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Cambodia in clasp of cluster bombs

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New limbs for landmine victims

More than 5,000 people were killed or injured by landmines every year, according to the United Nations. Myanmar is one of the few countries in the world where the devastating devices are still in extensive use by the military and a myriad of rebel groups. However, it is Myanmar's ordinary citizens that are most affected. Across the border in Thailand, some victims are given a new lease of life as workers produce prosthetic limbs using basic tools and materials.

CMC Newsletter March 2010

1. INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Africa Regional Conference held in Pretoria

The Africa Regional Conference on the Universalisation and Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions was held on 25 and 26 March in Pretoria, South Africa.

Delegations attending included Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, DRC, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, along with Director-General Saleumxay from Lao PDR and representatives from Norway and Austria.

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Banks urged to stop funding cluster bomb producers

Despite impending ban, funds still invest US$43 billion in companies making the weapons

(Geneva, 14 April 2010) - Leading financial institutions worldwide continue to invest more than US$43 billion in producers of cluster munitions despite a comprehensive treaty banning the weapons set to become binding international law, according to new research presented by Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) members in Geneva today.

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Wounded but not defeated... a springtime of hope is possible

Fr. Bernard Arputhasamy, S.J., Regional Director of Jesuit Refugee Service/Asia Pacific, has witnessed the horrors wrought by landmines years after they were placed and then forgotten. Join him in Praying with Refugees who suffer long after soldiers have retreated.