The first respondent in the Schools Demining Schools project is Mary
Wareham, coordinator of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Mary Wareham has extensive experience coordinating anti-landmines
efforts. Formerly, she was the convenor of CALM (New Zealand's Campaign Against Landmines) and was the NGO
representative on New Zealand's official delegation to the United
Nations Convention on
Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW) -- the only
treaty prior to Ottawa that had a protocol on landmines.
Since February 1996, Mary Wareham has been coordinating the US
Campaign to Ban Landmines.
The US Campaign to Ban Landmines is a coalition with 250
participating organizations
coordinated by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF). The
US Campaign calls
on President Clinton to enact an immediate and comprehensive ban on
antipersonnel landmines.
Click here to read Mary Wareham’s Questions and Answers
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