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Landmine Action Week

Each year in November, Landmine Action co-ordinates a nationwide week of action to raise awareness of the disastrous humanitarian impact of problematic weapons - such as landmines and cluster munitions - on civilian populations both during and in the aftermath of conflict.

The week of action provides an annual focus for generating interest and support for Landmine Action’s work – and the work of other similar organisations worldwide.

Landmine Action Week runs from Monday 30 October 2006 – Sunday 5 November 2006.

This year’s focus is on Cluster Munitions and the need for domestic and international action on these indiscriminate weapons.

In 2006, Landmine Action’s week of action follows the launch of Product Recall, the UK campaign to ban cluster munitions, and immediately precedes the Third Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) – the international forum responsible for regulating problematic weapons such as cluster munitions.

The CCW Review Conference takes place in Geneva from 7 to 17 November 2006 where the assembled nations are being called upon to respond to the mounting evidence of excessive and predictable harm to non-combatants from the use of cluster munitions and start negotiations on a new international law governing these weapons.

Product Recall – The UK campaign to ban cluster munitions
Launched in October 2006, the Product Recall campaign aims to highlight the persistent problems associated with cluster munitions and the UK Government’s contribution to the excessive harm caused by these faulty weapons. Specific actions outlined in the campaign provide an opportunity for the public to effect change in national and international policy on these indiscriminate weapons.
For information on actions you can take to support the campaign visit www.spreadingourvalues.com.

No More Landmines Day – Thursday 2 November 2006
Landmine Action is supporting No More Landmines Day 2006.  The No More Landmines campaign is the international citizenship campaign of the National Union of Teachers organised by the No More Landmines Trust, the UK partner in the global Adopt-A-Minefield campaign. 
Specially designed free resources are available on the www.landmines.org.uk to help teachers deliver first class citizenship lessons and to support fundraising activities for clearing landmines and securing safe access to education in mine affected countries.
For more information please visit http://www.landmines.org.uk/163.

Please continue to check this webpage for updates on Action Week activities.

Do not be put off by the one-week timeframe, Landmine Action continues to fundraise and campaign throughout the year so your support is appreciated at any time.

Case study

ERW is more likely to kill and injure children than landmines.
Naganathan Senthoorapriyon, from Sri Lanka, lost his left eye and has fragments lodged in his body.
Read his story here

Case study

ERW has a severe impact on economic development. In Kosovo, Pashke Gojan-Pepa is faced with a way of life she no longer recognises.
Read her family's story here

Landmine Action Week 2005