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Time for a New US Mine Action Agenda

• 2 November 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized, USA
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CCW Explosive Remnants of War, Cindy McCain, Cluster Munition Convention, cluster munitions, Convention on Conventional Weapons, Demining, Department of Defense, HALO Trust, Iraq, John McCain, landmines, Leahy War Victims Fund, Mine Ban Treaty, Ottawa Convention, State Department, US, USAID, UXO, WRA

Dealing with ‘Clandestine Structures’ in Conflict Zones

• 31 July 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, Bosnia, General, Sudan
Tags: Afghanistan, Ahmed Haroun, BHMAC, Bosnia, Commercial companies, Corruption, DanChurchAid, Demining, HALO Trust, International Criminal Court, International NGOs, ITF, Kojic, Landmine Action, landmines, Local NGOs, Norwegian People's Aid, Organized crime, Private security companies, RONCO, SLR, SPLA, SSDC, Sudan, Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines, UNIPAK, UNMACA, UNMAO, US State Department, USAID

Sudan’s Expensive Landmines

• 29 July 2008 • 8 Comments

Posted in Sudan
Tags: ArmorGroup, Commercial companies, Corruption, Cost-Benefit Analysis, DanChurchAid, Danish Demining Group, Demining, FSD, HALO Trust, International NGOs, JASMAR, Landmine Action, landmines, Local NGOs, MAG, Mechem, MineTech, Norwegian People's Aid, OSIL, Privatization, RONCO, SIMAS, SLIRI, SLR, SPLA, SSDC, Sudan, The Development Initiative, USAID, WFP

The Commercialization of Afghan Demining

• 29 July 2008 • 5 Comments

Posted in Afghanistan
Tags: Afghanistan, ArmorGroup, Commercial companies, DAFA, Demining, DynCorp, EODT, HALO Trust, International NGOs, landmines, Local NGOs, MCPA, MDC, MineTech, OMAR, Private security companies, Privatization, RONCO, S3Ag, UNMACA, US State Department, USAID, UXB

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