UN Secretary General launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action
The 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, prohibits the use, stockpiling, production and transfer of these weapons.

Since the treaty opened for signature, it has led to a virtual h
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2025/06/un-secretary-general-launch-a-global-campaign-to-boost-support-for-disarmament-and-mine-action/
#MineBan #AntipersonnelMines #landmines #MineWarfare #mines

United Nations Human Rights Council sends message to all armed actors in Myanmar/Burma, and everywhere else, to halt use of mines.
The United Nations Human Rights Council’s first resolution on landmines strongly endorses the long-standing
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2025/04/united-nations-human-rights-council-sends-message-to-all-armed-actors-in-myanmar-burma-and-everywhere-else-to-halt-use-of-mines/
#Uncategorized #AntipersonnelMines #BurmaMyanmar #LandmineBan #landmines #MyanmarBurma

Third Nationwide Art Contest
Nationwide all media art contest on the theme of

The Impact of Anti-personnel Landmines on my community.

Opens on 4 April, International Day of Mine Action

For more information read the images below, or go to:

https://bit.ly/mfm_myn_fb
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2025/03/third-nationwide-art-contest/
#ICBL #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #mines #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Art Competition 2024: Impact of mines on my community
In 2024 Mine Free Myanmar launched a nationwide poster contest on the theme of: The Impact of antipersonnel landmines on my community.

Artists were invited to use any medium. Text could be in any language in Myanmar.

[This image is Adult First Prize to Saw Maw Gyi of Karenni Refugee Camp 2.]

Submissions were pr
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/10/art-competition-2024-impact-of-mines-on-my-community/
#ICBL #MineBan

Infographic reveals impact of landmines & ERW spreads to 190 townships of Myanmar
The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor, has produced its 16th, annually updated map of townships with suspected contamination by antip
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/10/infographic-reveals-impact-of-landmines-erw-spreads-to-190-townships-of-myanmar/
#Casualties #Use #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #landmines #MineWarfare #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Mapping urgent health care for mine victims in Myanmar/Burma
Landmine injuries, and injuries from other found explosive remnants of war (ERW), place an enormous burden on public health and social services.

When compared to other injuries landmine casualties usually require multiple surgeries and
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/10/mapping-urgent-health-care-for-mine-victims-in-myanmar-burma/
#CasualtyAssistance #AntipersonnelMines #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MineVictims #MyanmarBurma

More antipersonnel landmines seized by armed groups during first 3 months of 2024.
Consistently, since January of 2022, antipersonnel landmines manufactured by the Defence Products Industries of Myanmar, have been found in photographic images among captured weapons from the Myanmar Armed Forc
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/06/more-antipersonnel-landmines-seized-by-armed-groups-during-first-3-months-of-2024/
#Use #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #landmines #MineWarfare #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

I found a toy for my children
“In early January 2023, I went to the cornfield as usual with my neighbours to collect corn and vegetables for our families’ meals. I noticed a round white object, roughly the size of my fist, near the field. Assuming it was a child’s toy, I smiled, imagining how happy my children would be if I brought it home. Wi
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/04/i-found-a-toy-for-my-children/
#Casualties #MineBan #AntipersonnelMines #landmines #MineVictims #MyanmarBurma

UN Secretary General’s message to Myanmar for Mine Action Day
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ issued a message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, for 4th April:

Landmines and explosive ordnance and remnants of war directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflicts around the world — from Afghanistan to Myanmar
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/04/un-secretary-generals-message-to-myanmar-for-mine-action-day/
#MineBan

UNICEF reports significant increase in numbers of casualties due to landmines/ERW during 2023
UNICEF data shows three fold increase in landmine/explosive remnants of war (ERW) in 2023 compared to 2022.

