Reports

BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA) has released the 8th Edition of "To Walk the Earth in Safety," a report…

Regional workshop on landmines opens on 7 July in Dushanbe Dushanbe, 7 July 2009 -- Central Asian states should join the vast majority of the world in renouncing antipersonnel landmines once and for all, said the 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate…

More than 80 Governments meet in Berlin to plan weapon disposal (Berlin 24th June 2009) - The new international convention banning cluster bombs is already delivering results as signatories plan the destruction of these indiscriminate weapons…

By Dr Mohammed Haider Reza In the international media, you rarely hear Afghanistan being mentioned without reference to the war. It is my desire, along with so many of my fellow Afghans, that Afghanistan is not forever labelled a war-torn…

In a one-year period, Clear Path International assisted more than 9,400 landmine accident survivors, persons with disabilities and members of their families in five countries, according to the organization's 2007 - 2008 annual report. The number of 2007 - 2008…

Bureau of Political-Military AffairsIn keeping with its now 16-year effort to assist Afghanistan, one of the most heavily mined countries in the world, the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military…

The announcement of an improved supply of electricity into Kabul from today is a great step forward for Afghanistan. The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) is particularly happy to see this as it was in large part the…

Introduction The Portfolio of Mine Action Projects 2009 provides a snapshot of the problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) in 33 countries, territories and peacekeeping missions, and describes the strategies for eliminating each of these threats. This 12th…

The Mine Action Centre of Afghanistan (MACA) wishes to congratulate the Government of Afghanistan's decision to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty that prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions which opened for signature…

Today Afghanistan will join all countries committed to the Ottawa Treaty The full title is the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction to provide updates on their…