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Mag: Mine Clearance In Lebanon, Sean Sutton
Mag: Mine Clearance In Lebanon, Sean Sutton
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Mines, cluster submunitions, and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination plague Lebanon as a result of a 15-year civil war ending in 1990, two Israeli invasions in 1978 and 1982, and the July–August conflict with Israel in 2006. The Lebanon Mine Action Centre (LMAC) identified 2,598 mined areas covering 191,000,000 sq m of land. Following non-technical survey (NTS) and clearance operations, there is an estimated 30,316,080 sq m of suspected hazardous area remaining. Although some cluster munition contamination remains from the 1982 conflicts, much of the contamination is the result of the 2006 conflict with Israel, during which nearly four million cluster …
Solutions For Increasing Physical Accessibility, Capacity Building And Psychological Support In Tajikistan, Reykhan Muminova
Solutions For Increasing Physical Accessibility, Capacity Building And Psychological Support In Tajikistan, Reykhan Muminova
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In order to fulfill requirements of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, modified the architecture of three public buildings and implemented a new psychological training process for medical centers in the area to provide awareness about disability rights and increase provision of psychological aid. The desired end goal is that advocacy will allow for increased public acceptance and understanding of disability while moving Tajikistan toward signing the CRPD.
Project Renew’S Prosthetics And Orthotics Mobile Outreach Program, Dang Quang Toan
Project Renew’S Prosthetics And Orthotics Mobile Outreach Program, Dang Quang Toan
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Project RENEW established a mobile outreach program to provide prostheses, orthotics and education to explosive remnants of war survivors in the remote communities of Vietnam.
Landmines In Croatia Pose Threat To Incoming Refugees, News Brief
Landmines In Croatia Pose Threat To Incoming Refugees, News Brief
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After Hungary formally closed its border with Serbia on 15 September 2015, refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East, Central Asia and Northern Africa have turned next to Croatia as a gateway to reach countries such as Sweden and Germany. The influx of refugees traversing the areas near the Croatia-Serbia border has raised concerns that refugees will encounter residual landmine contamination in Croatia as they make their way to Slovenia and Hungary. The contamination dates back to the four-year conflict which followed the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia from 1991 to 1995. The Croatian Mine Action Centre (CROMAC) estimates that …
Integrating Mre Into Humanitarian Responses In Iraq, Tammy Hall
Integrating Mre Into Humanitarian Responses In Iraq, Tammy Hall
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
As a result of conflict in Iraq, the safety and well-being of millions of refugees and internally displaced persons is at stake due to explosive remnants of war (ERW). In order to mitigate that threat, the Danish Refugee Council enlisted the help of the Danish Demining Group to incorporate mine and ERW risk education into existing humanitarian efforts in Iraq.
Remote Risk Education In Syria, Nikolaj Søndergaard
Remote Risk Education In Syria, Nikolaj Søndergaard
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Unable to be physically present in Syria due to ongoing conflict, DanChurchAid (DCA) is collaborating with a network of journalists and activists in order to assess the need for risk education in the country. By framing its risk education curriculum and strategies around this information, DCA’s mine action initiatives are tailor-fit for the hard-to-reach populations of war-ravaged Syria.
Risk Education In Northern Jordan, Lindsay Aldrich, Suzanne Fiederlein, Jessica Rosati
Risk Education In Northern Jordan, Lindsay Aldrich, Suzanne Fiederlein, Jessica Rosati
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In 2013 and 2014, the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery at James Madison University led a project funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) to provide explosive remnants of war risk education to Syrian refugees living in urban areas of northern Jordan. At the time, it was unclear whether the hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing the civil conflict and seeking refuge in neighboring countries would be able to return home in the near future, but there was still significant hope this would happen.
Providing Integrated Peer-Support Assistance To Landmine Survivors, Amir Mujanovic
Providing Integrated Peer-Support Assistance To Landmine Survivors, Amir Mujanovic
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Landmine Survivors Initiatives implemented a three-pronged, peer-support assistance system to meet landmine survivors’ needs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This practice is the combination of an approach and methodology to provide integrated assistance to landmine survivors.
Caught In The Crossfire: Challenges To Providing Victim Assistance In Colombia, Michelle Miller
Caught In The Crossfire: Challenges To Providing Victim Assistance In Colombia, Michelle Miller
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Due to ongoing civil conflict, many Colombian civilians experience both financial and physical harm, but those living in rural areas have limited or no access to much-needed medical and economic assistance. In conjunction with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, as well as multi-national corporations, the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development assesses the needs of and provides rehabilitative services to residents in these remote areas.
