Action Alert!

Contact President Bush immediately! The White House is currently conducting a comprehensive landmines review and will come out with the NEW U.S. landmines policy in the next couple of weeks. NOW is your best chance to make your voice heard so that the U.S. landmines policy improves rather than retreats! Please do the following as soon as possible:

  • Call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1111 between 9am and 5pm (eastern standard time) and say something along the lines of the following to the White House operator:
    "My name is ___ and I am from ____. Please tell President Bush that I am calling to urge him to support the Mine Ban Treaty and to ensure that the current landmines review underway will lead this country in the direction of Mine Ban Treaty accession."

  • Write a letter to President Bush within the week and cc it to Secretary Powell and Secretary Rumsfeld. Click here for a sample letter. This letter should be sent within the week.

  • If you are affiliated with an organization, urge the organization's Executive Director or Board President to sign a letter to President Bush. Click here for a sample letter.

  • If your Senators or Representative in Congress have been supportive of the mine ban movement. (click here for current cosponsors of Landmine Elimination and Victim Assistance Act to see who has been supportive of this issue), urge them to contact President Bush in the next week in order to advocate for a fair review process focused on Mine Ban Treaty accession.

  • Urge everyone you know to do the above! For more information, click here for the USCBL's recent official letter regarding the review process.


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    For more information on the Mine Ban Treaty and countries that have ratified it, contact the International Campaign to Ban Landmines www.icbl.org