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A Call For Standardized Data: The Demining 2010 Initiative Conference As An Opportunity For Consensus, C. Jared Coffin
A Call For Standardized Data: The Demining 2010 Initiative Conference As An Opportunity For Consensus, C. Jared Coffin
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In response to the problem of landmines around the world, the United States has created a Demining 2010 Initiative that is "a U.S.-led initiative to develop, marshal and commit the resources" to end the landmine threat to civilians by the year 2010. One aspect of this initiative is the Demining 2010 Initiative Conference, to be held in the summer of 1998. This conference offers an opportunity to standardize data collection methods to more accurately assess the landmine problem.
Anatomy Of A Program: Una-Usa Takes On Landmines, Melanie Velez, Bill Rigler
Anatomy Of A Program: Una-Usa Takes On Landmines, Melanie Velez, Bill Rigler
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On December 3, 1997, over 100 countries convened in Ottawa, Canada to sign an historic landmine-ban treaty. The event marked the end of a six-year campaign by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines to end the scourge of these deadly antipersonnel weapons. Simultaneously, the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), a non-government organization (NGO), launched a program called Adopt-A-Minefield. Through this program, civic groups, corporations, and other organizations "adopt" a mine-strewn area pre-selected by the United Nations for demining. These private and public groups raise funds to clear their adopted minefields in order to return the …
Us Pacific Command: Pacom Demining, Cisr Journal
Us Pacific Command: Pacom Demining, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The responsibility for humanitarian demining operations and training in the US Pacific Command falls on the Special Operations Command, Pacific (SOCPAC), which is located at Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii. SOCPAC is the U.S. Commander-in-Chief, Pacific (USCINCPAC) executive agent for all demining operations and related activities such as mine awareness.
Us Southern Command: Special Forces Lead U.S. Demining Efforts In Central America, Cisr Journal
Us Southern Command: Special Forces Lead U.S. Demining Efforts In Central America, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
High in the rugged mountains of Honduras, along its border with Nicaragua, clouds envelope a thick forest as a small group of soldiers move on paths outlined in bright yellow plastic tape. At the end of a trail, a soldier moves slowly with a metal detector sweeping back and forth across the ground. The tic-tic-tic sound in his headset changes pitch to a tac-tac-tac. He concentrates on a small area next to a tree. The sound changes again to a solid, dull tone.
The Humanitarian Foundation Of People Against Landmines, Stiftung Menschen Gegen Minen, Colleen Pettit
The Humanitarian Foundation Of People Against Landmines, Stiftung Menschen Gegen Minen, Colleen Pettit
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Founded in January 1996, the Humanitarian Foundation of People against Landmines, or Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen (MGM), is Germany’s first Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) created specifically for humanitarian demining. Before the inception of MGM, Germans in need of demining aid turned chiefly to England (the HALO-trust and Mine Action Group) and Norway (Norwegian People’s Aid). Though a few German organizations have been involved in demining, they have focused on limited mined areas or on political campaign. MGM, in contrast, provides emergency demining aid; instructs and employs the local population in demining precautions and operations; and conducts research in demining operations.
An Interview With Colonel Lawrence Machabee, Usmc: A Retrospective View Of Humanitarian Demining At The Department Of State, Peter J. Hager
An Interview With Colonel Lawrence Machabee, Usmc: A Retrospective View Of Humanitarian Demining At The Department Of State, Peter J. Hager
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Despite the growing attention that humanitarian demining receives now worldwide, in 1994, when Col. Lawrence Machabee began his three-year stint as a Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of State Exchange Officer within the Department of State, humanitarian demining was "on no one's radar screen, at least politically" in the U.S. In FY 93, the U.S. government started demining programs in six countries and had allocated a total of $9 million to its demining efforts around the world. All this changed in January 1994 with the Department of State publication Hidden Killers. Col. Machabee was a central figure in the development of …
Dedication, Dennis Barlow
Dedication, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
I never saw Danaan Parry socially. I never saw him operate in the field. I only met him three times in the hurly-burly environment of the work-a-day Pentagon. Yet he made an impression on me that will drive me as long as I am privileged to work toward the elimination of landmines as a threat to innocents around the world.
