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2010 Portfolio Highlights 27 countries, territories, missions This 13th edition of the annual Portfolio of Mine Action Projects features overviews and project outlines for 27 countries, territories or missions affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war. 277 projects There are 277 projects…

As world's most-affected region, Asia-Pacific will benefit from humanitarian treaty Bali, Indonesia, 16 November 2009 - States in Asia and the Pacific should step up efforts to sign and ratify the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions,…

ICRC News Release No. 09/228 Kabul (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is holding a kite-flying competition today for wheelchair-bound patients at its rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital of Kabul. The event aims to draw attention…

GA/SPD/440 Sixty-fourth General Assembly Fourth Committee 20th Meeting (PM) Speakers Cite Perverse Nature of Mines, Activated by Victims, Whether Civilians Or Combatants; Committee Postpones Action on Outer Space Draft, Pending Consensus The General Assembly, deeply alarmed by the number of mines…

GA/SPD/439 Sixty-fourth General Assembly Fourth Committee 19th Meeting (AM) Better Risk-Reduction Tools, Methods Slash Number of Casualties, But Injuries Emerge in Several Countries where None Were Previously Recorded Combined efforts by the United Nations, Governments, civil society and operational implementing partners…

Posted by: James Hathaway JALALABAD, Afghanistan - What they say about sheep in New Zealand may not quite be true for goats in Afghanistan. They don't outnumber people here. But the importance of the animal to individual families' survival in this…

Introduction Korab Mula (27) from Albania lost his two arms and injured both legs when he stepped on a mine and then fell on another one in June 2000. With international assistance, he was fitted with conventional prosthetic arms, but…

Kabul, 17 September 2009: Today, to commemorate International Peace Day the implementing partners of the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) officially released land cleared of mines and other Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) back to communities in Kandahar, Logar,…

Come, Share, Commit and Care When we started the campaign, it was common to hear that mine clearance would take centuries, that victim assistance was too broad an issue to be tackled effectively, that stockpile destruction would cost too much.…

The Aynak Copper deposit in Logar, was discovered in 1974 and is estimated to contain 11.3 million tons of copper. Once the landmine clearance is completed and the mine can be developed, it is expected to provide a much…