http://calm.org.nz The New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:45:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting article in New Scientist about engineers at a Sri Lankan university mating Robots and Mongeese to find landmines. You can read the introduction to the article here (access to the full article needs a subscription to New Scientist). Luckily there is a link to the research article http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~thrish/Books/Hedem_chap.pdf http://calm.org.nz/?p=32 Geneva, 3 April 2008 – The year 2008 will be critical in the struggle to free the world from antipersonnel mines, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) said today, on the eve of the thirdUN International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April). Under the ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=31 Article 4 of the Mine Ban Treaty requires States Parties to destroy their stockpile of antipersonnel landmines as soon as possible but not later than four years after joining the treaty. It is one of the positive obligations of the treaty, along with the obligation to clear all mined areas ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=30 Ilott Theatre, Wellington Town Hall Tuesday 19 February 2008 6pm-7.30pm Light reception to follow RSVP is essential as space is limited Nobel Peace Laureate Ms. Jody Williams will deliver this lecture to honour the legacy of long-time disarmament campaigner John Vernon Head. In her only public talk during her visit to ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=3 The New Zealand launch of Landmine Monitor Report 2007 took place today (12 November) at Rangitoto College in Auckland. Landmine Monitor’s Pacific researcher, Mary Wareham of Oxfam NZ, handed the report over to David Hodge, principal of the high school, at the conclusion of a day of activities on landmines ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=28 Goal: To raise funds for 50 new legs for landmine survivors Sunday 21 October 2007 START and FINISH: Karori Pool – 7.30.a.m. While Runners, walkers and cyclist – head North thru Ngaio, J’vlle and Glenside to Tawa, in whatever combinations chosen – ensure you turn around to back to be at the FINISH by ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=27 Momentum is growing in Geneva for new negotiations towards a new international law on cluster munitions. Support for this new cluster munition treaty has jumped from 6 to 18 states in the first week of the Conventional Weapons Review Conference and comes as a new accord will enter into force ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=26 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today called for an immediate end to the use of inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions and renewed its call for a prohibition on the use of all cluster munitions in populated areas. The announcement was made on the eve ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=25 Phil Goff squeezing tomato sauce from the CALM fundraising sauce sachet on to his fish and chips at the 2006 Landmine monitor launch. The New Zealand Launch was held at the Beehive in Parliament Buildings at 0600 hrs GMT on 13 September 2006. We took the opportunity not only to ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=24 Phil Goff addressing the 2006 Landmine monitor launch. Disarmament Minister Phil Goff paid tribute to the work of those dedicated to the eradication of landmines at the launch in Wellington tonight of the 2006 Landmine Monitor Report, produced by the Campaign Against Landmines. Mr Goff spoke of the scope and nature ... http://calm.org.nz/?p=19