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Mine Risk Education Strategic Plan, Cambodian Mine Action And Victim Assistance Authority

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The Royal Decree No. NS/RKT/0900/160, promulgated on 04 September 2000, on the establishment of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, known as the CMAA, and the Sub-Decree on its organization and functioning have established a suitable framework for developing a national strategic plan for all mine action activities, including mine risk education plans. This document was prepared taking into consideration the current mine/UXO accident rate in the Kingdom of Cambodia. It also takes account of the Prime Minister’s address to the nation on the occasion of Mine Awareness Day 2006, during which he re-iterated the ultimate goal of …

Evaluation Of The Task Assessment And Planning (Tap) Project In Five Provinces Of Cambodia, Canadian International Development Agency

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The evaluation explains the context of the TAP project in Cambodia, the task assessment and planning projects, methods and measures, as well as results. The study also provides as summary assessment, discusses lessons learned and lists recommendations. The Task Assessment and Planning (TAP) Project has come at a critical juncture for mine action in Cambodia. It is a time when a few donors, Canada among them, argue strongly that mine action is best served by building capacity among provincial government groups for setting mine action priorities. Few donors would take exception to this in principle, but in practice the more …

National Explosive Remnants Of War Response Study, Cambodia, Dave Mccracken, Bruce Powell, Leng Sochea

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The purpose of this study was to initiate a strategic dialogue through an assessment of the explosive remnants of war (ERW) issues facing the future of the mine action sector in Cambodia. The report takes stock of the mine action situation, analyses the broad issues of ERW contamination and determines the needs for an effective long-term National ERW Response thrugh the process of "End State Programming". It is the first step towards comprehending existing explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) operational data and a wealth of un-analysed data on aerial bombardment that have not been fully exploited to define the scope of …

Developing Mine Action Legislation - A Guide, Gichd

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This document is intended to assist governments, mine action professionals and others to develop national legislation to coordinate and regulate “mine action“ in a country affected by landmines and/or unexploded ordnance (UXO). It identifies the principal elements to be included in such a law and the issues which should be considered in its preparation. The information in this document is based upon the conclusions and recommendations of A Study of National Mine Action Legislation

A Study Of The Role Of Survey In Mine Action, Gichd

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"In many ways, mine action management is as much about information as it is about landmines.” This statement was one of the central conclusions of the GICHD Study of Socio-Economic Approaches to Mine Action. In seeking to obtain the necessary information to plan and manage programmes effectively, mine action has seen a considerable number of surveys carried out. In particular, a number of surveys have sought to record the location and scale of hazardous areas, and, increasingly, an assessment of their social and economic impact as well as the success of mine clearance projects.

However, it is a daunting task …

Building Local Mine Action Capacity In Guinea-Bissau, Tracy Brown

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Specifically, the project sought to strengthen local capacity for Mine Action in accordance with International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) through budget support, technical assistance and accompaniment to HUMAID. The project was to benefit HUMAID's 77 staff members (deminers, other field staff, administrative and management personnel), and indirectly, the population of Bissau whose livelihoods would improve as a result of the reduced threat from landmines and UXO. In the end, direct beneficiaries also included deminers of LUTCAM, the one other mine clearance NGO in Guinea Bissau whose deminers participated in HI-facilitated technical training, and the staff of the national Mine Action …

Guidebook On Detection Technologies And Systems For Humanitarian Demining, Gichd

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The aim of this publication is to provide the mine action community, and those supporting mine action, with a consolidated review and status summary of detection technologies that could be applied to humanitarian demining operations. This Guidebook is meant to provide information to a wide variety of readers. For those not familiar with the spectrum of technologies being considered for the detection of landmines and for area reduction, there is a brief overview of the principle of operation for each technology as well as a summary listing of the strengths, limitations, and potential for use of the technology to humanitarian …

Cmvis External Evaluation Report, Elke Hottentot

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The Cambodia Mine/UXO Victim Information System (CMVIS) is the leading mine/unexploded ordnance (UXO) casualty collection system in the world. The data is obtained through an elaborate chain of operations that begins with an expansive volunteer network at the community level and ends with the dissemination of the data to the end-users.

The evaluation assessed the consistency of operations, CMVIS capacity for the purpose of determining degree of future involvement of Cambodian Red Cross and Handicap International Belgium; the appropriateness of the CMVIS deployment schemen and level of responsiveness to beneficiaries, and whether CMVIS humanitarian impact was maximized given its current …

Ddasaccident438, Hd-Aid

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Altogether 75 boosters were collected from these piles during the work day and moved to the mine collection point. At 13:20 hours, he was counting the total amount of the found P4 boosters before being transported away from the minefield, to be later disposed in a central demolition site. While handling one of the P4 boosters, it exploded in his hands.

