Made with Xara AUSTRALIAN NETWORK TO BAN LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS    Unless otherwise specified all photographs are courtesy of John Rodsted    Landmines are cheap to lay but    difficult and dangerous to clear About the Problem Australia has signed and ratified the Mine Ban Treaty and has signed but not ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)  For information on draft Australian legislation to ratify the CCM click here ANBLC has two projects for 2012 Please contact the new Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr Send a Sock to Stephen Smith. What’s this all about? The international community rejects moves to undermine the Convention on Cluster Munitions FOR THE LATEST IN CAMPAIGN NEWS AND INFORMATION CLICK HERE WHERE DOES AUSTRALIA STAND? Landmines and cluster munitions kill and injure every day in many countries around the world. They leave a legacy for decades after a conflict is over. They are indiscriminate weapons that make no distinction between a soldier, a farmer, an aid  worker or a child.