Washington, DC—Handicap International calls on the U.S. government to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

The Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force on August 1, 2010.

On July 7, 2012, Libyans will elect 200 members to the General National Congress (GNC) in the country's first, free national elections for more than 40 years.

Explosive remnants of war continue to hurt or kill Libyan civilians, six months after the fall of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.

Handicap International is calling for a renewed effort to rid the world of landmines, to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness on April 4.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On February 17, 2011, the Libyan people rose up against Col. Gaddafi's regime. One year later, after succeeding in his overthrow, the fighting has ended, but the threat posed by anti-personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) deployed during the conflict continues to compromise the safety of civilians. 

Bruno Vandemeulebroecke is the Logistics Coordinator in Libya, where he trains members of the Handicap International team in organizing missions.

Handicap International featured eight of our Cambodian beneficiaries at an exhibition during or the 11th Meeting of the States Parties to the Landmine Treaty, held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in December 2011.

11th Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty comes to a close.

With the Conference of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty in progress, nongovernmental organizations present at the meeting, including Handicap International, have spared no efforts to inform and to raise awareness about the disastrous humanitarian consequences of these weapons.