Youtube On a sunny afternoon, overlooking the beautiful Kathmandu Valley, members of the Ban Landmines Nepal Campaign (NCBL) gathered at the hilltop of Swayambhunath Temple to spread the message of peace in a mine free world. As visitors from all over the world took in the beautiful sights of the temple, they were also made [...]
Presentation by Purna Shova Chitrakar, Coordinator Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal, Side Event on “Gendering on: updates on gender in mine action” 11th Meeting of State Parties on Mine Ban Convention on 30 November 2011 First of all, I would like to thank to the Gender Mines Action Program (GMAP), for providing me this opportunity. And [...]
NCBL, on the ocassion of the 101st International Women’s Day (8th March 2012), organized a symposium on “Women, Security and Peace”. The symposium was organized under the campaign “Lend Your Leg for Banning Indiscriminate Weapons”. This month long campaign will end on 4th April 2012. On the ocassion, chief guest and former minister Mrs. Urmila [...]
PRESS RELEASE [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 March 2012] United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, celebrities and landmine survivors launch global campaign for a mine free world. On the 13th anniversary of mine ban treaty becoming an international law, an inspirational global campaign has been launched to put an end, within our lifetime, to the [...]
Ban Landmine Campaign Nepal will start its lend your leg campaign from 1st March 2012. The campaign will end on the international mine awareness day on 4th April.
Our NCBL team would like to congratulate Mrs. Purna Shova Chitrakar on emerging victorious in N-Peace awards 2011. Additionally, we would like to thank all voters who supported her in this tough competition. With your support she was able to receive the highest number of votes – around 10,000 votes! “The N-Peace awards [...]
Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL) would like to share with everyone the winning paintings from its “Paintings for Universalization of the Conventions and Protection of the Rights of Civilians” competition. The following three paintings were selected in December 2010 in honor of the International Day for Persons with Disabilities on December 3rd.
NCBL has released its latest Mine Action Newsletter, providing an update on NCBL activities over the past quarter and information on girl child education, mine risk education, and victim assistance. Please click here to view the newsletter.
As a former speaker said, landmines and IEDs are technically different. To collect data on the use of IEDs by Maoist, the NCBL met with commanders, leaders, and district level cadres. We came to realize that these actors do not know how many IEDs they produced, how many were used, or how many locations the [...]
Honorable Minister, representatives of the government, representatives of UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other national and international organizations, media, and my friends. First, I would like to congratulate all of you on the occasion of the 6th International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April 2011. [...]