Ddasaccident505, Hd-Aid

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There is only one house located in the Task No. 092 the owner of the house is Mr. Abdul Ahmad who has emigrated to Iran. For the time being his nephew [Name removed] is living in the house. On 14.02.06, while he was shoveling the house plats for planting vegetable, discovered an YM1 mine. The coordinate of the mine location is N=3496564 and E= 06932869. Location of the mine from entrance gate of the house is 295 degree/22 meters. Depth of the mine from original surface of the ground was about 6 cm while about 15 cm extra soil on …

Process Support Provided By The Implementation Support Unit Of The Gichd To States Parties To The Ap Mine Ban Convention That Have Reported The Responsibility For Significant Numbers Of Landmine Survivors, Apmbc

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At the First Review Conference of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, it was noted that while not forgetting the responsibilities to landmine victims wherever they may be, a greater emphasis must be placed on improving the quality of life of landmine survivors in the 24 State Parties which have indicated that they hold the responsibility for significant numbers of survivors. Subsequently, the 2004-2005 Co-Chairs of the Standing Committee on Victim Assistance and Socio-Economic Reintegration sought to maximize the Nairobi Action Plan as a basis for action …

Evaluation Report Of Technical Survey Operations Within The Cambodian Mine Action Centre, Hemi Morete, Tim Lardner

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The evaluation considered technical survey activities at both the technical and strategic levels in order to assess the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) technical survey capacity established in 2003. The assessment was conducted in four phases. The first phase was a document study which enabled the evaluation team to gain an understanding of the procedures and processes used within CMAC for technical survey. The second phase involved interviews with key stakeholders in Phnom Penh, and phase three consisted of a series of field visits to CMAC technical survey assets operating in Demining Units 1, 2, and 3. The fourth and …

Evaluation Of The Sliri/Landmine Action Socio-Economic Impact And Dangerous Area Surveys And Of Sliri's Organizational Sustainability In The Nuba Mountains, Jim Freedman Consulting

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From its inspired beginnings in 2001, the Sudan Landmines Information and Response Initiative (SLIRI) has had the potential to become an influential mine action organization with the capacity to use the mine action platform for engaging Sudan's adversaries in a peacebuilding dialogue. It is the only non-partisan indigenous organization in thecountry. Its first location – or Sector Operations Centre (SOC) as the site offices have been called - and the most innovative has been in the Nuba Mountains, where shortly after the cease-fire in January 2002 SLIRI first introduced two offices working in tandem on either side of the conflict …

Unmas 2005 Annual Report, Unmas

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I am very pleased to present the UNMAS 2005 Annual Report, which I believe presents a thorough and compelling overview of the positive impact that the UN Mine Action Service has had on the lives of countless individuals and communities threatened by landmines and explosive remnants of war. This report conveys a sense of the high level of coordination and coherence of vision that unites the UN mine action team. It portrays UNMAS’ contribution to the achievement of Security Council-mandated peacekeeping operations in Burundi, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Co n go, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Serbia and Montenegro (Kosovo), Lebanon, and Sudan. …

Emergency Recovery Project, Impact Assessment Report-Ethiopia, Afeta Merga, Bultosa Gadisa, Birhanu Abje

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The objectives of the study are to carry out impact assessments of assistance on: i) household rehabilitation assistance to enable the IDPs beneficiaries return to their homes and resume their normal livelihood; ii) assistance given to the FDs cope up with the death of their breadwinners and support themselves with farm and non –farm income generating activities; iii) and assistance given to the IDPs get established with income generating activities; iv) repair and reconstruction of community infrastructure; and v) assess the impact of de-mining activities on the free movements of IDPs and their animals, on accidents, return to home and …

United States Senate Catalogue Of Graphic Art, Diane K. Skvarla, Donald A. Ritchie, Office Of The Senate Curator, William H. Frist, Harry Reid, Emily J. Reynolds

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This volume is the first comprehensive publication of the almost one thousand prints in the holdings of the United States Senate. The collection represents a 30-year effort to document graphically the 19th and early 20th century history of the Senate, the Capitol, and American political history. The diverse illustrations range from inauguration ceremonies and impeachment trials to senatorial portraits and political cartoons. Represented in the Senate's graphic art collection are some of the most notable artists who worked in the printmaking medium: Augustus Kallner, Rembrandt Peale, Alexander Hay Ritchie, Thomas Nast, and Joseph Keppler. While visually engaging, these prints also …

Transition Plan For Victim Assistance Activities And Mine Risk Education: Unmaca Proposal, United Nations Mine Action Centre For Afghanistan

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The formation of an inter-ministerial task force is the first step towards ensuring that the Government of Afghanistan takes responsibility for ensuring Mine Risk Education and disability awaraness and advocacy activities are implemented throughout the country and through Government approved mechanisms.

Afghanistan: Final Assessment Report, Erik K. Lauritzen, Robert J. Scott, Max Wennb

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In December 2005 the European Commission (EC) performed an Assessment Mission with the overall objective of assisting the EC in designing its strategy to support the government of Afghanistan in implementing its Mine Action and Ammunition Stockpile Destruction programmes. The objective of the mission was to sketch out a strategy for landmine and ammunition stockpile destruction and contribute to its implementation.

