REYNA YANG FEBRUARY 28, 2024 Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has had a devastating impact on food security in Ukraine and across the globe. Over one third of Ukraine is suspected to be...
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To Walk the Earth in Safety (2023)
To Walk the Earth in Safety: New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Conventional Weapons Destruction and Landmine Clearance MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON On April 4, 2023, the Office...
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Colombia: Building Community through U.S.-funded Humanitarian Demining Programs
DIPNOTE BUREAU OF POLITICAL-MILITARY AFFAIRS OFFICE OF WEAPONS REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT AMY HAUPT In 2016, the Government of Colombia signed a ceasefire agreement and Peace Accord with the Revolutionary...
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$2 Million in New U.S. Humanitarian Demining Assistance for the South Caucasus
To promote regional peace and cooperation, the United States is pleased to announce $2,000,000 for humanitarian demining operations in areas affected by the fall 2020 intensive fighting between...
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Mosul International Airport returns to civilian provincial control after demining efforts completed
Following the completion of a U.S.-funded, 18-month demining project, the Nineveh provincial government assumed control of the Mosul International Airport during a turnover ceremony on November 5...
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U.S. Commits $5 Million to Conventional Weapons Destruction Assistance in Kosovo
Today, the United States committed an additional $5 million to clear cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) in Kosovo. Set to be implemented over four years (2020-2023), this...
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Angola’s Path Forward for Security and Economic Development: Weapons Management and Humanitarian Demining
By Michael Tirre Angola greatly benefitted from the 2002 peace agreement ending its 27-year civil war, but the remaining poor security of government stockpiles of weapons and ammunition could still...
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To Walk the Earth in Safety (2019): January - December 2018, 18th Edition - Documenting the United States’ Commitment to Conventional Weapons Destruction
A Message From Deputy Assistant Secretary Marik String This 18th Edition of To Walk the Earth In Safety summarizes the United States’ Conventional Weapons Destruction (CWD) programs in 2018. CWD...
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Fulfilling Secretary Pompeo’s Pledge To Increase Demining Support for Iraqi Minority Communities
By Solomon Black At last year’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged $17 million to expand demining activities in Ninewa, Iraq, the ancestral homeland...
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U.S. Assistance to Clear Landmines in Colombia
On the sidelines of the Organization of American States General Assembly, in Medellin, Colombia, on June 26th, Senior Advisor to the State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs Giovanni...
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U.S. Signs New Conventional Weapons Destruction Memorandum With Ukraine
Today, the United States and Ukraine signed a new memorandum of understanding on Conventional Weapons Stockpile Management. Signed by Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R...
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U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Highlights 970 Million Rupees for Mine Clearance
Colombo, June 6: The U.S. Department of State’s Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper visited Sri Lanka from June 2 through 5 to discuss security cooperation and assess...
U.S. Demining Support Enables Access to Desperately Needed Food Aid at Yemen’s Red Sea Mills
The Red Sea Mills sits on the outskirts of the Yemeni coastal city of Hudaydah and has served as one of the United Nations (UN) World Food Program’s (WFP) primary wheat storage and processing...
Solomon Islands Police Force Achieves Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level III Certification
By Aimee Falkum on April 4, 2019 The United States is proud to support the development of an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) capacity within the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. Since 2011, the...
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Cause for Celebration: U.S. Support Helps Zimbabwe Clear Deadly Explosive Hazards and Opens Paths to Opportunity
By Michael Tirre Imagine living with your family beside a field of landmines that stretched for miles. During Zimbabwe’s Liberation War of the 1970s, the Rhodesian Army laid massive fields of...
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To Walk the Earth in Safety (2018): Documenting the United States’ Commitment to Conventional Weapons Destruction
"This 17th Edition of To Walk the Earth In Safety summarizes the United States' CWD programs in 2017. CWD assistance provides the United States with a powerful and flexible tool to help partner...
State Department-Funded Explosive Clearance Efforts Allow Students To Return Safely to University
By Solomon Black ISIS occupied the Iraqi city of Ramadi for seven months before it was liberated in late December 2015. During this period ISIS seeded homes, businesses, and critical infrastructure...
Removing Explosive Hazards to Promote Stability in Northeast Syria
by Natalie Wazir One year after ISIS was pushed out of Raqqah, the people of northeast Syria are still working to get back on their feet. One of the biggest obstacles they face is massive...
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U.S.-Funded Clearance of Deadly ISIS Explosives Enables Iraqi Minorities to Rebuild their Communities Safely
By Solomon Black on October 29, 2018 Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities suffered unspeakable atrocities under the genocidal rule of ISIS. Beyond the toll that ISIS took on Iraq’s Shia and Sunni...
U.S. Assistance Enabling Iraq’s Yezidis to Return Safely to their Ancestral Homelands
By Solomon Black on October 23, 2018 Salwa and her family fled the Yezidi village of Khinsor for the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) in 2014 to escape the savage wrath of ISIS, which was slaughtering...