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(c) Tim Dirven

Cluster bomb ban treaty reaches 30th ratification milestone

Burkina Faso and Moldova ratified the international treaty banning cluster munitions today, bringing the total number of ratifications to 30 and triggering entry into force on 1 August 2010, when the convention will become binding international law. Handicap International urges states to join the Convention on Cluster Munitions without delay and to honour their obligations on stockpile destruction, clearance and victim assistance.

Internship: Web/Database Designer for Project “Sustainable 101: Victim Assistance 10 Years on”

Handicap International is looking for a Web Designer to join the research team in Brussels. He/she will be working as part of the Research Team of the Policy Unit, with Joohi Haleem (Research Coordinator) as the reference person. The intern will set up an on-line database or directory of organizations allowing for queries through a ‘search engine’ (software to be used: php).

Fatal Footprint in Beijing

Handicap International, the French Cultural Center in Beijing, G2Studio and ETWORC present the photo exhibition Fatal Footprint. Created by three renowned photographers - Tim Dirven, Gael Turine and John Vinck - this exhibition comes to Beijing after having been shown in various cities in Europe. The photographs will be shown on large cubes (2mX1mX1m) in the French Cultural Center from the 17th of December to the 15th of January.

Belgium joins nations leading cluster bomb ban

Belgium’s ratification of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 22 December shows its continued commitment to the most significant humanitarian and disarmament treaty of the decade, the Cluster Munition Coalition said today. As the 26th country to ratify, Belgium takes its place among the first 30 states that will trigger the Convention’s entry into force.