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Knights In Armored Vehicles: The Halo Trust In The Caucasus, Richard Boulter
Knights In Armored Vehicles: The Halo Trust In The Caucasus, Richard Boulter
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The demise of the Soviet Union and the resultant rush to establish claims over disputed areas and to assert ethnic identity led to a widespread call to arms. Nowhere was this more the case than in the Caucasus. T he former southern Caucasian "soviets" of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia have all asserted their independence from Russia and all have witnessed bloodshed resulting from inter-ethnic fighting. In the north Caucasus there has been fighting in Dagestan, lngushetia, North Ossetia and most notably in Chechnya. The virtual abandonment of former weapons stockpiles accompanied by some very definite mischief by the departing Russian …
The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 4.1 (2000), Cisr Journal
The Journal Of Mine Action Issue 4.1 (2000), Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Landmines in Europe and the Caucasus
Adopt A Minefield, Cisr Journal
Adopt A Minefield, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Adopt a Minefield Campaign engages individuals, community groups, and businesses in the United Nations effort to remove landmines around the world. The campaign helps to save lives by raising funds to clear mine fields and by raising awareness about the global landmine crisis.
The Ambitious Challenge Of Adopting A Mine Field, Larry Levine
The Ambitious Challenge Of Adopting A Mine Field, Larry Levine
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Dropci is a tiny, devastated, and currently empty community of family farmers in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the border with Croatia. Its people are still refugees from the war, as the land is strewn with landmines, booby traps and unexploded ordnance. Monterey County, Calif., is known as the "Salad Bowl of the World" for its agricultural abundance, the "Golfing Capital of the World," and the site of the spectacular Big Sur coastline. Dropci and Monterey County are worlds apart. What is the cord that binds these two communities? The Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign, a program coordinated by the United Nations Association …
Slovenia, Country Profile
Slovenia, Country Profile
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Republic of Slovenia is a Central European country about the size of New Jersey, with a population of two million inhabitants. After World War I, Austria-Hungary disintegrated and Slovenia joined the new state, the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The people of Slovenia voted for independence and sovereignty at a national referendum held on Dec. 23, 1990, and on June 26, 1991, the Republic of Slovenia proclaimed its independence.
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2000, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2000, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
Global CWD Repository
ITF Annual Report 2000
The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr
The Role Of Civil Affairs In Mine Action, Cisr
Global CWD Repository
This study, “The Role of Civil Affairs in Mine Action,” is not intended to be read from cover to cover by most users. It has been researched and written with three target audiences in mind: 1) the Mine Action official who would like to learn more about the application of Civil Affairs capabilities to humanitarian demining activities, 2) the Civil Affairs officer who would like to learn more about challenges and actions within the realm of humanitarian demining operations, and 3) US military officials who have a responsibility for, or an interest in, the proper unit design and uses of …