International Campaign to Ban Landmines …

                      International Campaign to Ban Landmines

                      BANGKOK-NAIROBI ACTION PLAN

                                  Bangkok, Thailand
                                  21 September 2003

        The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), the decade-old global
coalition of non-governmental organizations, met in Bangkok, Thailand from 20-21
September 2003 for its Fourth General Meeting of its members. Previously, the
General Meeting has met in Frankfurt (1998), Maputo (1999), and Washington DC
(2001).

        The ICBL views the First Review Conference of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty in
late November 2004 as an key opportunity to organize, activate, and implement with
vigor a wide range of activities in support of the ICBL's goal of the total elimination
of antipersonnel mines.

        At the Bangkok meeting, the ICBL adopted an Action Plan to guide its work
during the period from September 2003 to December 2004. A summary is presented
here. By the time of the Review Conference, the ICBL will strive to achieve the
following goals:

Universalization

   ·   Achieve at least 150 States Parties to Mine Ban Treaty

   ·   Secure ratification by all 12 remaining signatories: Brunei, Burundi, Cook
       Islands, Ethiopia, Greece, Haiti, Indonesia, Marshall Islands, Poland, Sudan,
       Ukraine, and Vanuatu.

   ·   Continue to work for universalization of the treaty by all non-States Parties,
       while targeting accession by: Bahrain, Estonia, Finland, Kuwait, Latvia,
       Micronesia, Mongolia, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sri
       Lanka, Tonga, Tuvalu, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates.

   ·   Ensure that an unprecedented number of non-States Parties participate in the
       Review Conference, and that some key countries attend the Standing
       Committee meetings in 2004.

   ·   Work towards mine policy progress and eventual accession by key countries
       outside of the treaty, such as the China, Russia and the US.

Implementation

   ·   Reach 100 percent compliance on Article 7 reporting.

   ·   Ensure a common understanding on Article 1 (interpretation of `assist') is
       reached by States Parties.



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   ·   Ensure a common understanding on Article 2 (definitions) is reached by States
       Parties, and lobby, in particular, five problem countries (Denmark, France,
       Germany, Japan, United Kingdom).

   ·   Ensure a common understanding on Article 3 (mines retained for training) is
       reached by States Parties.

   ·   Get all 19 States Parties with domestic legislation `in process' to comply with
       Article 9 by completing all the necessary steps. Get the others to initiate this
       process.

   ·   Have all States Parties complete their stockpile destruction by their deadlines,
       and encourage early completion in the period before the Review Conference.

   ·   Ensure that States Parties act swiftly to get Turkmenistan to comply with
       Article 4 (by destroying most or all of the 69,200 mines it has retained for
       training).

   ·   More action on compliance, including a State Party to ask the UN to initiate
       the process of implementing Article 8 and through more transparency,
       especially on the list of experts.

Non-State Actors

   ·   Mission by representatives of the Non-State Actors Working Group to engage
       government and NSA in joint mine ban activities, if requested by national
       campaigns.

   ·   Mainstream NSA discussion into Standing Committees, ICBL, UN,
       international organisations, and other fora.Ensure landmine eradication is
       included within conflict resolutions and peace processes with NSA

   ·   Seek cooperation of governments, INGOS, NGOs and other pro-mine ban
       NSAs in supporting engagement of NSAs in a landmine ban, mine action and
       victim assistance.

Mine Action

   ·   Bring mine action reality and field perspectives into the Standing Committee
       meeting in February and May 2004 and the Review Conference.

              For example,
              · Lead discussion of the terms "mine-free," "impact-free," and "mine
                  safe" to reach a common understanding.
              · Relate progress in mine action to the results expected by 2009.
   ·   Increase involvement by Mine Action Working Group (MAWG) members in
       the group's work, including feedback on the group's statements and
       presentations in the intersessional meetings in 2004 and Review Conference.




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   ·   Conduct in-depth research (using interns and researchers within existing
       member organizations) to prepare a mine action issues brief, including talking
       points, for country campaigns to use when lobbying donors. Obtain feedback
       on the results of these meetings to form the basis for presentations to the
       Standing Committees in 2004.

Mine Risk Education

   ·   The Mine Risk Education (MRE) Sub-Group will respond to requests for
       MRE materials using resources on the ICBL website, MRE experts, and
       colleagues. Handicap International Belgium is in charge of the theme.
       Among others, Landmine Resource Centre in Beirut is one resource focal
       point.

