JODY WILLIAMS “THIS IS HISTORIC NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TREATY. THIS IS HISTORIC BECAUSE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE LEADERS OF STATES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ANSWER THE WILL OF CIVIL SOCIETY.” Jody Williams has dedicated her life to achieving a global ban on...
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JODY WILLIAMS “THIS IS HISTORIC NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TREATY. THIS IS HISTORIC BECAUSE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE LEADERS OF STATES HAVE COME TOGETHER TO ANSWER THE WILL OF CIVIL SOCIETY.” Jody Williams has dedicated her life to achieving a global ban on antipersonnel landmines, which still claim thousands of innocent lives every year. Jody Williams ©Architects of Peace Foundation In 1992, she launched the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), to end the production, trade, use and stockpiling of landmines, a weapon that has been in existence since the U.S. Civil War. Williams organized the ICBL to work with more than 1,000 NGOs in 60 countries. As the ICBL’s chief strategist, Williams has written and spoken widely on global problems involving the use of landmines. In 1996, Williams and the ICBL drafted the Ottawa Treaty with the Canadian government to ban landmines globally. To date, the Ottawa Treaty has been signed by 156 countries. Almost as noteworthy as the international
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