Discussion Forum

Our Discussion Forum is one of the mail features of the network, allowing members to share ideas and discuss issues relating to landmines. Please respect the rights to decency which all members enjoy and ensure that your message does not use any discriminatory language of any kind. Racist and sexist remarks will not be tolerated. Every contribution that our members make will increase our mutual understanding of landmines and what we can do about it.

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At least until the Youth Symposium on landmines in Nairobi in November, if you would like to post a message or contribute a response to the weekly question, please do so by emailing INYAL’s administrator who will post it up for you. This will guard against unwanted spam.

One possible topic area of interest is that of general thoughts about youth co-operation. What ideas do you have? Alternatively, you may like to post a general message about yourself.

Email our administrator at antilandmines@mail2australia.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Early contributions as of November 2004

‘Greeting everyone and so good to hear that youth around the world and particularly in Australia are contributing their time, talents, and energies to understanding and combating the humanitarian crisis of landmines. As you know the Nairobi Conference will be a major impact on the assessment of global Mine Action. I am particularly excited to know of the future implications related to socio-economic reintegration of mine survivors. I hope to be a valuable part of the Survivor Summit and assist in allowing survivors voices be heard on the highest levels of international decision making. Best luck to all’.

– McKay Wood, Standing Tall Australia

Hello. I am John Kemoe Bengu and am the President of Peaceworkers Cameroon and I believe we could all join our efforts together to fight against landmines.

– John Kemoe Bengu, Peaceworkers, Cameroon

Hello everybody! I’d like to welcome everybody to INYAL. My name is Yemi Adebanjo. I am from Nigeria and just recently graduated from the prestigious Lagos State University. I have been involved in various humanitarian activities in the last five years. For example, I founded the All Nigeria United Nations Students and Youths Association (ANUNSA) at the Lagos State University. ANUNSA addresses health, environment, peace-building, crime prevention, poverty eradication and governance. I also work with the youth wing of the United Nations as a volunteer, promoting its humanitarian ideals.
My passion for the promotion of awareness of the problems of landmines initiated my desire to become a part of INYAL. I have always enjoyed contributing my services to humanity and I know that INYAL will be another rewarding experience.
I hope to see INYAL grow into a very big international organization with a major presence in all countries worldwide. I hope to see a time when governments will collaborate with INYAL to fight the global problem of landmines. Finally, I hope to see INYAL organizing major international conferences and symposia to bring youths together on a common platform for the purpose of discussing landmines issues and devising strategies to campaign against landmines. I believe that INYAL should aim to be adopted as a part of the United Nations youth wing, partnering with the UN in the campaign against landmines.
I wish INYAL the very best of luck.

– Yemi Adebanjo from Nigeria