Ottawa Treaty « Political Minefields

‘Foreign Aid and Landmine Clearance’ Now Available in the UK!

• 18 January 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Norway, Sudan, UK, USA, United States of America
Tags: Afghanistan, Bosnia, cluster munitions, conflict, David Keen, Demining, development studies, foreign aid, Foreign Aid and Landmine Clearance, I.B. Tauris, Kristian Berg Harpviken, landmines, London School of Economics, Mary Kaldor, Matthew Bolton, mine action, Norway, Ottawa Treaty, post-conflict reconstruction, PRIO, Sudan, USA, UXO

Pre-Order Discount for “Foreign Aid and Landmine Clearance”

• 12 August 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Norway, Sudan, USA, United States of America
Tags: Afghanistan, Bosnia, Demining, foreign aid, governance, landmines, Matthew Bolton, Norway, Ottawa Treaty, politics, post-conflict reconstruction, private security, security, Sudan, US, UXO

ICBL: Five Countries Violating Mine Ban Treaty

• 24 November 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Belarus, Greece, Turkey, UK, Venezuala
Tags: Belarus, Britain, Demining, Falklands, Greece, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Landmine Action, landmines, Malvinas, Mine Ban Convention, Mine Ban Treaty, Ottawa Treaty, Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuala

FARC Rebels Continue to Use Mines in Colombia

• 21 November 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Colombia
Tags: Colombia, Demining, FARC, Landmine Monitor, landmines, Mine Ban Convention, Ottawa Treaty

The Game of Disarmament: The Arms Trade Treaty

• 10 September 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in General
Tags: Arms Trade Treaty, Cluster Munition Convention, Control Arms, David Miliband, FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation, HALO Trust, Humanitarian Practice Network, Jody Williams, MAG, Mine Ban Treaty, Mines Advisory Group, Nobel Peace Prize, Ottawa Treaty, SALW, SIPRI, small arms, small arms and light weapons, WorldWatch Institute

Claims of Mine Laying in Georgia

• 19 August 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Georgia, Russia
Tags: Abkhazia, cluster bombs, Cluster Munition Coalition, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Demining, Georgia, HALO Trust, Human Rights Watch, Landmine Monitor, landmines, Mine Ban Convention, mines, NATO, Ossetia, Ottawa Treaty, Russia, UXO

Why No Fuss about Mines and UXO after the Vietnam War?

• 29 July 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in General
Tags: American Friends Service Committee, CCW, Cluster Munition Coalition, cluster munitions, Demining, ICRC, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, landmines, Mennonite Central Committee, Ottawa Treaty, Vietnam War