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Assessment Of Post Demining Impact Assessment For The Mine Action Coordination Center Of Afghanistan, Sippi Azerbaijani-Moghaddam

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In May 2007, after training Landmine Impact Assessment Teams (LIATs) for the job, Mine Action Center Afghanistan (MACA) started to conduct PDIA. LIATs perform their duties conscientiously and are generally more comfortable with the figures and calculations involved in economic analysis related to demining rather than the slightly more nebulous aspects related to the ‘people'‐end of activities and social impact assessment. Foremost among the latter would be the relatively unexplored aspects of how mines affect the intimate relations between people and the landscape in predominantly rural or agrarian communities. According to the LIATs basic comparison between forms exploring the pre‐ …

Ddasaccident716, Hd-Aid

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[The Victim] was working in one of the closest lanes to MDU, therefore, he also stopped the operations and wanted to keep safety distance with operating machine, he crossed the boundary of minefield and entered to a suspected area, he stepped on a mine there, and the accident happened. The consequences of this accident were traumatic amputation of left leg plus some superficial injuries on right leg and right hand fingers of deminer.

February 23, 2009, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Ddasaccident608, Hd-Aid

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According to the preliminary investigation the incident is caused due to a pressure applied to the mine from the heavy RAKE (the excavation tool) used by the deminer and the deminer didn’t expect to find a mine in that spot with that depth and may like accident could be avoided by using the metal detector to locate the non visible mine before using the standard RAKE drill.

Ddasaccident602, Hd-Aid

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While the deminer trying to recover an AP M14 mine using the heavy RAKE he applied a pressure in the pressure plate of a non visible M14 which in turn activated that mine in a depth of about 5-7 cm

Ddasaccident781, Hd-Aid

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On 20 January 2009 while de-miner [the Victim] was working in his clearance lane excavating a detected signal, his bayonet stroked the top of a PMN mine and caused it to explode. According to the investigation report the de-miner has not maintained and considered the default clearance depth during the excavation and used his bayonet carelessly, therefore, caused the accident. Unfortunately the victim was not fully dressed with PPE and his visor was up during the accident. Thus he has got several injuries on his face, legs and different parts of his body.

Ddasaccident727, Hd-Aid

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On 19 January 2009 at 10:15 10 hours while [the Victim] was busy in excavating a detected signal, the explosion occurred due to PMN mine and caused the accident. Unfortunately as he was not fully dressed with PPE, therefore, he has got severe injuries on his face and lost his both eyes and some minor injuries on his hand and leg. According to the investigation report, it seems that he was working with pick instead of standard excavation tool and started excavation directly from the centre of the signal.

Ddasaccident739, Hd-Aid

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A cluster bomb left over from the Israel-Hizbullah war in 2006 wounded a member of the demining team [Demining group] in south Lebanon on Friday. The National News Agency said [the Victim], 26, was wounded when the bomb exploded near the southern Lebanese town of Arabsaleem

Ddasaccident647, Hd-Aid

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According to the preliminary investigation the incident is caused due to a pressure applied to the mine from the heavy RAKE (the excavation tool) used by the deminer and the deminer didn’t expect to find a mine in that spot with that depth and may like accident could be avoided by using the metal detector to locate the non visible mine before using the standard RAKE drill.

Ddasaccident617, Hd-Aid

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According to the preliminary investigation the incident is caused due to a pressure applied to the mine from the heavy RAKE (the excavation tool) used by the deminer and the deminer didn’t expect to find a mine in that spot with that depth and may like accident could be avoided by using the metal detector to locate the non visible mine before using the standard RAKE drill.

Consolidating Post Conflict Development: Unexploded Ordnance And The Legacy Of The Conflict In Laos, Kearrin Sims

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Over thirty-four years since the 1960-1975 Second Indochina War, Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) continues to inhibit a multitude of development priorities in Laos. One of only three remaining Least Developed Countries in Southeast Asia, greater understanding of the socio-economic effects of UXO is crucial to the development of Laos. Drawing on three weeks of field work in June 2009, primarily composed of semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation and literature analysis, this thesis examines the effects of UXO alongside an analysis of how existing responses to UXO contamination in Laos may be improved.

