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Surplus Sa/Lw Destruction Project In Mauritania, Phillipe Houliat
Surplus Sa/Lw Destruction Project In Mauritania, Phillipe Houliat
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Handicap International, in partnership with the NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund for Mauritania, implemented a multiphase ammunition and conventional weapons destruction project to help the Mauritanian government achieve its security objectives and reduce the risk of unplanned explosions.
Building Capacity To Clear Erw In Georgia, Gvantsa Kvinikadze
Building Capacity To Clear Erw In Georgia, Gvantsa Kvinikadze
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
From October 2010 to September 2012, NATO’s Georgia Explosive Remnants of War and Medical Rehabilitation Partnership for Peace project provided extensive explosive ordnance disposal training to the Georgian Military Engineering Brigade and supplied needed medical rehabilitation equipment to Gori Military Hospital.
The Saloglu Project, Perviz Gidayev
The Saloglu Project, Perviz Gidayev
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Azerbaijan and the subsequent destruction of an Azeri ammunition warehouse, a large portion of the southern region was contaminated by unexploded ordnance. Following an incorrect initial estimate and the obstacle of lack of funds, the Saloglu Project, a partnership among NATO, its Maintenance and Supply Agency, and the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action, was undertaken to clear the UXO. There is still work to be done, but much has already been accomplished.
Nato-Sponsored Project Reduces Massive Mine Stockpile Across Eastern Ukraine, Kevin Dansereau
Nato-Sponsored Project Reduces Massive Mine Stockpile Across Eastern Ukraine, Kevin Dansereau
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Ukraine recently destroyed 400,000 landmines in its effort to reduce the millions of landmines stockpiled within its boundaries. The following article discusses the destruction project, which began in 2002 and was sponsored by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as part of the Partnership for Peace Program (PfP) and involved Ukrainians destroying and recycling mines into children’s toys.
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.