2009 March « Political Minefields

Archive for March, 2009

Zim Times Reports Links Between MineTech Founder and ZANU-PF Defense Minister

• 28 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Zimbabwe
Tags: Commercial companies, commercial demining, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Exploration Logistics, Lionel Dyck, Mine Tech, MineTech, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Times

Laos Ratifies Cluster Munition Convention

• 26 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Ireland, Laos, Norway, Sierra Leone, United States of America, Vatican
Tags: civilian casualties, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Holy See, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Ireland, Lao PDR, Laos, Mennonite Central Committee, Plain of Jars, Sierra Leone, Steve Goose, UN, US Information Service, USA, UXO, Vatican, Vietnam War, Xieng Khouang

US National Cluster Munitions Call-In Day

• 19 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in United States of America
Tags: cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, Cluster Munitions Coalition, Cluster Munitions Convention, FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Guardian, National Call-in Day, Obama, S. 416, USA

US Bans Export of Nearly All Cluster Munitions!

• 12 March 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in USA, United States of America
Tags: cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munition export ban, cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Convention, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, NATO, Obama, omnibus, Steve Goose, US Campaign to Ban Landmines, USA, USCBL, Western Sahara

Miss Landmine: Empowerment or Exploitation?

• 6 March 2009 • 3 Comments

Posted in Angola, Cambodia, Norway
Tags: Angola, Cambodia, Demining, gender, gender and mine action, Jean Chapman, landmines, Leprosy Museum, mine action, Miss Landmine, Norway, Paralympic Games, Simone de Beauvoir Institute