Depleted Uranium Conference

Noted on January 14, 2009 by Natanya in

Friends of the Peace Center (IE3 internship site in Costa Rica) is hosting a Latin American Conference to Ban Radioactive Uranium Weapons March 4-6, 2009 in San Jose, Costa Rica. Here is some further information:

Latin American Conference On Uranium Weapons

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.

As the only Latin American organization that is a member of ICBUW, Friends of the Peace Center (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.

Conference Website