4 April is International Landmine Awareness Day
4 APRIL 2024
On 8 December 2005, the UN General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. This initiative continues to be supported by countries, organisations, and communities around the world.
This year, the theme is “Protecting Lives. Building Peace.” — reminds us of the need to safeguard those at particular risk, including people living with disabilities, women, children and other vulnerable groups. This is a particularly poignant theme in the South Caucasus where the problem of landmines is acute, and the region is now identified as among the ones with the highest contamination of landmines in the world.
In his message on the occasion of this year’s International Landmine Awareness Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said:
“Even after the fighting ends, these deadly devices can contaminate communities for decades to come, posing a daily and deadly danger to women, men and children alike, and blocking vital humanitarian and development assistance.”
In his message, the UN Secretary-General urged Member States to ratify and fully implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
4 APRIL 2024
On 8 December 2005, the UN General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. This initiative continues to be supported by countries, organisations, and communities around the world.
This year, the theme is “Protecting Lives. Building Peace.” — reminds us of the need to safeguard those at particular risk, including people living with disabilities, women, children and other vulnerable groups. This is a particularly poignant theme in the South Caucasus where the problem of landmines is acute, and the region is now identified as among the ones with the highest contamination of landmines in the world.
In his message on the occasion of this year’s International Landmine Awareness Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said:
“Even after the fighting ends, these deadly devices can contaminate communities for decades to come, posing a daily and deadly danger to women, men and children alike, and blocking vital humanitarian and development assistance.”
In his message, the UN Secretary-General urged Member States to ratify and fully implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
"I also call on Member States to support the United Nations Mine Action Strategy, and ratify and fully implement the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. Country by country, community by community, let’s rid the world of these weapons, once and for all", Guterres added.
LINKS Europe Statement on International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 2024
In a statement from its offices in The Hague, LINKS Europe Foundation, said that on a daily basis, people are becoming victims of landmines in different parts of the South Caucasus. International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action provides us with an opportunity to focus on this problem and ensure that it does not simply become just another daily inconvenience. We regret that as yet the international community has failed to recognise the enormity of the problem, and to respond accordingly.
Source: LINKS Europe Foundation and the United Nations.
LINKS Europe Statement on International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 2024
In a statement from its offices in The Hague, LINKS Europe Foundation, said that on a daily basis, people are becoming victims of landmines in different parts of the South Caucasus. International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action provides us with an opportunity to focus on this problem and ensure that it does not simply become just another daily inconvenience. We regret that as yet the international community has failed to recognise the enormity of the problem, and to respond accordingly.
Source: LINKS Europe Foundation and the United Nations.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on April 4 reaffirmed Cambodia's commitment to a world free of landmines and called for collective action to achieve this goal.
VNA Thursday, April 04, 2024
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet
(Photo: AKP/VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet on April 4 reaffirmed Cambodia's commitment to a world free of landmines and called for collective action to achieve this goal.
“We reaffirm our commitment to achieving a mine-free world, overcoming the challenges posed by landmines and turning our vision into reality to ensure that the next generation can live in safety and dignity and be free from the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war,” said the premier in a message released on his social media networks this morning on the occasion of the International Mine Awareness Day as quoted by the country’s Ministry of Information.
According to the ministry, as Cambodia is the Chair of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Treaty) in 2024, the PM called on the international community to continue to work together to highlight the efforts to eliminate this hidden killer, as well as emphasise the importance of mine action to promote peace, security and sustainable development around the world.
International Mine Awareness Day, observed this year under the theme of "Protecting Life, Building Peace," is aimed to underscore the importance of raising awareness on the threat posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war to innocent people worldwide.
Cambodia became a party to the Ottawa Treaty in 2000. It was elected by the 164 member states to chair and host the 5th Review Conference of the Mine Ban Convention – the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World – in Siem Reap province in late November this year./.
“We reaffirm our commitment to achieving a mine-free world, overcoming the challenges posed by landmines and turning our vision into reality to ensure that the next generation can live in safety and dignity and be free from the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war,” said the premier in a message released on his social media networks this morning on the occasion of the International Mine Awareness Day as quoted by the country’s Ministry of Information.
According to the ministry, as Cambodia is the Chair of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (Ottawa Treaty) in 2024, the PM called on the international community to continue to work together to highlight the efforts to eliminate this hidden killer, as well as emphasise the importance of mine action to promote peace, security and sustainable development around the world.
International Mine Awareness Day, observed this year under the theme of "Protecting Life, Building Peace," is aimed to underscore the importance of raising awareness on the threat posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war to innocent people worldwide.
Cambodia became a party to the Ottawa Treaty in 2000. It was elected by the 164 member states to chair and host the 5th Review Conference of the Mine Ban Convention – the Siem Reap-Angkor Summit on a Mine-Free World – in Siem Reap province in late November this year./.
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