Finnish lawmaker Veronkia Honkasalo calls political support for 🇫🇮 Finland's Mine Ban Treaty withdrawal "a repudiation of the new Finland that had been emerging from Russia’s shadow [as] a standard-bearer for human rights and the rule of law" www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...

By joining the Mine Ban Treaty we hope to send a strong message. It is our moral obligation to the victims of antipersonnel landmines esp. the children. Be unequivocal in defending the progress made - newest State Party Marshall Islands tells #MineBanIM meeting

For more info, see this @hrw.org report detailing civilian harm from landmines & explosive remnants of war in Syria. We urge the transitional government to prepare to join the Mine Ban Treaty www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

In addition to survey & clearance, Syria’s transitional government should urgently work to secure stockpiled landmines & weapons. It should issue an immediate directive prohibiting any new use of antipersonnel mines by any actor in the country - Ayman Sorour, ICBL

Scale of contamination from mines & explosive remnants of war in Syria is believed to be extensive. There’s some data from northeast of the country where MAG & others have operated for years but much more is needed.

Cambodian landmine survivor Tun Channereth received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines & handed over the joint appeal from Nobel laureates to the Mine Ban Treaty president today in Geneva: icblcmc.org/api/assets/I...

101 Nobel laureates in chemistry, economics, literature, medicine, peace, & physics issue a joint statement defending the international ban on antipersonnel landmines as 5 European countries 🇪🇪 🇫🇮 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇵🇱 move to withdraw from it: www.icblcmc.org/our-impact/n...

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