   ·   The MRE Sub-Group will work to examine the possibility of conducting a
       MRE training workshop for countries of the Commonwealth of Independent
       States region.

   ·   The MRE Sub-Group will follow-up with UNICEF on matters related to the
       International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) on MRE.

   ·   The MRE Sub-Group will explore opportunities for conducting a specialized
       MRE workshop on MRE norms and quality work.

Survivor Assistance

   ·   The Working Group on Victim Assistance (VAWG) will analyse donor
       funding and present its findings to the Standing Committee meeting in
       February 2004.

   ·   Push for governments to develop and/or implement a plan of action to address
       the needs and promote the rights of mine survivors, or more generally to
       improve rehabilitation services for all persons with disabilities, in all mine-
       affected countries.

   ·   Push for better reporting on victim assistance activities by States Parties
       through increased use of Form J and use of the 4 P's (problems, plan, priority,
       progress).

   ·   Draw attention to the need for sufficient and sustained victim assistance in
       areas controlled by NSA.

   ·   Encourage States Parties to send representatives of the relevant ministries to
       attend the Standing Committee meetings in 2004.




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                                  Regional Goals

The ICBL General Meeting adopted the following regional goals and actions for the
2004 Review Conference:


Africa
   · Ratification of Mine Ban Treaty by Burundi, Ethiopia and Sudan.
   ·   Adopt implementation legislation in Benin, Cameroon, Djibouti, Kenya,
       Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Republic of Congo, Seychelles, South
       Africa, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.
   ·   Get initial Article 7 transparency reports submitted by Angola, Cape Verde,
       Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria,
       and Sierra Leone.
   ·   Halt mine use by Burundi and Sudan (by government? and rebels) and connect
       to the peace processes.
   ·   Complete stockpile destruction in Guinea-Bissau and Tanzania.
   ·   Strengthen progress on stockpile destruction in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire,
       Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, and Nigeria.
   ·   Mine-free Djibouti
   ·   Complete landmine impact surveys in Angola, Eritrea, Ethiopia and
       Somaliland.
   ·   Sustain mine action with sufficient funding in Angola, Chad, Djibouti, DR
       Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda
       and Sudan, as well as Somaliland.
   ·   Enhance humanitarian mine clearance and MRE in Burundi, Liberia, Malawi,
       Namibia, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia,
       and Zimbabwe.
   ·   Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Angola (287 new
       casualties in 2002), Burundi (114), Chad (200), DR Congo (32), Eritrea (78),
       Ethiopia (67), Guinea-Bissau (33), Mozambique (47), Senegal (56), Somalia
       (53), Sudan (68) and Uganda.
   ·   No or fewer new mine casualties in Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia,
       Niger, Rwanda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.




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   ·   Develop, or implement a plan of action to address the needs of mine survivors,
       or more generally to improve rehabilitation services for all persons with
       disabilities, in all mine-affected countries.
   ·   Engage more Non-state Actors and highlight the importance of this work

Action:
    · Support the Kenyan Campaign in its preparation to host the forthcoming
       Review Conference and suggests the following for a successful meeting:
           o Approach the AU Secretariat to guarantee its concrete input.
           o Encourage support for full participation in sub regional forthcoming
               initiatives such as: the Burkina Faso Meeting for Western Africa
               (ECOWAS), IGAD, SADC and the Angola Preparatory Meeting
               scheduled for May 2004.

Americas
  · Encourage Haiti's ratification.
   ·   Urge statements of ban support by Cuba and the US.
   ·   Halt mine use by NSAs in Colombia by all parties to the conflict.
   ·   Adopt implementation legislation in Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico,
       Perú and Venezuela.
   ·   Encourage Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and
       Suriname to submit their initial Article 7 reports.
   ·   End mine production by Cuba and the United States.
   ·   Complete stockpile destruction in Colombia, Suriname and Uruguay. Confirm
       Venezuela's stockpile destruction (1 October 2003 deadline).
   ·   Encourage a decrease in the number of mines retained by Brazil (16,545) and
       Chile (6,245).
   ·   Initiate humanitarian mine clearance in Chile, Colombia and the
       Falklands/Malvinas.
   ·   Sustain mine clearance programs with sufficient funding in Ecuador,
       Nicaragua and Perú.
   ·   Complete humanitarian mine clearance in Guatemala and Honduras.




