The significant progress made by the rebel forces in Libya, and the fall of Tripoli, do not mean that the civilian population is out of danger. Handicap International's team on the ground has identified a significant new danger: the proliferation of all types of light weapons, which are now in the hands of civilians who do not know how to handle them.
De tweede conferentie van de verdragspartijen aan het Verdrag inzake Clustermunitie (Verdrag van Oslo) loopt vandaag ten einde met de unanieme goedkeuring van de verklaring van Beiroet. Handicap International is verheugd over de aanzienlijke vorderingen en de aangekondigde inzet voor de slachtoffers. De aanwezigheid van naties die nog steeds clusterbommen produceren, zoals China en Rusland, toont...
Handicap International, already working in the affected regions, is set to redeploy the water treatment units used during the floods last year. People gather while examining a highway which is disappearing under floodwaters in Sultan Kot, about 51 km (31 miles) from Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province
Antoine Larochette, hoofd spoedmissies voor Handicap International in Kenia, werkt sinds enkele weken de kampen van Dadaab. Hij heeft er zelf kunnen vaststellen dat het aantal vluchtelingen blijft toenemen. De meest kwetsbare onder hen hebben speciale zorgen nodig.
After a long and hard journey, Mohammed has been reunited with his family, a moment that should be a time of joy. But it is taking place in Dadaab refugee camp in East Africa, where new arrivals have little hope of returning to their country in the near future. His family has lost everything it had and is now having to adapt to their new circumstances in order to survive. Handicap International...
A group of 10 Ban Advocates and 3 support staff came from several affected countries such as, Ethiopia, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam, as well as an advocate from the United States of America to attend the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which took place in Beirut, Lebanon, from the 12th to 16th September. The conference in Beirut,...
Raed Mokaled, a Lebanese Ban Advocate, reminded the audience of the tragedy that happened to his family: the loss of his son Ahmad, 5 years old, in 1999, in a public park near Nabathieh in the South of Lebanon, contaminated with cluster munitions:
"Ladies and gentlemen, government representatives, those from whom we await strong support in signing and implementing the agreement to prohibit...
Before delivering this Declaration, Raed Mokaled, a Lebanese Ban Advocate, reminded the audience of the tragedy that happened to his family: the loss of his son Ahmad, 5 years old, in 1999, in a public park near Nabathieh in the South of Lebanon, contaminated with cluster munitions.
Thoummy Silamphan, a Lao Ban Advocate, together with Margaret Arach Orech, a campaigner from Uganda, delivered a...
Lynn Bradach, a Ban advocate from the United States of America, delivered a strong statement at the universalization session during the plenary, to appeal to more states to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
A first time for her, Aynalem Zenebe, a young Ethiopian Ban Advocate, delivered a strong statement at the victim assistance session during the plenary, to appeal to affected states to take immediate action for assisting the victims, with the support of both the international community and the victims themselves.
