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Floods in Pakistan: 30,000 victims have already received aid but the needs are still great
Lyon/Brussels 23 Augyst 2010. In response to the devastating floods in Pakistan, since 1 August Handicap International has helped 30,000 victims as part of its humanitarian emergency relief effort. The organisation released €100,000 in general funds to immediately launch its emergency programme on the ground.
Haiti, six months on: Handicap International’s interim assessment
Six months after an earthquake devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010, Handicap International has made a provisional assessment of the situation. The association has a team of 500 people in Haiti, including 80 expatriate staff. It is the association’s largest ever deployment. Handicap International’s action is based on three key pillars: health, meeting basic needs and managing a logistics platform.
Cluster Munitions legally banned on 1 August 2010
The most significant disarmament and humanitarian treaty in over a decade takes effect on Sunday, 1 August 2010. From then on, cluster munitions will become illegal and this historic achievement will be celebrated all over the world, not in the least by survivors who have played a crucial role in shaping the treaty. One of them, Sladjan Vuckovic from Serbia spoke today in Brussels about the importance of victim assistance. He also introduced the web release of the film “Ban Advocates: from Victims to Champions”.
European Parliament calls on all EU Member States to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions
On 8 July, the European Parliament passed a resolution calling on European Union member states to urgently sign and ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions before the entry into force of the convention on 1 August. The resolution calls on EU member states to sign and ratify the Convention before 1 August.
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