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The View covers breaking news and media on the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World.

From November 30th to December 4th, 2009, hundreds of international organizations will meet in Cartagena, Colombia to assess the impact of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, a watershed agreement between states and nations to ban all anti-personnel mines.

The blog is an initiative of Survivor Corps, a leading advocate for the rights of conflict survivors. Created by landmine survivors, Survivor Corps believes those who have survived war are most invested in building peace.

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    Meet the Survivor Corps Cartagena Team: Kim Hoa

    I am so happy that we will have the chance to work together for the survivor cause in the Cartagena Summit this year.

    I am Kim Hoa from Landmine Survivors Network in Vietnam. I joined the Network about four years ago and currently am working as a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer cum Advocacy Officer. In Vietnam, we have been working to raise the profiles of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) with a strong emphasis on Victim Assistance - the synergy across the three above treaties.

    I am very glad that I will see some of you again (Nerina, Ramiz, Bekele and Jesus) and look forward to meeting Tirza, Riley, Albert and Shireen there.

    I do believe that together we all will make a great “survivor dream team” in the Second Review Conference. I look forward to working with and seeing all of you in Colombia.



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