JRS has campaigned against the use of landmines since 1990 and cluster munitions since 2008, and is a founding member of the Thailand Campaign to Ban Landmines. As a member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Tun Channareth and other JRS advocates accepted the award when the ICBL received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.

JRS plays a leading role in the campaign and has contributed to research on Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia for the Landmine Monitor. In addition to supporting landmine survivors in Cambodia, Thailand, Bosnia and Kosovo, JRS actively raises awareness of the issue in these and other landmine-affected countries.

Asia Pacific
Fr. Bambang A. Sipayung SJ
apdirector@jrs.or.th
+66 2 640 9590
http://www.jrsap.org

JRS Asia Pacific is one of 10 geographic regions of the Jesuit Refugee Service. JRS offers a human and pastoral service to refugees and the communities who host them through a wide range of rehabilitation and relief activities. Services – including programmes of pastoral care, education for children and adults, social services and counselling, and healthcare - are tailored to meet local needs according to available resources. The regional office serves refugees and other displaced persons in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand and Timor Leste.

Thailand: Landmine survivors photo exhibit unveiled

Bangkok, 4 April 2013 — In celebration of International Landmine Awareness Day in 2013, a photo exhibition spotlighting landmine survivors was unveiled today to the Thai public in downtown Bangkok's Siam Paragon shopping mall.
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Q&A with landmine campaigner Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan

Asia Pacific, 5 November 2012 — Landmine ban activist Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan tells ICBL about his work in Myanmar (Burma) and his hopes for the heavily mine-affected country.
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London: Cluster Munition Monitor 2012 report released

Bangkok, 7 September 2012 (JRS) — The 2012 Cluster Munition Report for the Monitor, a research initiative that tracks the implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Mine Ban treaty, was released on 6 September 2012, in London.
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International: President Obama urged to join Mine Ban Treaty

(Washington, D.C.) April 19, 2012 — Leaders from 76 nongovernmental organizations including Jesuit Refugee Service/USA delivered a letter to President Obama urging the U.S. to relinquish antipersonnel landmines and join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty without further delay.
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International: President Obama urged to join Mine Ban Treaty

(Washington, D.C.) April 19, 2012 — Leaders from 76 nongovernmental organizations including Jesuit Refugee Service/USA delivered a letter to President Obama urging the U.S. to relinquish antipersonnel landmines and join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty without further delay.
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Cambodia: what we decide here affects the lives of people

Phnom Penh, 28 November, 2011 – In front of delegates from more than 100 countries Sr Denise Coghlan, RSM, director of JRS Cambodia, delivered opening remarks to the Eleventh Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Treaty. In her remarks, she observed the work she and her team have done to ban landmines around the world over the past 20 years and reminded nations of their international obligation to protect their people.
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Cambodia: Song Kosal, landmine advocate and survivor sits down for a Q and A

Cambodia, 5 October, 2011 – Song Kosal is the youth ambassador for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She was the first person to sign the People’s Treaty in Ottawa, Canada, and was present in Oslo, Norway, when the ICBL and Jody Williams were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. As ICBL Youth Ambassador, Kosal, now aged 24, represents youth campaigners and survivors at events worldwide. Kosal has succeeded in putting a face to the many lesser-known young landmine survivors around the world.
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Asia Pacific: JRS Celebrates Afghanistan signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Beirut, Lebanon, 12 September 2011 – Afghanistan, which has witnessed the devastation cluster munitions cause, has become the 62nd state party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions on the eve of an international conference on the ban.
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Indonesia: 'USA - save the lives and limbs of others' a call to sign the Ban Landmines treaty

Yogyakarta, 15 June 2011 – Even though I am grown up, I often cry after waking up from a dream of having two legs, running and playing happily in the field with my friends. I know for me it is just a dream but I want this dream to be a true one for others, especially for children living in mine- affected countries like Cambodia.
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Le JRS a fait campagne contre l'utilisation de mines terrestres depuis 1990, et des munitions à fragmentation depuis 2008, et est membre fondateur de la campagne d'interdiction des mines terrestres en Thaïlande. En tant que membre de la Campagne internationale pour l'interdiction des mines terrestres (ICBL), Tun Channareth et d'autres membres de l'équipe juridique du JRS ont accepté le prix après que le Prix Nobel de la Paix eut été décerné à l'ICBL en 1997.

Le JRS joue un rôle de premier plan dans la Campagne et a contribué à la recherche sur le Cambodge, la Thaïlande et l'Indonésie pour le Landmine Monitor. Outre à soutenir les rescapés de mines au Cambodge, en Thaïlande, en Bosnie et au Kosovo, le JRS sensibilise activement la population sur ce problème dans ces pays et dans d'autres pays affectés par les mines.

