IFMSA Landmine Information and Advocay Kit

IFMSA Landmine Information & Advocacy Kit

Resources for the
Ban Landmines Campaign

Useful background information on the landmine problem

BMJ article on Landmines
- Social cost of land mines in four countries: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, and Mozambique

Oxfam on mines
- Articles and press releases on Oxfam's Landmines campaign

Oxfam Landmine exhibition
- an exhibition of photographs by Nic Dunlop

ONEWORLD Landmine Page
- ONEWORLD ONLINE and its partners give facts about landmines, examine the arguments for banning them, report on the UN review conferences and what action you can take. Many links.

Facts on Landmines
- MineFacts© is an interactive database program developed by the U.S. Department of Defense. MineFacts© contains information and graphics on over 675 landmines from around the world

FCO Background Brief - Landmine Control
- The Landmine Control Programme: A Humanitarian Initiative.

Anti-personnel mines: An overview 1996
- a comprehensive updated ICRC document

Organisations with valuable information and links

Stiftung Menschen Gegen Minen

Greenpeace

World Health Organization (WHO)

United Nations International Childrens Fund (UNICEF)

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Physicians for Global Survival (Canadian IPPNW affiliate)

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