2009 February « Political Minefields

Archive for February, 2009

China’s Landmines and Cluster Munitions Policy

• 12 February 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in China
Tags: Africa, Amended Protocol on Landmines, Angola, Burundi, CCW, Chad, China Defense White Paper, China in Africa, China's National Defense in 2008, China's Role in Africa, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, conventional weapons, Darfur, Demining, disarmament, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, explosive remnants of war, Group of Governmental Experts on Cluster Munitions., Guinea-Bissau, Landmine Monitor, landmines, Lebanon, Mozambique, Norway, Ottawa Convention, Peru, Sudan, UNIFIL, USA

Clever Ad Publicizing Landmines Issue

• 12 February 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in UK
Tags: advertising, landmines, No More Landmines

Banks Fund Cluster Munitions Production

• 12 February 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in UK
Tags: arms trade, Bank of America, Bank of New York, Bank of Nova Scotia, Banking on Bloodshed, Banks, Barclays, Citigroup, cluster munitions, Cooperative Bank, Deutsche Bank, ethical investing, GenCorp, Halifax Bank of Scotland, HBOS, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, landmines, Lloyds TSB, Lockheed Martin, Netwerk Vlaanderen, Raytheon, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotiabank, socially responsible investing, Textron, Thales, UXO, War on Want

USCBL: ‘Tell Obama to Ban Landmines and Cluster Munitions’

• 2 February 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, Kosovo, Laos, United States of America, Vietnam
Tags: Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, landmines, Lynn Bradach, Ottawa Convention, Robert Gates, Travis Bradach-Nall, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL