Gainfully retired. Former Executive Director of Mines Action Canada 1998-2023. Co-founder Cluster Munition Coalition, Ecology Ottawa, International Network on Explosive Weapons, Stop Killer Robots. Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. Based in Ottawa.
I guess they are afraid to wake Sleep Don.
Meanwhile, Croatia completed its clearance and Lebanon, while being in the middle of an armed conflict, chose to join anyway convinced that standing behind the ban is what will ensure the safety of its citizens.
“Mines take lives. Mines do not save them.”
The whole room needed to hear this message from Mirsad Tokić, a landmine survivor and former deminer from Croatia. Words he delivered as he opened this week’s Mine Ban Treaty intersessional meetings in Geneva.
Read the full statement: bit.ly/4uG1WiC