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Faces Of Mine Action: Aepd’S Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong, Cisr Journal
Faces Of Mine Action: Aepd’S Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hong has a personal connection to her work at the Association for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (AEPD).
Faces Of Mine Action: Osce’S Azamjon Salokhov, Cisr Journal
Faces Of Mine Action: Osce’S Azamjon Salokhov, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
With almost 10 years of mine action experience, Azamjon Salokhov has an impressive resume in mine risk education and developing mine action programs in his home country of Tajikistan.
Faces Of Mine Action: Ammco’S Ermira Keraj, Cisr Journal
Faces Of Mine Action: Ammco’S Ermira Keraj, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Ermira Keraj lives in the Kukes district of Albania, a region that until recently had the most landmine contamination in the country. Keraj became involved in mine action to make her country, especially her home district, a safer place to live.
Faces Of Mine Action: Tran Hong Chi Addressing The Legacy Of Uxo In Vietnam, Cisr Journal
Faces Of Mine Action: Tran Hong Chi Addressing The Legacy Of Uxo In Vietnam, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Tran Hong Chi grew up amid Vietnam’s unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination. Now as an adult, Chi works as a program coordinator for Clear Path International, which provides medical and rehabilitative assistance to survivors of UXO incidents.
Assessment Of Vietnam’S National Mine Action Program, Ted Paterson, Thao Griffiths
Assessment Of Vietnam’S National Mine Action Program, Ted Paterson, Thao Griffiths
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
A December 2012 assessment conducted by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation found that despite Vietnam’s well-received mine action program reform efforts, various factors, including economic and bureaucratic challenges, continue hindering progress.
The Regional Center For Divers Training And Underwater Demining, Veselin Mijajlovic
The Regional Center For Divers Training And Underwater Demining, Veselin Mijajlovic
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Regional Center for Divers Training and Underwater Demining (RCUD) in Bijela, Montenegro, trains divers from around the world to properly handle and dismantle weapons located underwater. Since the organization’s creation in 2002, it has removed more than 120 tons of explosive material.
Geneva Call Launches First Ansa Database, News Brief
Geneva Call Launches First Ansa Database, News Brief
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In November 2012 Geneva Call launched "Their Words,” an information database. The database provides published commitments and internal rules and regulations of armed non-state actors.
Catholic Relief Services Develops Mre Materials, Ta Thi Hai Yen
Catholic Relief Services Develops Mre Materials, Ta Thi Hai Yen
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This article presents state-of-the-art unexploded ordnance detection and classification, including examples from recent field-demonstration studies. After reviewing sensor technologies, with a focus on magnetic and electromagnetic systems, the authors discuss advanced processing techniques that allow for reliable discrimination between hazardous ordnance and harmless metallic clutter. Finally, the article shows results from a large-scale field demonstration conducted in 2011. In this case study, electromagnetic data acquired with an advanced sensor is used to identify ordnance at the site, reducing the number of excavations required with conventional metal detectors by 85%.