UNICEF has recorded about
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/04/unicef-reports-significant-increase-in-numbers-of-casualties-due-to-landmines-erw-during-2023/
#Casualties #Reports #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MineVictims #MineWarfare #mines #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

International Mine Action Day Myanmar 2024
To celebrate the UN International Day of Mine Action, Mine Free Myanmar is launching a second nationwide, all media, art contest on the theme of 'the impact of antipersonnel landmines on my community'. Cash prizes for winning art work submitted.
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2024/03/international-mine-action-day-myanmar-2024/
#MineBan #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #landmines #MineWarfare #mines #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Art Competition: Impact of mines on my community
In 2023 Mine Free Myanmar launched a nationwide poster contest on the theme of: The Impact of antipersonnel landmines on my community. Artists could use any medium, however the theme should be presented primarily as a graphic image with a minimum of words. Text could be in an
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/12/art-competition-impact-of-mines-on-my-community/
#MineBan #AntipersonnelMines #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MineVictims #MyanmarBurma

Country Report in Burmese launched at press conference
On 28 December 2023 a hybrid Press Briefing was organized by Mine Free Myanmar in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which allowed for in-person attendance at a closed event in a secure location.

An audi
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/12/country-report-in-burmese-launched-at-press-conference/
#Casualties #CasualtyAssistance #ClusterMunition #MineBan #MineRiskEducation #Reports #Use #AntipersonnelMines #MineVictims #MineWarfare #MyanmarBurma

Over half of townships in Myanmar now reported as contaminated by mines/ERW.
The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU), in collaboration with the Landmine Monitor, has produced its 15th, annually updated map of townships with suspected contamina
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/09/over-half-of-townships-in-myanmar-now-reported-as-contaminated-by-mines-erw/
#Casualties #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MineVictims #MineWarfare #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Cluster Munition Coalition Condemns Myanmar’s Use of Cluster Munitions
New Production, Use Runs Counter to International Law

Download briefing paper on Myanmar Government Cluster Munition Use - Burmese, English

Download the statement here (Burmese) (English) 

(Geneva, August 31 2023) – The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) co
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/09/cluster-munition-coalition-condemns-myanmars-use-of-cluster-munitions/
#ClusterMunition #Burma #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Landmine Casualties accelerating and shifting with armed conflict in Myanmar/Burma
UNICEF Myanmar, in support of the Mine Action Area of Responsibility, has been publishing an infographic on known Landmine/ERW incidents for the past few years.

In its latest Infographic
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/08/landmine-casualties-accelerating-and-shifting-with-armed-conflict-in-myanmar-burma/
#Casualties #AntipersonnelMines #Burma #landmines #MineVictims #MineWarfare #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Landmines block return to peace village
With significant financial investment, in 2017, the Japanese Nippon Foundation held a ceremony in Lay Kay Kaw Village to celebrate the completion of 100 houses for people displaced by armed conflict.

This ‘peace village’ was constructed as a confidence building measure between the Karen National U
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/08/landmines-block-return-to-peace-village/
#MineBan #Use #AntipersonnelMines #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MyanmarBurma

500,000 Kyat contest prize for poster in impact of landmines
Mine Free Myanmar has launched a poster competition. Several cash prizes available in both adult and youth categories.

Theme of the contest is for posters which illustrate the impact of landmines on a community in Myanmar.

Contestants have until 21 September (International Pe
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/06/500000-kyat-contest-prize-for-poster-in-impact-of-landmines/
#MineBan #Burma #landmines #Myanmar #MyanmarBurma

Poster campaign on the impact of #landmines in #Myanmar Cash prizes for posters which graphically illustrate the impact of mines on a community.

Myanmar Armed Forces consistently using antipersonnel landmines over the past 18 months
Consistently, since January of 2022, antipersonnel landmines manufactured by the Myanmar Army, have been found in photographic images among captured weapons from the Myanmar Armed Forces. Images of min
https://minefreemyanmar.info/2023/06/myanmar-armed-forces-consistently-using-antipersonnel-landmines-over-the-past-18-months/
#Use #AntipersonnelMines #BurmaMyanmar #landmines #MineWarfare #MyanmarBurma