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Landmine Clearance Projects: Task Manager's Guide, Gichd

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These World Bank guidelines on landmine clearance describe suggested good practice for use by task managers in the design and implementation of land mine clearance projects financed by the World Bank. It complements Demining - Operational Guidelines for Financing Land Mine Clearance, which the World Bank issued in February 1997, bringing together their experience in addressing this problem.

Evaluation Of The Global Landmine Survey Process: Draft Final Report, Gichd

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Scanteam of Norway with Demex of Denmark were contracted by the Survey Action Center (SAC) to carry out an evaluation of the Global Landmine Survey (GLS) process with the objectives to examine the current GLS organisational structure and the Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) methodologies like procedures, tools and assumptions. The second objective was to evaluate the utility, efficacy and use of the survey results.

5th Meeting Of The States Parties To The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2003), Apmbc

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The Final Report of the Fifth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction,

Bangkok, 15-19 September 2003

Information Requirements For Explosive Remnants Of War, The Views Of The Clearance Community, Gichd

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Access to relevant information is vital to the establishment and operational effectiveness of any clearance and risk education programme designed to alleviate the effects of explosive remnants of war (ERW). Where that information is available, it can have a direct and almost immediate impact on operations, and helps to ensure that the threat from ERW is dealt with efficiently, mitigating the risk for civilians. However, the type and level of information needed will vary depending on the parties to the conflict, nature of the conflict, and the location of ERW. Information, such as the nature of the munitions used and …

Regional Seminar On Antipersonnel Landmine Victims, Cisr

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More than 125 representatives from across the Hemisphere met in Bogotá from November 12 through 14, 2003 to take part in the “Regional Seminar on Antipersonnel Landmine Victims,” sponsored by the Organization of American States Mine Action Program, the Mine Action Information Center of James Madison University and the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Colombia, and made possible with financial support from the Department of State of the United States. The purpose of the seminar was two-fold. First, it aimed to bring together experts and practitioners in the field of victim assistance from national and local …