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Profile Of Intersos Activity In Humanitarian Demining, Salvatore Camboni, Steffano Calabrett Oct 1998

Profile Of Intersos Activity In Humanitarian Demining, Salvatore Camboni, Steffano Calabrett

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InterSOS is an Italian-based Humanitarian Non-profit Organization working in emergency aid in several countries of the world in cF1048ritical situations, such as Bosnia, Angola, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Albania, in collaboration with specialized UN Agencies, the European Union and the Italian Government.


Us Central Command: Uscentcom Demining Program: 1998 And Beyond, Cisr Journal Jun 1998

Us Central Command: Uscentcom Demining Program: 1998 And Beyond, Cisr Journal

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The USCENTCOM Humanitarian Demining (HD) Program has recently undergone a dramatic change in direction. This article will describe our old program, our new program, and our expected future.


The Countermine Training Support Center, Dennis Barlow Jun 1998

The Countermine Training Support Center, Dennis Barlow

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The U.S. Army Engineer School established the Countermine Training Support Center (CTSC) at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, in April, 1996. In the short amount of time in which it has been functioning, CTSC has carved out several unique and important roles relevant to humanitarian demining and is initiating activities that will be of great interest and value to the demining community. The new roles and enlargement of the mission that have occurred at the CTSC are in direct response to U.S. government policy guidelines that call for the expansion of humanitarian demining program. Activities underway–and planned–promise to aid in the …


Humanitarian Demining: Ten Years Of Lessons, Ronco Consulting Corporation Jun 1998

Humanitarian Demining: Ten Years Of Lessons, Ronco Consulting Corporation

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RONCO is an international professional services firm that provides public and private sector clients with advisory, training, implementation, and management assistance. Founded in 1974, the firm has worked in developing countries on over 300 development projects. RONCO has been involved extensively in humanitarian demining for over ten years and has no relationship of any kind with the ordnance manufacturing industry or its distributors. The company's business is sustainable development.


Us Southern Command: Special Forces Lead U.S. Demining Efforts In Central America, Cisr Journal Jun 1998

Us Southern Command: Special Forces Lead U.S. Demining Efforts In Central America, Cisr Journal

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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.


Anatomy Of A Program: Una-Usa Takes On Landmines, Melanie Velez, Bill Rigler Jun 1998

Anatomy Of A Program: Una-Usa Takes On Landmines, Melanie Velez, Bill Rigler

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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 Jun 1998

Us Pacific Command: Pacom Demining, Cisr Journal

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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.