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Mine Action Support Group Update, Stacy Davis
Mine Action Support Group Update, Stacy Davis
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The following article highlights the recent activities of the Mine Action Support Group from the first quarterly U.N. newsletter of 2006, including updates on the United Nations Mine Action Service, the United Nations Development Programme and UNICEF.
Decade Of Service: The Maic Is 10!, Dennis Barlow
Decade Of Service: The Maic Is 10!, Dennis Barlow
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The James Madison University Mine Action Information Center is celebrating 10 years of service to the mine action community. Director Dennis Barlow looks back on 10 years of accomplishments.
Ronco's Response To Explosive Remnants Of War In Post-Conflict Environments, Stacy L. Smith
Ronco's Response To Explosive Remnants Of War In Post-Conflict Environments, Stacy L. Smith
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
RONCO’s technical experts are dedicated to eliminating threats created by landmines and explosive remnants of war. Part of RONCO’s disposal process is creating local demining capacities in their host countries. As part of a quick response, RONCO has most recently added mine-action programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, creating a specialized explosive ordnance- disposal capacity in Afghanistan and establishing a bomb-disposal training school in Iraq.
Mines Awareness Trust In Eastern Africa, Nigel Howard
Mines Awareness Trust In Eastern Africa, Nigel Howard
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Mines Awareness Trust has been involved in many mine-action programmes that are aiding the mine-clearance process and improving the way of life for the people of eastern Africa. MAT has performed needs assessments in Uganda and has supervised the Ugandan Army. It has also developed a partnership with the International Mine Action Training Centre, which resulted in a state-of-the-art mine-detection dog training facility in Kenya. MAT’s collaboration with and assistance to eastern African organisations has put the area on the path to becoming mine safe.
Tajikistan Mine Action Programme, Jonmahmad Rajabov
Tajikistan Mine Action Programme, Jonmahmad Rajabov
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Tajikistan Mine Action Centre is responsible for all mine-action-related programs in the country. The author details Tajikistan’s landmine problems and provides a report on TMAC’s progress in various aspects of mine action as well as its goals for future mine-related operations.
A Firm Foothold: Ronco Operations In Sudan, John Lundberg
A Firm Foothold: Ronco Operations In Sudan, John Lundberg
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Over the past four years, RONCO has established a continuing presence in Sudan, following the Nuba Mountains ceasefire, with the deployment of quick-response teams to conduct emergency mine-clearance tasks. Currently, RONCO is creating and sustaining an indigenous mine-clearance, survey and disposal capacity in southern Sudan on behalf of the United Nations. In addition to the threat of extensively mined roads and infrastructure, RONCO had to overcome a number of obstacles, including inclement weather, disease and an increasing security threat due to rebel activity. Sudan’s austere and hostile conditions are not dissimilar to those RONCO experienced in Afghanistan and Iraq, but …
Ethiopian Mine Action Office: Tackling Landmine Problems In Ethiopia, Zewdu Derebe
Ethiopian Mine Action Office: Tackling Landmine Problems In Ethiopia, Zewdu Derebe
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Ethiopia’s landmine/unexploded ordnance problem is largely due to past wars and conflicts. The Ethiopian Mine Action Office was created in an attempt to alleviate the situation. This article discusses the country’s history and the efforts made to make it safe.
Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield
Geneva Diary: Report From The Gichd, Ian Mansfield
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining provides operational assistance to mine-action programmes and operators, creates and disseminates knowledge, works to improve quality management and standards, and provides support to instruments of international law like the Ottawa Convention and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.
Center For International Rehabilitation, Qadeem K. Tariq
Center For International Rehabilitation, Qadeem K. Tariq
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On 7 March 2006, the Government of National Unity in Sudan with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme–Sudan officially launched the country’s National Mine Action Authority at Friendship Hall, in Khartoum, Sudan. The new NMAA gathers the other mine-action entities in the country under its umbrella and represents Sudan’s commitment to confronting and eventually eliminating its landmine and explosive remnants of war problem.
No Wizards, Just Patient Teachers, Bart Weetjens, Jina Kim
No Wizards, Just Patient Teachers, Bart Weetjens, Jina Kim
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
APOPO is a Belgian-African nongovernmental organization that trains rats to be at new mine-detection tool. The authors describe the basic idea behind this unique concept.
