John V. Head Memorial Lecture by Ms. Jody Williams
Hosted by the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (CALM)

Ilott Theatre, Wellington Town Hall
Tuesday 19 February 2008
6.00pm-7.30pm
Light reception to follow - RSVP essential (see below)

Nobel Peace Laureate Ms. Jody Williams is delivering this lecture to honour the legacy of long-time disarmament campaigner John Vernon Head. In her only public talk during her visit to the Wellington Conference on Cluster Munitions, Jody will talk about similarities and differences between the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and current efforts to establish an agreement to prohibit cluster munitions.

John Head, QSM, died one year ago on 4 February 2007. Wholeheartedly committed to building peace, John founded the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (CALM) in 1993. He played a key role in securing New Zealand’s support for the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and provided the ICBL’s Landmine Monitor research updates for New Zealand and the Pacific until 2006. John lobbied tirelessly for the mine ban to be universally accepted across the region. He also initiated CALM’s advocacy call for cluster munitions to be banned.

In 1997, Jody Williams became the tenth woman in its almost 100-year history to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, honored for her work to secure the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. In January 2006, Williams established the Nobel Women’s Initiative together with five of her sister Nobel Peace laureates. She is an eloquent and inspirational speaker who serves as the ICBL’s ambassador.

Please RSVP no later than 15 February to:
NZ Campaign Against Landmines (Deborah Morris-Travers)
Tel. (06) 364-5256
calmdeborah[AT]yahoo.com

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