Furthermore, it is argued in this thesis that discrepancies over …

National Strategic Plan For The Uxo Sector In The Lao People's Democratic Republic 2010-2020 "The Safe Path Forward Ii", Lao People's Democratic Republic

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This strategy aims to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the other development objectives captured in the NSEDP in accordance with the principles of the Vientiane Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. It also aims to guide the implementation of several important international conventions and declarations, including:

1. The Convention on Cluster Munitions

2. The Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

3. The UNESCAP Declaration on the Decade of the Disabled

Unmas 2008 Annual Report, Unmas

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In 2008, mine action operations supported by UNMAS enabled hundreds of thousands of people and local communities to resume normal lives and reclaim their livelihoods by regaining access to previously contaminated lands. The clearance of thousands of kilometres of mined roads and essential infrastructure has contributed to the protection and empowerment of men, women, girls and boys in the nine countries or territories where UNMAS operates and in other countries and territories supported by UNMAS. One of the more remarkable achievements of the year was the clearance of 84,000 anti-personnel mines in Afghanistan, which is more than double the average …

Ddasaccident696, Hd-Aid

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The investigation team concluded that the contributing factor to this accident was carelessness of deminer in terms of started excavation on the top of the detected signal, and poor command and control by acting team leader.

Ddasaccident660, Hd-Aid

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The primary and secondary causes of this accident are listed as Other because the accident summary lacks enough detail to infer anything useful about the events surrounding the accident.

Ddasaccident637, Hd-Aid

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The incident involved [the Victim] detonating an anti-personnel mine whilst excavating a contact. The investigation report is to be submitted by 18 December 2008. In the event that the completed report is not able to be submitted on the date indicated an interim report outlining progress with the investigation and the reason for the delay is to be submitted on that date and further interim reports provided every (two) days until the completed investigation report is submitted.

December 4, 2008, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Ddasaccident607, Hd-Aid

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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Inadequate training because it seems that the Victim started excavating on top of the mine. He may not have known how to pinpoint the detector reading appropriately, or may not have been instructed in safe excavation techniques. The secondary cause is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators found that the field supervisors did not give appropriate information about the task site and did not correct his errors.

Ddasaccident770, Hd-Aid

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On 30 December 2008 deminer de- miner [the Victim] was busy in excavation of a detected signal in his clearance lane, his scraper touched on the top of a mine and caused it to explode.

November 10, 2008, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Ddasaccident634, Hd-Aid

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The accident occurred because of carelessness of the deminer as he used chisel directly on the detected signal instead of [Demining group] standard excavating tool (scraper). The poor command and control is another contributing factor for this accident as he was not stopped by command group.

Ddasaccident635, Hd-Aid

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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the Victim was a field supervisor who acted in breach of basic safety requirements by poking a mine with a stick, apparently as a joke. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because the demining group’s managers are responsible for the selection and training of appropriately responsible field supervisors.

November 6, 2008, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Ddasaccident619, Hd-Aid

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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Victim Inattention because the investigators imply that the Victim deliberately walked into the uncleared area. The secondary cause is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the field supervisors did nothing to prevent him doing so.

Ddasaccident612, Hd-Aid

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The primary cause of this accident is listed as Inadequate training because the investigators found that the Victim did not know how to excavate safely. The secondary cause is listed as a Management Control Inadequacy because it is a management responsibility to ensure that all deminers are appropriately trained.

Ddasaccident803, Hd-Aid

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The accident occurred in a hazardous area high in the mountains. The demining group involved was searching the area with two mine dog teams and collecting discovered devices, moving them to a collection area. When the field supervisors went to count the discovered mines, the last collected item exploded, resulting in minor injuries to both supervisors.

Ddasaccident605, Hd-Aid

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The primary cause of this accident is listed as a Field Control Inadequacy because the investigators concluded that there was poor command and control. The injury spread, including forehead and body, implies that PPE was not being worn at the time. The secondary cause is listed as Inadequate training because it seems that the deminer either did not know how to pinpoint a detector reading adequately or did not understand the risks of digging directly on top of the place where the detector signalled.

Linking Mine Action And Development | Humanitarian And Development Ngos, Gichd

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Mine action programmes often are not linked early and strongly enough with key development actors. Despite the availability of extensive research documenting the need for greater coordination between mine action and development organisations, concrete guidance for practitioners and policy-makers on how to link mine action with development has been lacking. In response, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Development has published guidelines on how to ensure mine action promotes development in mine-affected countries. More specifically, the guidelines seek to:

• Increase awareness that landmines and other remnants of conflict block development in many affected countries

• Strengthen coordination between mine action and …

Ddasaccident700, Hd-Aid

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As it was a difficult task for the clearance, and required extra attention and care of command group and deminers themselves, thus the carelessness of deminer was the main contributing factor to this accident. The consequence of this accident is a slight injury to the finger of deminer which indicates that he was fully dressed with PPE.

Ddasaccident694, Hd-Aid

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Carelessness of deminer and poor supervision in terms of not conducted QC, caused the accident, and happened.