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   ·   Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Colombia (530 mine/UXO
       casualties in 2002), Nicaragua (15) and Perú (19) through appropriate mine
       risk education programs.
   ·   Encourage the inclusion of sustained and appropriate survivor assistance
       programs in National mine action plans and urge the inclusion of a strong
       regional declaration on survivors' needs and state responsibilities at the
       relevant regional fora.
   ·   Urge the application and adherence to existing national disability legislation.

Action:
    · Haiti - Continue and follow-up with Mines Action Canada's actions urging
        ratification via embassies in countries and directly to the capital.

   ·   Cuba- The United Nations Association of the USA (US Campaign member)
       will send letters and meet with representatives from the Cuban Mission to the
       UN in New York to encourage Cuba to vote in favor of the UN General
       Assembly Resolution on mines in October.
   ·   United States - Educate and encourage Presidential candidates to support the
       mine ban. Support the US Campaign to Ban Landmines' education campaign
       to counteract the US government's arguments that smart mines and stockpiles
       of smart mines are acceptable.
   ·   Urge non-use of mines by all parties to the ongoing conflict in Colombia at the
       Americas Regional ICBL and LM meeting, being held from 26-30 January
       2004 in Bogota, Colombia.
   ·   Continue bilateral discussions with the governments of Argentina, Chile, El
       Salvador, Mexico, Perú and Venezuela to encourage the enactment of Article
       9 domestic legislation by the Review Conference. Use Intersessional Standing
       Committee meetings (ISC meetings) and regional forums to follow-up with
       these governments in person. Hold a meeting of these governments at the
       February ISC meetings to assess progress made to date in enacting legislation
       and help to troubleshoot problem areas.
   ·   Send letters to Guyana, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and
       Suriname on the 1 March treaty entry-into-force deadline encouraging these
       countries to submit their initial Article 7 reports.




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·   Send letters to Guyana in advance of their Article 7 report deadline urging
    complete information on quantities of stockpiled antipersonnel mines.
·   Lobby the governments of the US and Cuba in Washington, DC and Geneva
    and at regional forums and send advocacy letters on key treaty anniversaries
    encouraging both countries to end mine production.
·   Send a letter to Venezuela requesting information about whether Venezuela
    completed its stockpiled destruction by the 1 October 2003 deadline.
·   The Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas will urge the Government of
    Colombia to revise it stockpile destruction program and will pressure the
    Government of Colombia to initiate humanitarian mine clearance.
·   Encourage the Government of Argentina to support Brazil in reducing the
    number of mines retained for training.
·   Request and publicize information about the use of mines retained by Brazil
    and Chile for training.
·   Create an updated fact sheet about the status of implementation of the Mine
    Ban Treaty in the Americas and circulate at relevant regional and international
    forums.
·   Hold a meeting in Bogota, Colombia during the Americas Regional ICBL and
    LM meeting to support the initiation of humanitarian mine clearance in
    Colombia. Use examples of other countries in conflict where clearance has
    been undertaken (i.e. Angola, Afghanistan).
·   Hold a workshop on LM 2003 research findings and support civil society
    involvement in the movement against landmines in the Americas at the
    Americas Social Forum being held in Quito, Ecuador from 8-13 March 2004.
·   Use the OAS General Assembly meeting and the Americas Regional Mine
    Action Seminar, being held in Quito, Ecuador from 4-5 June 2004 to lobby
    governments on all advocacy points and issues of concern.
·   Support strong Mine Ban Treaty language in the final declaration of the VI
    Americas Ministers of Defense Meeting being held in June 2004 in Quito,
    Ecuador.
·   Encourage strong wording in the final outcome document for the OAS
    Hemispheric Security Meeting, being held from 27-28 October 2003 in
    Mexico City, Mexico.



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   ·   Encourage strong civil society participation and space for an ICBL
       intervention at the Americas Regional Victim Assistance Meeting, being held
       from 12-14 November 2003 in Bogota, Colombia.
   ·   Support the inclusion of Mine Ban Treaty related text in the final outcome
       document of the OAS Special Summit of the Americas, being held from 12-13
       January 2004 in Monterrey, Mexico.
   ·   Encourage strong Mine Ban Treaty wording in the final declarations of the
       Iberoamerican Summit and meetings of MERCOSUR, the Andean
       Community and the Rio Group.