Multi-Year Plan (2006-2011) - Sudan, Sudan Mine Action Sector

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The purpose of the Multi-Year Plan is to demonstrate the commitments of each partner in the Mine Action Sector in Sudan to implement mine action activities in accordance with the National Strategic Framework and towards meeting national and international obligations, most importantly the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty (the Ottawa Convention). Under Article 5 of the Ottawa Convention, each country must clear all known or suspect minefields within ten years after the Convention came into force in that country: Sudan's deadline for clearance is 2014.

This document presents the sector plan for the Phase 1 starting in January 2009, ending in …

Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2006, Itf-Enhancy Human Security

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There is a significant public and political awareness of the mine problem in South East Europe (SEE) and the enormous impact that landmines have on safety, as well as on the humanitarian, economic and environmental development of the region. Slovenian Government has recognized its role in the SEE region 9 years ago by establishing the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance (ITF). With its contribution of more than 4,9 million USD, Slovenia has greatly contributed to the increased stability and safer environment in the region of SEE.

Since the start ITF has grown into an internationally recognized …

Ec Support To Mine Action And Ammunition Stockpile Destruction Afghanistan: Final Assessment Report, Apmbc

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In December 2005 the European Commission (EC) performed an Assessment Mission with the overall objective of assisting the EC in designing its strategy to support the government of Afghanistan in implementing its Mine Action and Ammunition Stockpile Destruction Programmes. The objective of the mission was to sketch out a strategy for landmine and ammunition stockpile destruction and contribute to its implementation.

Mine Action In Angola: 2006-2011 Strategic Plan, Comissaco Nacional Intersectorial De Desminag

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Stresses need for Angola's mine action programme to support reconstruction and development. Notes linkages been mine action and national development frameworks, and need for continued humanitarian and development funding. See Goal 3, Objectives 3.1-3.4

Mid-Term Review Of The Angola Programme Of Norwegian People's Aid, Jan Isaksen, Ingrid Samset, Fernando Pacheco

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This report reviews how the "Programme of Norwegian People's Aid" has adapted to reach the objectives it has set for its work for the period from 2004 to 2007. The strategy for 2004-2007 focuses on land and resource rights and democratic rights and participation, and is organised within two programmes, mine action (85% of resources) and development (15%).

The evaluation focuses on two different programme areas:

The Mine Action Programme: The programme was established in 1995 and specialises in demining and surveying. The period reviewed has been successful on several counts: the number of square metres cleared per year has …

Risk Management In Mine Action Planning, Lisica Darvin

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Examines Risk Management in BiH's mine action planning (which has been underpinned by principle of integration with development). Includes discussion of process of mine action integration into BiH's PRSP process, e.g. see page 14.

The Likely Effect Of A Radiological Dispersion Device, Paul R. Rickert

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With the end of the Cold War, the political and strategic relationships that undergirded the global balance of power were shattered. The powers that held nation-states together, like the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and others largely disappeared and to fill the vacuum left by the reduction of political authority, nationalist and religious identities emerged strong. As a result, the former USSR has broken into at least thirteen new countries, mostly along historic ethnic lines, Czechoslovakia into two, Yugoslavia, violently, into five along both religious and ethnic lines. These are only the most familiar examples, as there are many more. The threat …

Ddasaccident488, Hd-Aid

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This memo serves to convene a formal Board of Inquiry (B01), effective 16th January 2006, to investigate the circumstances into the death of [the Victim] (Ins No. 2233), Deminer and injury of three other team members in Kabul CDS.

Ddasaccident535, Hd-Aid

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On the 10th December 2005 deminer [the Victim] was carrying out clearance in Minefield 14 Bisqua using the raking method. Whilst raking the earth in the front of his lane a P-4 mine detonated.

Community Participation In Mine Action: A Review And Conceptual Framework, Ruth Bottomley

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In line with the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) international strategy, which promotes a rights-based partnership approach, the NPA is committed to exploring new approaches to mine action that promote greater involvement of the local mine affected populations. A starting point in this process is a review and conceptual framework paper prepared for NPA by Ruth Bottomley. Through a review of existing documents, the paper provides a reflection on why community participation is important in mine action and outlines some of the challenges. Existing examples of community participation in mine action are compiled with documented strengths and weaknesses.

6th Meeting Of The States Parties To The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (2005), Apmbc

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Sixth 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,

Zagreb, Croatia 28 November – 2 December 2005

External Evaluation Of Unicef Support To Rehabilitation/Reintegration Of Mine/Uxo Victims And Disabled People, Unicef

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Support for the rehabilitation and reintegration of mine victims and disabled people provided through the Child Protection Programme is well targeted and guided by an appropriately informed and considered strategy. The choice of projects covers several of the Programme's key focal areas including health and education, policy and mainstreaming of disability into humanitarian responses. Current partners provide the program good geographic coverage, effective use of existing resources and constructive engagement of government and community stakeholders. There is ample evidence that support from UNICEF's Child Protection Programme has played a significant role in reducing discrimination and promoting the full development and …