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The International Committee Of The Red Cross Mine/Uxo Awareness Programs, Laurence Desvignes
The International Committee Of The Red Cross Mine/Uxo Awareness Programs, Laurence Desvignes
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Many current mine awareness strategies continue to use a “presentation approach,” in which the community remains passive and simply receives information. For organizations using such an approach, mine awareness amounts to a simple public information campaign isolated from other kinds of mine action and humanitarian activities. With the aim of addressing the threat of mines and UXO more effectively, the ICRC has adopted another approach. First, the ICRC gathers relevant information on local needs, which can be used to devise an appropriate mine/UXO awareness strategy. Next, the ICRC involves mine-contaminated communities in the mine awareness process. The ICRC also cooperates …
Wwii Ordnance Still Haunts Europe And The Asia-Pacific Rim, Margaret S. Busé
Wwii Ordnance Still Haunts Europe And The Asia-Pacific Rim, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Explosives and mines from WWI and WWII still turn up on European and Asian construction sites, backyard gardens, beaches, wildlife preserves and former military training ground. For most countries, these discoveries are not isolated incidents but are the result of hastily cleared ammunition dumps, training ground, bombings and mine fields from these wars. In the United Kingdom, over 20 percent of the entire landmass has, at one time, been used for military training. This military training has resulted in uncovered ordnance that dates from cannon and musket balls to modern weapons. Many of the older U.K. ranges can contain an …