Asia-Pacific
   · Ratification by Brunei, Cook Islands, Indonesia, Vanuatu
   ·   Accession by Bhutan, Laos, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sri
       Lanka, Tonga, Tuvalu
   ·   Statements of ban support by Burma, China, India, Micronesia, Mongolia,
       Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea and Singapore, Vietnam
   ·   Adopt implementation legislation in Bangladesh and Philippines
   ·   Get initial Article 7 reports submitted by Afghanistan, Nauru, Solomon
       Islands, Timor-Leste
   ·   Halt mine use by Burma, India, Pakistan, Nepal governments and by NSA in
       these countries and Indonesia and Philippines
   ·   End mine production by China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, South
       Korea, Pakistan, Singapore and Vietnam
   ·   Complete stockpile destruction in Bangladesh
   ·   Initiate stockpile destruction in Afghanistan
   ·   Decrease number of mines retained by Bangladesh (15,000)
   ·   Complete landmine impact surveys in Afghanistan and Vietnam
   ·   Secure new funding commitments by Australia, Japan
   ·   Sustain mine action with sufficient funding in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Laos,
       Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam
   ·   Initiate humanitarian mine clearance and MRE in China, India, Pakistan,
       Philippines, Nepal, South Korea
   ·   End "atrocity demining" in Burma



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    ·    Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Afghanistan (1,286
         mine/UXO casualties recorded in 2002), Burma (114), Cambodia (834),
         China, India (523), Laos (99), Nepal (177), Pakistan (111), Sri Lanka (142),
         Thailand (36), South Korea (15) and Vietnam.
    ·    No new casualties in the Philippines
    ·    Develop, or implement a plan of action to address the needs of mine survivors,
         or more generally to improve rehabilitation services for all persons with
         disabilities, in all mine-affected countries.

Action


North-East Asia:
·   Round table discussion on different levels
·   Funding: fund raising, coordination
·   Elton John concert and other up-coming events


South Asia:
·   Action before SAARC Summit
·   Lobby governments to participate in RevCon (Pakistan, India priority) and ISC
·   Work with Sri Lanka and LTTE
·   Organise towards AP Landmine Monitor meeting in Kabul 27-30 March
·   Summarise South Asia Landmine monitor reports


Southeast Asia:
    ·        ASEAN summit 7-8 October
    ·        Pressure on Singapore and Vietnam on production
    ·        Maintain dialogue with Laos, Bhutan and others


Action ­ Pacific:
    ·                Exhibition
    ·                Meeting with heads of states
    ·                Seminar in Vanuatu


Upcoming Events ­ Asia-Pacific:
   · ASEAN Summit October
   · International day of people with disabilities December 3.
   · SAARC summit
   · APEC meeting October
   · ISC February 2004



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    ·   LM meeting March in Kabul
    ·   National Seminar in Mongolia June
    ·   Children summit Japan August
    ·   Pacific: meeting with heads of states


Europe
   · Ratification by Poland
    ·   Accession by Estonia, Finland and Latvia
    ·   Adopt implementation legislation in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
        Croatia
    ·   Complete stockpile destruction in Cyprus and Romania
    ·   Decrease number of mines retained by Sweden (16,015) [and encourage
        Sweden to declare its actual stocks and use], Lithuania (8,091), Macedonia
        FYR (4,000)
    ·   Secure new five-year funding commitments by all major donors
    ·   Sustain mine action with sufficient funding in Albania, Bosnia and
        Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia
    ·   Complete landmine impact survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina
    ·   Initiate humanitarian mine clearance in Greece, Moldova, Serbia and
        Montenegro and Turkey.
·   Initiate and sustain MRE in Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Serbia & Montenegro, &
    Turkey.

    ·   Initiate mine clearance in Poland, Denmark and the Falklands/Malvinas (UK)
        [`military' mine clearance only (rather than humanitarian) and avoiding
        competing for scarce humanitarian mine action funds]
    ·   Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
        (72 reported in 2002), Croatia (29), Kosovo (15), and Turkey (40)
    ·   No new casualties in Albania, Greece, Macedonia FYR, Serbia and
        Montenegro.
    ·   Develop, or implement a plan of action to address the needs of mine survivors,
        or more generally to improve rehabilitation services for all persons with
        disabilities, in all mine-affected countries.




