Geneva Call - Engaging Non State Actors
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From Mines to Vines
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Benefit CD: Clear Path International These folks are doing great work, support them and get a great CD in the process |
Welcome to the Canadian Landmine Foundation - La Fondation des Mines Terrestres du Canada Adopt-A-Minefield has cleared over 18 million square metres of land and helped thousands of landmine survivors.
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Landmines in Nepal, The Unseen Danger There is a severe dearth of information concerning this issue in Nepal. This website cites some of the few references on the subject. |
Landmines Blow Landmines Blow is part of the solution to restoring land, reopening roads, assisting survivors and rebuilding communities. Acre by acre, child to child the threat of landmines can be eliminated |
Cambodia Land Mine Museum Some interesting links, and indeed an interesting concept. This might be worth a visit for anyone interested in Landmines or Cambodia |
War Child Landmine Programme War Child has added its name to the growing number of organisations around the world who are calling for a global ban on the manufacture, sale and deployment of landmines. We support The International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
Landmines in the Balkans Certainly in financial terms, and probably also in land area, this is probably the worst mine problem in the world.
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Cluster Bombs in Afghanistan As always, cluster munitions are particularly attractive to children because of their unusual shapes and bright colors.
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ITVS- Bombies - The Story Dubbed "bombies" by Laotian villagers, these eye-catching but deadly orbs, as brightly colored as exotic fruit, are still found by children playing in shallow dirt
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U.S.- New Landmines for Iraq Raise Fears of Civilian Risk New "Matrix" mines ready for use in Iraq
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How Landmines Work Not trying to be gruesome, but here is a clear explanation of how these horrors work.
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Human Rights Watch- The Campaign to Ban Landmines Antipersonnel landmines kill or maim thousands of people each year. Most are civilians. Many are children
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Common anti-personnel mines Here are some interesting pictures and explanations about the specific mines that cause the most problems.
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The Social Costs of Landmines An interesting study about the reality of living with landmines. It focuses on Cambodia, Croatia, and Afganistan.
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The Marshall Legacy Institute Children Against Mines Program. Also a lot of information on mine detection dogs, or K9's
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War Child Landmine Programme ..the toll they take on innocent civilians
amounts to a crime against humankind”.
(Sadako Ogata - UNHCR)
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East Africa- New Centre to Bolster War On Landmines allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience |
MCC - Cluster Bomb Use in Iraq Get involved with this important issue. Cluster bombs have only one purpose, and it is a travesty.
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Steel Rain- The use of cluster weapons in Iraq Cluster munitions are particularly nasty and dangerous to civilians. Laos and Cambodia also have huge problems with these
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Mines Advisory Group - landmines, campaign, land mine clearance organisations, mag M.A.G. is a UK registered charity that works in many conflict-affected countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Training local people to clear mines, booby-traps and unexploded bombs. MAG works to reduce the risks of living in a dangerous environment through a combination of mine clearance and mine awareness education.
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Lesson plans Adopt-A-Minefield exists so that people whose lives are shattered by landmines can once again experience life to the full.
Adopt-A-Minefield raises awareness and funds to clear landmines and help survivors of landmine accidents.
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Royal Engineers - Mine Information Training Centre Royal Engineers Royal Engineers - Mine Information Training Centre |
Croatia Mine Clearance The Croatian Mine Action Centre was established by government decree on 19th February 1998 with the basic task of planning and conducting mine action in the Republic of Croatia. The landmine problem was recognised as an development, ecological and safety problem and one of the impediments to normal life and development.
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Hidden Killers 1998- The Global Landmine Crisis Hidden Killers: The Global Landmine Crisis
Report released by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs, Washington, DC, September 1998
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Landmine Who's Who A table of organizations working
towards solutions to the global landmine problem.
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