White House Office Of Science And Technology Helps To Coordinate Demining Activities, Colleen Pettit
White House Office Of Science And Technology Helps To Coordinate Demining Activities, Colleen Pettit
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a member of the Interagency Working Group on Humanitarian Demining. As an overseer of this group of government and non-government agencies involved in demining, the OSTP helps to ensure that U.S. humanitarian demining research and development activities coordinate with relevant activities of the U.S. government and other demining organizations. OSTP additionally aids the execution of the Presidential policy to develop improved mine detection and clearing technology and to share the technology with the international humanitarian demining community. In both these roles, the OSTP works closely with the Department of …
The United Nations And Humanitarian Mine Action, Stephane Vigie
The United Nations And Humanitarian Mine Action, Stephane Vigie
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The international community has come to realize that only an integrated and holistic response to the issue of landmine contamination, and its multi-faceted humanitarian and socio-economic consequences, is capable of bringing real and lasting benefits to those who are to be considered at risk from these weapons. Indeed, such integrated mine action initiatives can not purely be limited to field based programmes in those countries where a humanitarian disaster has already occurred due to landmine contamination. The United Nations and other leading practitioners in the sector of mine action have long acknowledged that advocacy at the international level is also …
Quality Assurance For Civilian Mine And Munitions Clearance, Erik Lauritzen, Soren Gert Larsen
Quality Assurance For Civilian Mine And Munitions Clearance, Erik Lauritzen, Soren Gert Larsen
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Currently civilian mine-clearance operations are carried out according to military principles involving Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). SOPs, however, do not encompass quality assurance concepts, such as the ISO 9000 family, a set of standards developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO). These standards are typically used for civilian works.
The U.S. Department Of Defense And The Role Of The Journal Of Humanitarian Demining, Robert L. Cowles
The U.S. Department Of Defense And The Role Of The Journal Of Humanitarian Demining, Robert L. Cowles
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Department of Defense (DoD) Humanitarian Demining program would like to thank the staff at James Madison University's Humanitarian Demining Information Center (HDIC) for creating the inaugural issue of The Journal of Humanitarian Demining.
Of Bubbles, Burps, And Gaps, Joe Lokey
Of Bubbles, Burps, And Gaps, Joe Lokey
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
We all know the numbers. The challenge of humanitarian demining around the globe is overwhelming, heartbreaking, and seemingly hopeless. The effort nearly always requires more. When experienced people talk of demining shortfalls, you would expect that funding tops the list. No surprise–it does. But always near the top consistently, is good, reliable information. This should not surprise use.
Unexploded Ordnance (Uxo), Ordnance And Explosives (Oe), Or Chemical Agents (Ca) Functional Sub-Activity (Uofsa) Information Business Strategy, George Hoehl
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Currently, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clean-up community are supported by three locally developed and maintained systems. The Unexploded Ordnance Site Management Model (UXOSMM) is being maintained by the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division (EODTECHDIV). Ordnance Technical Management System (OTMS) is maintained by United States Army Engineer Division, Huntsville (USAEDH). In a functionally similar undertaking, landmine elimination in Host Nations is provided by the Humanitarian Demining Operations Geographic Information System (HDOGIS). HDOGIS is a Special Operations Command (SOCOM) automated tool currently used by host nation forces in Eritrea and Ethiopia. It was developed by the …
United Nations Assumes The Lead In Demining, David M. Ahearn
United Nations Assumes The Lead In Demining, David M. Ahearn
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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From 1000 To 100 Years In Solving The Humanitarian Demining Problem, J. Molitoris, A. Bottoms
From 1000 To 100 Years In Solving The Humanitarian Demining Problem, J. Molitoris, A. Bottoms
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This paper serves two purposes: (1) to introduce the Mine Warfare Association (MINWARA) and (2) to discuss how the Humanitarian Demining problem might be solved in less than a century. MINWARA is an international focal point for Mine Warfare (MIW), Mine CounterMeasures (MCM), and Humanitarian Demining (HMD).