PRESS STATEMENT

Campaign Reiterates Call for Biden to Move Away from Landmines

(Washington, DC, April 6, 2021) The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines expresses deep concern following today’s statement attributed to Department of Defense spokesperson Mike Howard…

On the 22nd Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty entering into force, the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines - U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition (USCBL-CMC) urges the United States to take immediate action to accede to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. 

In recognition of the indiscriminate dangers landmines pose to civilians and U.S. service members alike, the USCBL-CMC…

Today, the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines-U.S. Cluster Munition Coalition released a memo demanding a reversal of changes made in the past three years that have moved the United States further from support of international agreements banning antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions. That memo is copied in full below and available as a pdf here.…

On July 16^th, the US Campaign to Ban Landmines briefed congressional staffers on the new US landmine policy released on January 31. The briefing followed the congressional letter sent on May 6th to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, which has not received a response as of July 30. The briefing…

On May 6, Senator Patrick Leahy and Rep. Jim McGovern sent a congressional letter with more than 100 co-signing members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing disappointment at the Trump administration’s reversal of Obama-era landmine policy and requesting answers to questions regarding future plans for development and use of antipersonnel landmines. The letter expressed “regret…