Image gallery

In this section you will find a selection of photographs relevant to Landmine Action's key issues and activites. Please contact us on +44 (0)20 7820 0222 for higher resolution images and permissions for use.

From Laos to Lebanon: towards a new treaty
Photographs by Alison Locke 

From Laos PDR in the 1960 and 1970s to Lebanon in 2006, the use of cluster bombs has caused ongoing suffering and hardship to civilian populations. In February 2007 in Oslo, 46 countries agreed to conclude a new treaty prohibiting the weapons. The CMC believes that the new treaty must include a series of fundamental elements that are set out in the CMC’s 19 Key Principles. These photographs relate these principles to the people whose lives have been shattered by cluster bombs.

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Lebanon 2006
Photographs by Alison Locke (28 November - 7 December 2006)

In the 34 days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in July and August of 2006, an estimated 4 million submunitons were fired or dropped on southern Lebanon. By 16 February 2007 there were 186 recorded civilian cluster bomb casualties. The use of cluster bombs during the conflict has compounded the existing problem of submunition contamination from previous attacks on Lebanon in 1978 and 1982. The people of Lebanon will continue to be at risk for years to come.

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Cluster Munitions: Civilian Harm From Laos to Lebanon

The use of cluster munitions has caused the death and injury of civilians for over 40 years. Cluster munitions are indiscriminate when used near populated areas and have consistently left thousands of lethal bombs littering the areas where they have been used. The contamination can remain for decades.

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