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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 […]

The Polisario Front Starts to Destroy its Landmine Stockpile Geneva/Tifariti – 1 March 2006 On 27 February 2006, the Polisario Front, in compliance with the Geneva Call Deed of Commitment, began the destruction of its stockpile of anti-personnel mines. The event took place in Tifariti, Western Sahara, during the celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of the […]

Western Sahara: The Polisario Front Commits to Ban Anti-personnel Mines Geneva – 3 November 2005 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario Front) today commits to a total ban on the use of anti-personnel (AP) mines in signing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment. This commitment follows high level […]