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2009 Cartagena Summit

Four New Countries Declared Mine Free at Landmine Summit

Thailand: A minefield at Ta Phraya in Sa Kaew province
© Mary Wareham / Human Rights Watch

More than 1,000 activists, survivors and government delegates celebrated the close of the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World with the announcement that four new countries -- Albania, Greece, Rwanda and Zambia -- are now mine free. The Summit closed with more than 120 governments adopting the Cartagena Action Plan, a detailed five-year plan of commitments on all areas of mine action, including victim assistance, mine clearance, risk education, stockpile destruction and international cooperation.

Press releases from the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World available on the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) Web site

Handicap International Applauds Mine Ban Treaty for 10 Years of Progress

Governments Should End Suffering Caused by Landmines and Cluster Bombs and Bolster Disability Rights 

U.S. Reacts to Civil Society Outcry

News about the United States Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL) available here