruction

in slow motion” Courtesy of the ICBL Image Library

Do your part for a mine-free world!

©IC

RC

TAKE ACTION NOW!

www.minesactioncanada.org