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Ukraine | USCBL condemns use of anti-personnel landmines regardless of potential military value

Posted on Press Releases by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 19, 2022 4:59 PM
April 19, 2022
Contact: Elizabeth Johnson Sellers
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(Washington, 19 April 2022)—The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines - U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition (USCBL-USCMC) takes exception to U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley’s remarks concerning landmines during his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 7, 2022.

General Milley testified that “we need to look no further than what’s happening actually in Ukraine, the landmines are being effectively used by the Ukrainian forces to shape the avenues of approach…Anti-tank or anti-personnel mines are effective for use in combat.” The USCBL-USCMC strongly condemns the use of internationally banned anti-personnel landmines by any party, regardless of any potential military use, because they disproportionately and indiscriminately kill and maim civilians during, and long after, wars have ended. 

General Milley mentioned two types of mines: anti-personnel and anti-tank. Anti-personnel landmines, which are banned under the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty to which 164 countries are states parties, are inherently indiscriminate weapons incapable of distinguishing between civilians and combatants. Ukraine is party to the treaty; as of the publication of this statement, there has been no reported use of anti-personnel mines by Ukrainian forces. Neither Russia nor the United States is party to the Mine Ban Treaty, and Russian forces have used anti-personnel mines in Ukraine. 

Ukraine is already one of the most mine-affected countries in the world: every day, more than half a million children live, study and play in mine-contaminated areas of Ukraine. 

USCBL-USCMC continues to strongly urge the Biden Administration to take swift action to condemn the use of anti-personnel landmines and take immediate steps to ban the use of such landmines by the U.S. and accede to the Mine Ban Treaty. The failure of the United States to join the international agreement banning anti-personnel landmines weakens the impact of United States’ criticism of Russia’s use of these weapons. 

USCBL-USCMC Steering Committee

Humanity & Inclusion (chair) 

Amnesty International USA 

Arms Control Association 

Center for Civilians in Conflict 

Friends Committee on National Legislation 

Human Rights Watch 

Legacies of War 

Physicians for Human Rights 

UNICEF USA 

United Methodist Church -General Board of Church and Society 

West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions / Proud Students Against Landmines 


Ukraine | Cultural mediator helps fellow Ukrainians amid crisis

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 19, 2022 5:00 AM

After Denys Byzov and his family were forced to flee their home in Kyiv amid violent rocket attacks and bombing, he said goodbye to his wife and 1-year-old baby as they crossed the border while he stayed behind.

He joined Humanity & Inclusion’s emergency response team as a cultural mediator and translator to ensure that needs of his fellow Ukrainians are heard, and that the organization’s actions take everyone into account.

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Ukraine | ‘I do not consider myself a victim’

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 18, 2022 5:00 AM

Denys Byzov, a Kyiv resident and Humanity & Inclusion’s cultural mediator in Ukraine, shares his experience evacuating his family in armed conflict.

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Ukraine | Hospitals treat patients injured in conflict

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 15, 2022 10:39 AM

At a hospital in Lviv, Humanity & Inclusion is working with staff to care for patients, including burn victims and those requiring amputations after armed attacks.

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Ukraine | From stable lives to refugees overnight

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 14, 2022 7:00 AM

Collective centers housing internally displaced people in Ukraine are in need of bedding, food and other basic supplies.

Caglar Tahiroglu, Humanity & Inclusion’s Emergency Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manager, shares how teams are supporting displaced Ukrainians.

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Ukraine | In shock, refugees go days without speaking

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 13, 2022 1:24 PM

Caglar Tahiroglu, Humanity & Inclusion’s Emergency Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Manager, explains the needs and resilience teams are seeing in Ukraine.

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Ukraine | Caring for injured civilians in armed conflict

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · April 06, 2022 9:52 AM

Humanity & Inclusion’s specialists are supporting conflict survivors by providing specialized care for burn victims and people requiring amputations in western Ukraine following evacuations from besieged cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol. In Lviv, teams are working with hospitals to reinforce care for people injured by explosive weapons in the ongoing war.

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Ukraine | Training health professionals in specialized physical therapy

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · March 31, 2022 3:26 AM

As part of its support to Ukrainian hospitals, Humanity & Inclusion is providing specialized physical therapy training for health professionals treating burns patients, which requires special knowledge and skills.

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Ukraine | An update from Chernivtsi

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Elizabeth Johnson Sellers · March 30, 2022 10:28 AM

Jérémie Zahorski, who coordinates Humanity & Inclusion’s programs in Chernivtsi, describes the deteriorating situation in western Ukraine.

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Aid distribution begins in Ukraine

Posted on Ukraine Crisis Updates by Mica Bevington · March 23, 2022 12:29 PM

Humanity & Inclusion has begun providing support to institutions in Chernivtsi, a city in the west of Ukraine, including a care facility where people with disabilities and older people are sheltering after fighting and bombings forced them from their homes. 

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