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Confernce Venue:
Hall of the Interamerican Institute of Human Rights
(one block west and 3/4 block south from the Spoon Bakery in Las Yoses)
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| Latin American Conference On Uranium Weapons |
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In March 2009, San José will be the location of the annual International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW) conference. ICBUW campaigns for a uranium weapons treaty that bans the use of uranium in all conventional weapons and supports the monitoring, health care, compensation and environmental remediation for communities affected by their use.
These radioactive and chemically toxic weapons were first used on a large scale by the US and UK in the Gulf War in 1991, subsequently in the Balkans by NATO in the late 90s and again in Iraq in 2003. Uranium weapons have a devastating and long lasting effect on soldiers, their families and in the communities where they have been used. Click here for more details.
As the only Latin American organization that is a member of ICBUW, CAP will be organizing and hosting this event. We have invited representatives from government and non-governmental organizations throughout Latin American to attend, as well as experts from around the globe to discuss the effects of DU. This event is an important opportunity to raise awareness in the Americas and to make a unified stand against the use of these arms.
“…new technologies - such as depleted uranium ammunition - pose as yet unknown threats to the environment. Damage to the environment in war is also an impediment to the restoration of peace and the rebuilding of society. The lesson to be drawn is that modern warfare needs environmental rules, just as earlier wars highlighted the need to regulate the impact of war on civilians and prisoners of war.”
UN-Secretary-General Kofi Annan stated in a press release on 6th November 2002
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October 31, 2008
ICBUW press release
United Nations First Committee Overwhelmingly Backs New Uranium Weapons Resolution
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