This document is the key note for the meeting hosted by African Union (AU) and European Commission on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the signing of Mine Ban Treaty. Geofrey Mugumya, Director...
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Mine Action in Sudan Newsletter Dec 2006
Inside this issue: - December Achievements - Mine Incidents - To Date Key Achievements - Funding Update Juba Customs Market Cleared In February 2005 an ammunition bunker exploded in the centre of...
Pakistan + 1 more
Pakistan: Humanitarian groups condemn landmine plan
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PESHAWAR, 27 December (IRIN) - The Pakistani government's plan to lay landmines and build a fence along its border with...
The ICBL condemns the continued use of mine warfare in Burma/Myanmar, as most recently revealed in a 20 Dec PR by Human Rights Watch
Myanmar's military forces have been documented by the Landmine Monitor to use antipersonnel mines extensively, every year since Landmine Monitor began reporting in 1999. Mine use takes place in Karen...
Burma: Landmines kill, maim and starve civilians
Civilians Forced to Serve as Human Minesweepers (New York, December 20, 2006) - The widespread use of landmines by the Burmese army against civilians to terrorize them and hamper the annual harvest...
Angola: Government, UNDP sign technical deal to combat landmines
Luanda, 12/18- The Angolan Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Monday in Luanda signed a capacity-building accord for the National Intersectoral Commission on Humanitarian...
India + 1 more
Kashmir: Landmines disrupt village life
Monday 18 December 2006: Landmine Monitor Report research coordinator on Non-State Armed Groups, Yeshua Moser- Puangsuwan who recently travelled to Kashmir, describes here the impact of landmines on...
Italy contributes to landmine-clearing in Colombia
Reference: E-283/06 The Organization of American States (OAS) will receive a contribution of some 53,000 Euros (approximately U.S. $70,000), from the Italian government, to support Colombia in...
Renewed appeal for funding in the fight against landmines in DR Congo
Eoin Young/MONUC At a press conference in Kinshasa this Thursday December 14 2006, a renewed appeal was made by 18 NGO's, as well as national authorities and MONUC, for help in finding the remaining...
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a new ally for landmine survivors
It will now be open to the 192 member states for signature and ratification and will enter into force one month after having been ratified by 20 countries. "The Disability Rights Convention can serve...
MP pays tribute to MAG teams in south Lebanon
Recent visits to South Lebanon by British Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett and members of the Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU) were hosted by MAG and the Mine Action Coordination...
Indonesia ratifies treaty to ban landmines
"After nine years, Indonesia has finally ratified the 1997 UN Treaty to Ban Landmines becoming the one hundred and fifty-third country to do so. It is hugely significant that the fourth most populous...
Nepal Army prepares to clear its landmines
Kathmandu,December4:Nearly two weeks after the government and the Maoists signed agreements on the modalities of arms management and the peace process, the Nepalese Army on Sunday announced that it...
Lebanon + 1 more
UN cites Israeli use of antipersonnel mines in south Lebanon: First evidence of mine-laying; four injured in three incidents
The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) expresses grave concern over reports from the United Nations that Israeli armed forces used antipersonnel mines during the recent conflict in...
UNMAO External Weekly Sitrep Ref#47, 19 - 25 Nov 2006
Highlights Kadugli: The first ever MDD handler from Sudan qualified and has deployed operationally on MECHEM road clearance activities in South Kordofan. 2. Security Damazin: The QA officer and the...
A first Sudanese Mine Detection Dog handler is accredited to the international standard and becomes operational in South Kordofan, Sudan
UN Mine Action Office (UNMAO), which is led by the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and as an integral part of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS), is pleased to announce that first Sudanese staff is...
Montenegro becomes newest State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty
On 23 October 2006, Montenegro deposited its instrument of succession to the Mine Ban Treaty, thus becoming the 152nd State Party to the treaty. After the split of Serbia-Montenegro, a State Party...
Angolan landmine survivors build a school and look to the future
By Brigitte Stark-Merklein ANDULO, Bié Province, Angola, 20 November 2006 - The community-built school in Andulo's Bairro Agostinho Neto is a simple adobe structure but it has made its builders...
Landmines are hidden horror in rural Colombia
By Patrick Markey COCORNA, Colombia, Nov 15 (Reuters) - An empty beer bottle and a detonator crafted from a medical syringe were all Colombian rebels needed to make the landmine that ended Andres...
Afghanistan + 18 more
Afghanistan, Angola, Balkans, Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia), Colombia, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Great Lakes, Iraq, Lebanon, Nepal, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Russian Fed. - Chechnya, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uganda, West Africa
Foreword The tenth edition of the Portfolio of Mine Action Projects reflects the mine-action community's commitment to work together to achieve its shared goal of eliminating landmines and explosive...