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Action:
· Work at national and European level (individually & collectively)
· Encourage an Europe-wide agreement on a common position on Article 2 and try
    to get European Parliament resolution(s) on Article 2 (on AVMs with sensitive
    fuses) and sustained funding
· Need to maximise the European Presidency handover from Italy to Ireland, as
    well as follow up on a series of EP initiatives
· Take full advantage of the Baltic meetings in 04
· Get Austria, as the president of the Review Conference, to send out demarches re
    universalisation
· Donor education
· Civil society needs to be empowered and strengthened in key countries such as
    Poland and Bosnia.
· Key dates e.g. 3 Dec, 1 March, 1 May (enlargement of EU) should be used to raise
    key issues
· Events already planned need to be supported and strengthened where necessary

Commonwealth of Independent States
  · Ratification by Ukraine
   ·   Statement of ban treaty support by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
       Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan
   ·   Support Belarus implementation efforts
   ·   Halt mine production by Russia
   ·   Increase stockpile destruction efforts in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia,
       especially PFM-1/1S destruction
   ·   Decrease number of mines retained by Turkmenistan (69,200)
   ·   Sustain mine action with sufficient funding in Azerbaijan, as well as
       Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Tajikistan
   ·   Complete landmine impact survey in Azerbaijan
   ·   Initiate humanitarian mine clearance and MRE in Armenia, Belarus, Georgia,
       Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, as well as in
       Chechnya
   ·   Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Azerbaijan, Chechnya
       (5,695), Nagorno-Karabakh (15), Georgia (70), Russia, Tajikistan (9),
   ·   No new casualties in Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan,
       as well as Abkhazia.




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   ·   Develop, or implement a plan of action to address the needs of mine survivors,
       or more generally to improve rehabilitation services for all persons with
       disabilities, in all mine-affected countries.

Action:
    · To hold the International conference "LM in Central Asia and CIS countries:
       Defining the problem and Identifying Solutions" in November 2-6, 2003 in
       Bishkek
   ·   To hold a seminar on Implementation of the Convention in Minsk, Belarus in
       December 2004
   ·   To plan and hold the 3rd Conference on LM in CIS in 2005 in Moscow, Russia
   ·   To recommend extending the format of the April 2004 regional meeting in
       Dushanbe to also involve CIS countries other than Central Asia.
   ·   To nominate local mine survivors for participation in Raising the Voices
   ·   To establish the FSU Youth Movement and assign Youth Ambassador
   ·   To prepare and hold the FSU Regional Youth meeting in Artek, Ukraine
   ·   To create Working Groups (on national level) on victim assistance to elaborate
       a Program for mine victim assistance
   ·   To create Working Groups (on the national level) on MRE through conducting
       a MRE workshop for CIS countries, elaborating MRE guidelines.

Middle East
   · Accession by Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia,
       UAE
   ·   Statement of ban treaty support by Egypt, Iran, Israel, Libya, Syria
   ·   Adopt implementation legislation in Yemen
   ·   Complete stockpile destruction in Algeria and Tunisia
   ·   Decrease number of mines retained by Algeria (15,030)
   ·   End mine production by Egypt, Iran, and Iraq
   ·   Sustain mine action with sufficient funding in Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon
       and Yemen
   ·   Complete landmine impact survey in Lebanon




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   ·   Initiate humanitarian mine clearance and MRE in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kuwait,
       Libya, Morocco, Oman, Syria and Tunisia, as well as in Palestine and Western
       Sahara
   ·   Reduce the number of new mine/UXO casualties in Iran (32 reported in 2002),
       Iraq (457 reported in 2002 in northern Iraq), Iran, Lebanon (42)
   ·   No new casualties in Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Syria, Tunisia, and
       Yemen
   ·   Develop, or implement a plan of action to address the needs of mine survivors,
       or more generally to improve rehabilitation services for all persons with
       disabilities, in all mine-affected countries.

Action:
    · Identify local partners from the Gulf countries and Gulf Cooperation Council
        in order to work with them on the accession of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi
        Arabia, and UAE.

   ·   Develop Arabic document on ICBL goals in MENA and disseminate it
       through the Arab league and the African Union.

   ·   Work with Algeria co-rapporteur at the Intersessional Standing Committee

   ·   Address donors through the ICBL mine action working group to raise the
       MENA profile and mobilize resources.

   ·   Identify focal points and actors in countries where mine action work is not
       advanced.

   ·   Work with ICBL to write letters to non-states parties in the MENA region
       asking for statements about the Mine Ban Treaty and mine action pillars.

   ·   Encourage and support the workshop to be held in Sharja, UAE on December
       8-9 2003 focusing on mine awareness and victims assistance and the following
       LM/ICBL meeting.




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