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... Afghanistan's mountains, or the Falklands peat bogs, minefields are rarely flat and featureless. To begin with, there is vegetation. Minefields are not harvested or grazed, and many lie in the type of hot, wet environment that promotes ...
... Afghanistan's mountains, or the Falklands peat bogs, minefields are rarely flat and featureless. To begin with, there is vegetation. Minefields are not harvested or grazed, and many lie in the type of hot, wet environment that promotes ...
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... Afghanistan, the collapse of buildings and subsequent re-mining have created layers of mines — sometimes to a depth of several feet. Another important consideration is infrastructure — or rather the lack of it. Communications and repair ...
... Afghanistan, the collapse of buildings and subsequent re-mining have created layers of mines — sometimes to a depth of several feet. Another important consideration is infrastructure — or rather the lack of it. Communications and repair ...
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... Afghanistan left the country with perhaps the greatest level of mine contamination in the world. Since 1988 the United States has been helping to rid Afghanistan of its deadly legacy, teaching its people how to avoid landmines, and ...
... Afghanistan left the country with perhaps the greatest level of mine contamination in the world. Since 1988 the United States has been helping to rid Afghanistan of its deadly legacy, teaching its people how to avoid landmines, and ...
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... Afghanistan is currently the largest recipient of U.S. government mine action assistance in the world. In fiscal year 2003 (FY03), almost 17 percent of U.S. government funding for mine action worldwide ($8.3 million out of $49 million) ...
... Afghanistan is currently the largest recipient of U.S. government mine action assistance in the world. In fiscal year 2003 (FY03), almost 17 percent of U.S. government funding for mine action worldwide ($8.3 million out of $49 million) ...
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... Afghanistan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Temporary Security Zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Kosovo (FRY), South Lebanon, Sudan, and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. • Source: The U.N. Mine Action Service ...
... Afghanistan, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, The Temporary Security Zone between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Kosovo (FRY), South Lebanon, Sudan, and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. • Source: The U.N. Mine Action Service ...
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Page 18 - Victims" means persons who, individually or collectively, have suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws operative within Member States, including those laws proscribing criminal abuse of power.
Page 14 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
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Page 12 - Public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO...
Page 32 - US Department of State, To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States Commitment to Humanitarian Demining, Washington, DC: US Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, 2001.
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Page 14 - Defense will undertake a substantial programme to develop improved mine detection and clearing technology and to share this improved technology with the broader international community.
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