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Mine Risk Education: The Effective Way To Save Lives, Musa Jalalov, Vagif Sadigov
Mine Risk Education: The Effective Way To Save Lives, Musa Jalalov, Vagif Sadigov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In March 2000, the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) assumed responsibility of the Mine Risk Education (MRE) Program implemented by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during 1997–1999. Through training mine risk educators and implementing an MRE program in affected communities and for refugees, ANAMA is hoping to reduce the number of incidents in Azerbaijan.
Priority Setting For Mine Action, Lutful Kabir, Emil M. Hasanov
Priority Setting For Mine Action, Lutful Kabir, Emil M. Hasanov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Due to a lack of resources to enable all mine-affected communities to be cleared, countries must prioritize mine action activities. The following article addresses prioritization and suggests a new model to help improve the process.
Anama Supports Mine Survivor Activities In Azerbaijan, Rauf Mamedov
Anama Supports Mine Survivor Activities In Azerbaijan, Rauf Mamedov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Rauf Mamedov, Mine Victim Support Officer of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), conducted a survey during the week of 11–22 August 2003 on the needs and life conditions of the mine/UXO survivors in the Fizuli district of Azerbaijan based on a methodology that he developed. The study was considered a pilot project for future surveys. The results of Mamedov’s pilot project in August will provide ANAMA with additional knowledge of survey and analysis techniques in preparation for another nationwide survey to identify the concerns, needs and locations of mine/UXO survivors envisaged to be undertaken sometime around the …
Mine Victim Assistance As A Part Of Strengthening The Health Sector In Azerbaijan, Rauf Mamedov, Aziz Aliyev
Mine Victim Assistance As A Part Of Strengthening The Health Sector In Azerbaijan, Rauf Mamedov, Aziz Aliyev
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In July 1998, following consultation with its UN partners, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), acting in its capacity as a focal point for all mine-related activities within the UN system, offered to field a multidisciplinary inter-agency mission to assess the requirement for further UN assistance in Azerbaijan. The mission found a serious dearth of recorded data concerning mine/UXO casualties. Even agencies dealing directly with mine victims, such as hospitals and prosthetic centers, have no mechanisms to disaggregate data on mine/UXO victims from other war-related injuries.
Azerbaijan Mine Action Program: The Information Leverage, Aziz Aliyev
Azerbaijan Mine Action Program: The Information Leverage, Aziz Aliyev
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The effective and steady working partnership between the Information Department of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) and the Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has enabled the development of the Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA). The following article outlines the relationship between ANAMA and GICHD and their joint success.
Saloglu Project: Process Launched, Shirin Rzayeva
Saloglu Project: Process Launched, Shirin Rzayeva
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On April 28, 2003, at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Headquarters in Brussels, the presentation of a project on clearance and destruction of pieces of UXO on the territory of a former Soviet military warehouse near Saloglu village in Azerbaijan took place. The presentation was part of the Regular Meeting of Political Military Steering Committee of NATO’s Partnership for Peace (PfP) Program. The project has been approved and the “green light” has been given for the fundraising process and subsequent implementation of the Saloglu Project to begin.
Use Of Landmines In Azerbaijan And Its Consequences, Hafiz Safikhanov
Use Of Landmines In Azerbaijan And Its Consequences, Hafiz Safikhanov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenian over the last decade featured the widespread use of landmines. While the Journal of Mine Action does not take a position on which nation opened hostilities or first employed landmines against the other, the author of the following article lays out his interpretation of the major events of the conflict as well as the possibility of both countries banning landmines in the near future.