U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development Program (Hd R&D), Anders Jansson, Marcel E. Durocher
U.S. Humanitarian Demining Research And Development Program (Hd R&D), Anders Jansson, Marcel E. Durocher
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The anti-tank mine threat on access roads in eastern Angola is the greatest impediment to infrastructural rehabilitation, economic recovery and social development in that area. The authors discuss the method and equipment used by DanChurchAid to verify and clear roads in Moxico and Lunda Sul provinces.
Angola Project, Country Profile
Angola Project, Country Profile
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Roots of Peace, based in California, was founded in 1997 by Heidi Kuhn with the goal of freeing the world from landmines. The organization takes a unique approach to mine clearance, turning minefields into farmland. Currently, Roots of Peace is working on two projects in southeastern Angola. A 26-year civil war resulted in landmines and unexploded ordnance being scattered throughout the country and also created an unstable economy. Roots of Peace is working with Conservation International to clear access corridors for elephants and with World Vision to help Angola increase agricultural production.
Ronco Executives Talk About Demining Integration And The Imas Contract, Margaret S. Busé
Ronco Executives Talk About Demining Integration And The Imas Contract, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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Conquering The Insurmountable, Stephanie Schlosser, Virginia Saulnier
Conquering The Insurmountable, Stephanie Schlosser, Virginia Saulnier
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The Canadian Center for Mine Action Technologies (CCMAT) is a partnership of resources from the Department of National Defense and Industry Canada. The Center is co-located with the Defense Research Establishment Suffield (ORES) at Canadian Force Base Suffield in Alberta.
Eudem: The European Union In Humanitarian Demining, Karin De Bruyn, Claudio Bruschini, Hichem Sahli, Jan Cornelis
Eudem: The European Union In Humanitarian Demining, Karin De Bruyn, Claudio Bruschini, Hichem Sahli, Jan Cornelis
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The EUDEM project tried to provide the European Commission, as one of the largest sponsors of research in European humanitarian demining, with a survey titled "A State of the Art on Humanitarian Demining Technology, Products and Practice." Current practices and emerging technologies were discussed so that applied research can be directed toward solving real problems. Sustainable demining has to become more than "a man with a probe."
Reducing The Threat Of Landmines For Kosovo's Children, Margaret S. Busé
Reducing The Threat Of Landmines For Kosovo's Children, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
UNICEF started mine-awareness activities in Kosovo February 1998. At that time the threat was perceived to be the result of the indiscriminate planting of landmines. The high rate of injuries among children and youth indicated UNICEF's need to target children and their parents. Children and youth are especially at risk because of their natural inquisitiveness and risk-taking behaviors.
Knights In Armored Vehicles: The Halo Trust In The Caucasus, Richard Boulter
Knights In Armored Vehicles: The Halo Trust In The Caucasus, Richard Boulter
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The demise of the Soviet Union and the resultant rush to establish claims over disputed areas and to assert ethnic identity led to a widespread call to arms. Nowhere was this more the case than in the Caucasus. T he former southern Caucasian "soviets" of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia have all asserted their independence from Russia and all have witnessed bloodshed resulting from inter-ethnic fighting. In the north Caucasus there has been fighting in Dagestan, lngushetia, North Ossetia and most notably in Chechnya. The virtual abandonment of former weapons stockpiles accompanied by some very definite mischief by the departing Russian …
The Slovenian International Trust Fund For Demining, Stephanie Schlosser
The Slovenian International Trust Fund For Demining, Stephanie Schlosser
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
On the web page of The Slovenia International Trust Fund for Deming (ITF) there is an image that, at first glance, could be an advertisement for a toy score. The image is of a child's doll. She appears bright and happy, with red ponytails and yellow ribbons, and a sunny yellow dress. The doll 's eyes glance playfully to one side, as if she is about co join a group of similarly happy friends. Suddenly, the doll's face and body change. With web animation, the doll 's right leg disappears along with her smile. Then you remember, this is a …
Responding To An Emergency: An Interview With Bob Macpherson, Care, Margaret S. Busé
Responding To An Emergency: An Interview With Bob Macpherson, Care, Margaret S. Busé
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
In an interview with The Journal, Bob MacPherson spoke candidly and honestly about the challenges, successes and lessons learned in effectively responding to an emergency situation. MacPherson is responsible for landmine safety and awareness and is the emergency ream leader for CARE. Throughout 1999, he has been in Kosovo coordinating activities so that civilian lives can return to a stare of normalcy. Upon finishing our conversation, he was scheduled to fly to Chechnya to try to coordinate relief efforts for that war-ravaged country.