Asie Pacifique
Fr. Bambang A. Sipayung SJ
apdirector@jrs.or.th
+66 2 640 9590
http://www.jrsap.org

L'Asie Pacifique est une des 10 régions géographiques du Service Jésuite des Réfugiés, organisation internationale catholique parrainée par la Compagnie de Jésus. Le JRS offre des services humains et pastoraux aux réfugiés et aux communautés qui les accueillent à travers une vaste gamme d'activités de réhabilitation et de secours. Ces services – notamment des programmes de pastorale, scolarité et éducation pour enfants et adultes, services sociaux et conseil psychosocial, soins médicaux – sont adaptés aux besoins locaux selon les ressources disponibles. Le bureau régional sert les réfugiés et autres personnes déplacées en Australie, Cambodge, Indonésie, Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée, Singapour, Thaïlande et Timor  Leste.

El JRS ha hecho campaña contra el uso de minas antipersona desde 1990 y contra las municiones de racimo desde el año 2008, y es un miembro fundador de la Campaña Tailandesa para la Prohibición de Minas Antipersona. Como miembro de la Campaña Internacional para Prohibir las Minas Antipersona, Channareth Tun y otros defensores del JRS recibieron el premio cuando la ICBL recogió el Premio Nobel de la Paz en 1997.

El JRS desempeña un papel destacado en la campaña y ha contribuido a la investigación sobre Camboya, Tailandia e Indonesia para el Landmine Monitor. Además de apoyar a los sobrevivientes de minas en Camboya, Tailandia, Bosnia y Kosovo, el JRS trabaja en la concienciación sobre este tema en estos y otros países afectados.

Asia Pacífico
Fr. Bambang A. Sipayung SJ
apdirector@jrs.or.th
+66 2 640 9590
http://www.jrsap.org

El JRS Asia Pacífico es una de las 10 regiones geográficas del Servicio Jesuita a Refugiados, una organización católica internacional de la Compañía de Jesús. El JRS ofrece un servicio humano y pastoral a los refugiados y a las comunidades que les acogen mediante una amplia gama de actividades de rehabilitación y ayuda. Los servicios – incluidos los programas de atención pastoral, educación para niños y adultos, servicios sociales y atención psicosocial y sanitaria – están pensados para responder las necesidades locales de acuerdo con los recursos disponibles. La oficina regional atiende a refugiados y otras personas desplazadas en Australia, Camboya, Indonesia, Papua-Nueva Guinea, Singapur, Tailandia y Timor Leste.

Fin dal 1990 il JRS si batte perché sia messo al bando l'impiego delle mine antiuomo, e dal 2008 contro le munizioni a grappolo; in quanto membro fondatore della Campagna thailandese per la messa al bando delle mine antipersona, Tun Channareth con altri membri del JRS che si battono su questo fronte ha accettato il premio di cui è stato insignito in coincidenza con il conferimento, nel 1997, all'ICBL del Premio Nobel per la Pace. 

Il JRS svolge un ruolo di primissimo piano nell'ambito di questa campagna e ha dato il proprio contributo al Landmine Monitor con la propria opera di ricerca svolta in Cambogia, Thailandia e Indonesia. Oltre a dare sostegno ai sopravvissuti alla deflagrazione di mine antipersona in Cambogia, Thailandia, Bosnia e Kosovo, il JRS si prodiga attivamente a sensibilizzare l'opinione pubblica sull'argomento in questi paesi, come pure in altri paesi interessati dalla presenza di mine antipersona.


Asia del Pacifico
Fr. Bambang A. Sipayung SJ
apdirector@jrs.or.th
+66 2 640 9590
http://www.jrsap.org

Il JRS Asia del Pacifico è una delle 10 aree geografiche del Servizio dei Gesuiti per i Rifugiati, un'organizzazione internazionale cattolica promossa dalla Compagnia di Gesù. Il JRS offre servizi umanitari e pastorali ai rifugiati e alle comunità che li ospitano attraverso una vasta gamma di attività di riabilitazione e assistenza. I servizi – che comprendono programmi di assistenza pastorale, istruzione per bambini e adulti, servizi sociali e centro d'ascolto e servizi sanitari- sono organizzati in modo di rispondere al meglio alle esigenze locali in base alle risorse disponibili. L'ufficio regionale assiste rifugiati e altri migranti forzati in Australia, Cambogia, Indonesia, Papua Nuova Guinea, Singapore, Tailandia e Timor Est.