Nobel Women's Initiative

The United States is one of the few nations who has not signed the international Mine Ban Treaty. Earlier this week, leading up to the  Cartagena Summit on a Mine-free World, the US announced that it would be continuing this policy.

Today, 156 nations are party to the treaty -- including Afghanistan, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, all of Europe except Finland (Poland has signed but not yet ratified), all of sub-Saharan Africa except Somalia, almost half of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa (including Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and Algeria), and the entire Western Hemisphere, except for the United States and Cuba. -- Jody Williams in her LA Times Op Ed.

The US administration seems to have backtracked somewhat on its decision.  Take action now to urge the American President, Barack Obama, to reconsider its landmine policy and sign on to the Mine Ban Treaty.

Send a message to President Obama.

Sign the People's Treaty.

Learn ten things you can do.

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LEARN MORE

Visit the International Campaign to End Landmines.

Read an Op Ed by Nobel Laureate Jody Williams.

Visit the Nobel Women's Initiative Disarmament News, Issues, and Take Action pages.