- Making it Work (MIW) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative supporting the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
- Source is an international information support center designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability.
- The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs, currently coordinated by Handicap International, is a coalition of thousands of people and U.S. non-governmental organizations working to convince the U.S. government to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Our fight against landmines and cluster bombs
What about the Mine Ban Treaty?
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147 are States parties (have ratified the Treaty)
7 Signatories states (signed but not ratified the Treaty). In 2004, 4 states have adhered to the Treaty : Ethiopia, (12/17/04), Bhoutan (08/18/05), Lettonia (07/01/05) and Vanatua (09/16/05).
40 States are not parties three of which are the 5 UNO 's permanent members (USA, China, Russia).
In 2004, many non state parties presented voluntary reports about quantities and mines types producted, convertible and storable, thus the localisation of the mined place (Sri Lanka, Belarus, Cameroun, Lithuania, Lettonia, Poland and Ukraine).
Russia, for the first time, made known, mines storabled on its territory.
