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Ddasaccident073, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident073, Hd-Aid
Global CWD Repository
The victim worked as a medic attached to the Engineer Corps. At the scene of the accident there was a store of mines and ordnance for defence of the Zimbabwe border. Enemy troops had taken some of the mines and laid them on the Zimbabwean side. A soldier stepped on a mine and the victim went to the site and treated the casualty. As he and three others were lifting the casualty onto a stretcher, a second mine exploded. The victim believed the mine was beneath the casualty. He was not able to identify the mine as other than an …
Ddasaccident075, Hd-Aid
Ddasaccident075, Hd-Aid
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The victim was breaching the minefield from the Rhodesian side in order to retrieve sensitive equipment left on the other side by the Rhodesian Airforce. He was crouching down using an 18-inch ".303" bayonet to prod the ground in order to find safe places to put his feet. When he was 10-15m inside the minefield he prodded onto a R2M2 mine that exploded. The victim believed that rainwater had caused the mine to flip onto its side at right angles to its normal position.
Evaluation Of The Netherland's Financial Assistance For Humanitarian Demining Activities In 1996-2006 Bosnia Herzegovina, Russell Gasser, Jacqueline Dees, Ferko Ory
Evaluation Of The Netherland's Financial Assistance For Humanitarian Demining Activities In 1996-2006 Bosnia Herzegovina, Russell Gasser, Jacqueline Dees, Ferko Ory
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This report presents the findings of the evaluation mission conducted from 14-29 June 2007. Meetings were held with key stakeholders and field visits were made throughout the territory of BiH. Because the bulk of the Dutch money went to capacity-building, the evaluation team visitied six of the regional offices of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Centre (BHMAC) and meetings were held with the local staff. Additionally the team visited 5 sites cleared with Dutch money because, although clearance was only a minor part in the total funding of Humanitarian Mine Action in BiH.
Linking Mine Action To Development Programming, Handicap International Canada
Linking Mine Action To Development Programming, Handicap International Canada
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Summary Report of the Handicap International Canada Symposium on Linking Mine Action to Development Programming
Evaluation Of The Scope, Organization, Effectiveness And Approach Of The Work Of The United Nations In Mine Action, Enrique Roman-Morey, M. Mounir Zahran
Evaluation Of The Scope, Organization, Effectiveness And Approach Of The Work Of The United Nations In Mine Action, Enrique Roman-Morey, M. Mounir Zahran
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The objectives of the present evaluation are: to provide member States with an independent perspective on the performance of the United Nations in this area, and to inform the development of a new United Nations Inter-Agency Mine Action Strategy for the period 2011-2015. In carrying out the evaluation, the Inspectors looked into the approach, efficiency, effectiveness and coherence of the work of the United Nations in mine action, as set out in the United Nations Inter-Agency Mine Action Strategy for the period 2006-2010 (the Strategy), identified best practices and lessons learned and formulated recommendations with a view to strengthening the …
Evaluation Of The Unicef Mine Risk Education Programme In Bosnia Herzegovina 2007, Russell Gasser, Almedina Music
Evaluation Of The Unicef Mine Risk Education Programme In Bosnia Herzegovina 2007, Russell Gasser, Almedina Music
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Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is heavily contaminated with landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). There are also significant problems with small arms and light weapons (SALW), both in terms of vast unused stockpiles of weapons, ammunition and explosives - some of which is in very poor condition - and also illegal weapons ownership by an estimated 16% of the total population. A Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) in 2002-2003 revealed that about 4% of the land area and over 1300 communities were affected by mines and UXO. Clearance has been coordinated by the BiH Mine Action Centre (BHMAC) and …