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UNPO General Assembly Adopts Landmine Ban Resolution Taipei – 29 October 2006 The Underrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) adopted unanimously a resolution supporting the anti-personnel mine ban during their VIII General Assembly Meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, 27-29 October 2006. This was the first time that the assembly has passed a resolution on the issue. […]

Burundi: The Palipehutu-FNL Undertakes to Collaborate in the Fight Against Antipersonnel Mines Dar es Salaam/Geneva – 25 October 2006 At a meeting with Geneva Call in mid-October in Dar es Salaam, the President of the Parti pour la Libération du Peuple Hutu – Forces Nationales de Libération (Palipehutu-FNL), Mr. Agathon Rwasa, assured his movement’s commitment […]

The Kongra-Gel/HPG Pledges to Renounce the Use of Anti-personnel Mines Geneva – 18 July 2006 The Kurdistan People’s Congress (Kongra Gel)/People’s Defence Forces (HPG), also known as the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has committed to a total ban on antipersonnel (AP) mines in signing the Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment. “Our organization has been discussing the […]

A National Seminar on The Role of the Nepal Communist Party (Maoist)  in the Mine Ban (A National Seminar on Maoist Involvement in Addressing the Landmine Problem) 25 June 2006 The conflict in Nepal witnessed landmine use on all sides; the peace process is an appropriate time in which to consider and take account of […]