The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Program In The Balkans, Matt Murphy
The U.S. Humanitarian Demining Program In The Balkans, Matt Murphy
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
As a result of years of conflict in the Balkans, countless landmines have been laid in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo. Bosnia-Herzegovina's landmine problem is severe, with an estimated 750,000 landmines and an undetermined quantity of unexploded ordnance infesting some 186 square miles of land. These hidden killers have killed and maimed hundreds, vastly impeded the return of refugees to their homes, and hindered international efforts to help people in the region.
Vietnam Veterans Of America Foundation, Cisr Journal
Vietnam Veterans Of America Foundation, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
"Most international humanitarian aid organizations pride themselves on remaining above the fray; non-partisan, objective and silent on issues affecting the people for whom they provide vital assistance. We don't," said Bobby Muller, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF).
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, Cisr Journal
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Prosthetics Outreach Foundation (POF) is a non profit medical service organization that provides urgently needed high quality prostheses (artificial limbs) to amputees in developing countries and in the United States. Since 1988, the staff and volunteers have fitted over 10,000 children and adults with new prostheses, enabling each amputee to walk again with dignity. POF helps communities to meet the needs of their own amputees by establishing clinics to create and fit artificial limbs and workshops to manufacture prosthetic components with local materials.
Icbl Working Group On Victim Assistance, Jerry White
Icbl Working Group On Victim Assistance, Jerry White
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) currently chairs the ICBL Working Group on Victim Assistance. It is in this capacity, working together with over 20 humanitarian and development non-governmental organizations (NGOs), my ICBL colleagues and I welcome this opportunity to discuss Article 6 which covers States Parties responsibility to provide "care and rehabilitation, and social and economic reintegration of mine victims."
International Committee Of The Red Cross, Cisr Journal
International Committee Of The Red Cross, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide them with assistance. It directs and coordinates the international relief activities in situations of conflict. It also endeavors to prevent suffering by promoting and strengthening humanitarian law and universal humanitarian principles. Established in 1863 on the principles of Henry Dunant and the meeting of the Geneva Conventions, the ICRC has also originated the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, and plays a significant …
Save The Children, Cisr Journal
Save The Children, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Save the Children's unique self-help approach to relief, recovery, and ongoing development has nurtured the seeds of hope for millions of people. Save the Children of the United States is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization working in more than 35 nations around the globe. More than 60 years of experience working hand-in-hand, shoulder-to-shoulder with families and communities at home and abroad has taught us that poverty need not be a life sentence.
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."
Handicap International, Sylvie Brigot
Handicap International, Sylvie Brigot
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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Norwegian People's Aid, Cisr Journal
Norwegian People's Aid, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Founded in 1939, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) is one of Norway's largest nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Although NPA is currently involved in more than 300 projects in thirty countries, the organization still adheres to the basic principles set forth by its labor movement founders; solidarity, unity, human dignity, peace, and freedom. The range of NPA's projects is diverse, from extensive outreach programs for the people of Palestine, to short term emergency relief programs and long term development cooperation in over twelve countries in Africa, and more. One of NPA's most notable efforts is its humanitarian demining activities, centered in Asia and …
Vietnam Assistance For The Handicapped, Cisr Journal
Vietnam Assistance For The Handicapped, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH) is dedicated to assisting the disabled in Vietnam on an equal access basis without regard to social or political status. They operate exclusively for humanitarian, charitable purposes. Through their support for rehabilitation clinics in Vietnam, they are enabling the disabled to get on their feet, regain their dignity and walk toward a new, productive life.
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program, Cisr Journal
Comprehensive Disabled Afghans' Program, Cisr Journal
The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
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