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A Unique Sisterhood The African Women's Alliance For Mobilizing Action, Margaret S. Busé
A Unique Sisterhood The African Women's Alliance For Mobilizing Action, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Originally formed in 1997 as an advocate for African women's education. The African Women's Alliance for Mobilizing Action (AWAMA) quickly undertook the cause to support landmine victims and landmine removal. Working in the province of Zambezia in central Mozambique, Thelma Venichand, director of AWAMA, has no shortage of volunteers, and victims requiring assistance and integration. But, what AWAMA lacks is funding. Currently, their landmine-assistance programs and other support services are on hold till funding and financial aid for their project is received. They are hoping an organization and/or donor will step forward to coordinate efforts with them.
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program, Cisr Journal
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program, Cisr Journal
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Unicef, Cisr Journal
Unicef, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Founded in 1946, UNICEF advocates and works for the protection of children's rights, to help the young meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. The UNICEF Executive Board reaffirmed this mandate in January 1996, when it adopted a statement on the mission of UNICEF saying that UNICEF "is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children."
The Una-Usa Adopt-A-Minefield Program, Margaret S. Busé
The Una-Usa Adopt-A-Minefield Program, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) officially launched Adopt-A- Minefield in 1998, in partnership with the Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI). It was at that time that Adopt-A-Minefield received the first list of minefields available for adoption from the United Nations. This summer they will launch a comprehensive website on landmines and Adopt-A-Minefield at www.landmines.org. This extensive website will contain mine information, corresponding links; mine afflicted community profiles, maps, children's information, and more.
Norwegian People's Aid In Western Sahara: Mine Awareness In A Refugee Setting, Justin Brady
Norwegian People's Aid In Western Sahara: Mine Awareness In A Refugee Setting, Justin Brady
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In September 1997, Norwegian People's Aid began efforts to assist Saharawi refugees living in southwest Algeria to return safely to their country. While the mid-Seventies are best known for the exit of Portuguese colonization from the continent of Africa and the subsequent problems that arose, the exit of Spanish forces from the area of Western Sahara brought its own legacy of war, landmines and UXO. The war saw Morocco, Frente POLISARIO, the Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, and in the beginning Mauritania as well, battle for control of the former Spanish holding. The …
Peacetrees Vietnam's Uxo Clearance Training Mission To Quang Tri Province, Roger Hess
Peacetrees Vietnam's Uxo Clearance Training Mission To Quang Tri Province, Roger Hess
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The president of UXB International, Dr. Richmond Dugger, had offered to help out an NGO called PeaceTrees Vietnam with their efforts to clear land mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the former demilitarized zone between what was North & South Vietnam. We would conduct a training course for the Vietnamese with UXB International covering the wages and airfare of two senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) employees, and donate five Shonstedt ferrous ordnance detectors.
An Integrated Global Demining And Development Strategy, Bernd Hoffman
An Integrated Global Demining And Development Strategy, Bernd Hoffman
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) operates as a public service company. The development policy objective is to improve the survival chances of people in countries of the Southern and Eastern Hemisphere, and to stabilize their natural bases of existence. The most important financing organization of the GTZ is the German federal government, i.e. the Federal Ministry for Economic co-operation and Development (BMZ). Within the framework of the federal government’s guidelines and development policy objectives, the GTZ is responsible for the conception, planning and implementation of 2800 projects in 140 partner countries. In addition to federal ministries, the GTZ …
An Introduction To Uganda And The World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc., Ted Silver, Wanume Kale
An Introduction To Uganda And The World Rehabilitation Fund, Inc., Ted Silver, Wanume Kale
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
This paper will provide background information regarding the recent history and current political situation in Uganda. It will also introduce the reader to the activities of the World Rehabilitation Fund (WRF) in Uganda. WRF is an American private voluntary organization which has been active in assisting the country’s amputee population of some 20,000 individuals.
Interview With The Program Manager, Mr. Richard Todd, Of The United Nations (Un) Mine Action Center In Croatia., Dennis Barlow
Interview With The Program Manager, Mr. Richard Todd, Of The United Nations (Un) Mine Action Center In Croatia., Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
It is becoming increasingly evident that the functioning of a central coordinating facility is critical to the overall success of a humanitarian demining mission. These mine action centers (MAC) are now proving their worth in several countries. We felt it would be helpful if we highlighted the organization, function, and goals of selected MACs. We wish to point out however, that no one MAC design will be the answer to all mine action missions. Therefore, in this issue we decided to spotlight two very different, but very effective MACs to showcase effective methods, while at the same time illustrating differing …
Norwegian People's Aid Emphasizes Cooperation As Core Of Demining Efforts, Kirk St. Amant
Norwegian People's Aid Emphasizes Cooperation As Core Of Demining Efforts, Kirk St. Amant
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
One of the more prominent organizations currently working in the field of demining is Norwegian People's Aid (NPA). Founded in 1939 as a part of the Norwegian labor movement, the NPA has spent the past fifty years devoting its time and efforts to issues involving solidarity, unity, human dignity, peace, and freedom. By focusing on political freedom and social and economic justice, the NPA has become a leader in global human rights and the struggle to attain human dignity.
Peacetrees Vietnam, Colleen Pettit
Peacetrees Vietnam, Colleen Pettit
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PeaceTrees Vietnam is one of 21 international PeaceTrees projects organized since 1987 by the Earthstewards Network, an international organization based in Bainbridge, Washington. As the name implies, PeaceTrees projects have a twofold purpose: social and environmental healing. Specifically, PeaceTrees projects unite former enemies, such as the U. S. and Vietnam, as together they clear landmines and counter the environmental damage caused by landmines.
Interview With The Chief Advisor For Operations And Technical Matters To The Cambodian Mine Action Center, Lcol Chip Bowness, Canadian Military Engineers, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
It is becoming increasingly evident that the functioning of a central coordinating facility is critical to the overall success of a humanitarian demining mission. These mine action centers (MAC) are now proving their worth in several countries. We felt it would be helpful if we highlighted the organization, function, and goals of selected MACs. We wish to point out however, that no one MAC design will be the answer to all mine action missions. Therefore, in this issue we decided to spotlight two very different, but very effective MACs to showcase effective methods, while at the same time illustrating differing …
Profile Of Intersos Activity In Humanitarian Demining, Salvatore Camboni, Steffano Calabrett
Profile Of Intersos Activity In Humanitarian Demining, Salvatore Camboni, Steffano Calabrett
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
Us Central Command: Uscentcom Demining Program: 1998 And Beyond, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
The Countermine Training Support Center, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
Humanitarian Demining: Ten Years Of Lessons, Ronco Consulting Corporation
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
Us Southern Command: Special Forces Lead U.S. Demining Efforts In Central America, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
Anatomy Of A Program: Una-Usa Takes On Landmines, Melanie Velez, Bill Rigler
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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
Us Pacific Command: Pacom Demining, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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.