Evolution Of Disability Rights In Iraq, Ken Rutherford, Megan Hinton
Evolution Of Disability Rights In Iraq, Ken Rutherford, Megan Hinton
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Due to the many years of conflict in Iraq, landmines and explosive remnants of war resulted in a large population of persons with disabilities. People with disabilities in Iraq lack adequate housing, medical care, educational opportunities and legislation protecting their rights. Now is the time to create the legal framework protecting the rights of persons with disabilities.
Humanitarian Mine Action In Afghanistan: A History, Ian Mansfield
Humanitarian Mine Action In Afghanistan: A History, Ian Mansfield
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
After a decade of Soviet occupation in Afghanistan and the resulting internal conflict, the removal of explosive remnants of war (ERW) became a complicated issue. Systematic clearance of ERW was difficult to establish due to the volatile security situation and an inability to regulate clearance work. However, due to collaboration between the United Nations and Afghan nongovernmental organizations, mine clearance operations were successfully established in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Roots Of Peace: Cluster Munitions To Crops, Tucker Kuhn, Heidi Kuhn
Roots Of Peace: Cluster Munitions To Crops, Tucker Kuhn, Heidi Kuhn
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
By facilitating the removal of explosive remnants of war in rural Vietnam, Roots of Peace (ROP) aims to restore contaminated farmland to a safe, productive state. ROP encourages economic empowerment by training farmers in the production of cash crops, such as black pepper and taro.
Effectiveness Of Gis In Mine Action, Hansie Heymans, Arie Claassens
Effectiveness Of Gis In Mine Action, Hansie Heymans, Arie Claassens
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
According to a survey conducted by Geometric Solutions, Ltd., the usage of a geographic information system (GIS) stands to benefit the mine action community within the context of strategic planning and operational decision-making. Furthermore, web-based GIS can provide mobile spatial data for operations and lead to an overall improvement of mine action operations.
Collaborative Ordnance Data Repository (Cord), Dionysia Kontotasiou, Olivier Cottray
Collaborative Ordnance Data Repository (Cord), Dionysia Kontotasiou, Olivier Cottray
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Until recently, the mine action and broader humanitarian disarmament community have relied on ORDATA for ordnance information. However, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, James Madison University and software-development company Ripple Design developed a novel aid to using ORDATA: the Collaborative ORDnance data repository (CORD). Representing a significant update to the data set, CORD is an ordnance-identification system featuring Web 2.0 concepts that allow individual users to contribute updates to the data.
Landmine Detonates On South Korean Side Of Demilitarized Zone, News Brief
Landmine Detonates On South Korean Side Of Demilitarized Zone, News Brief
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Tensions between North Korea and South Korea rose as a result of the first major exchange of artillery fire in five years. On 4 August 2015, a landmine severely wounded two South Korean staff sergeants patrolling the DMZ.Officials from Seoul accused North Korea of planting three mines near the guard post on the south side of the DMZ, 440 meters (481 yards) away from the demarcation line; officials from Pyongyang denied these accusations. The explosives found were placed in wooden boxes, not unlike mines previously used by North Korea.
The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 19.2 (2015), Cisr Journal
The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 19.2 (2015), Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Focus on Colombia | Risk Education | Notes from the Field | Research and Development
Mine Action In Myanmar, Roger Fasth, Pascal Simon
Mine Action In Myanmar, Roger Fasth, Pascal Simon
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In two Myanmar states, Danish Demining Group and Danish Refugee Council recently conducted a landmine victims survey that helped to document the epidemiology of landmine accidents and the situation of landmine victims more efficiently as well as recommend improved services to landmine survivors and persons with disabilities.
Counting The Uncountable: Measuring The Benefits Of Mre, Robert Keeley
Counting The Uncountable: Measuring The Benefits Of Mre, Robert Keeley
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The aim of this article is to propose concepts that define MRE in terms of its outcomes and beneficiaries and to open a discussion on developing a means that may then be useful in measuring the efficacy of MRE. This article defines efficacy as the ability to produce a desired or intended result.
National Capacities And Residual Contamination | Mali, Gichd
National Capacities And Residual Contamination | Mali, Gichd
Global CWD Repository
This case study forms part of a broader GICHD study on national capacities and residual contamination and is based on both desk-top research and findings from a GICHD mission to Mali in March 2014. The purpose of the report is to document Mali’s experience of developing national clearance capacities to address residual contamination and to identify and present good practices and lessons learnt.
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2015, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2015, Itf-Enhancy Human Security
Global CWD Repository
The mission of ITF is to enhance safety as well as to enable the recovery and development of conflict affected countries by addressing the immediate and long-term impact of mine/ERW and other hazards following armed violence. A human security approach is applied to all of ITF’s interventions as it provides a dynamic and practical policy framework for addressing widespread and crosscutting threats. This human security approach supports the linkages between humanitarian mine action and surplus arms reduction, as well as the nexus between security and development. It also upholds the development of essential preconditions, capabilities and capacities that pave the …