Landmines
A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Such a device is typically detonated automatically by way of pressure when a target steps on it or drives over it, although other detonation mechanisms are also sometimes used. A land mine may cause damage by direct blast effect, by fragments that are thrown by the blast, or by both. The use of land mines is controversial because of their potential as indiscriminate weapons. They …
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ACAPS · 18 November 2024 English
During this time, the AA and the Tatmadaw, under the authority of the State equipped to navigate the challenges and reach populations in need. [...] In the lead-up to the …
(OCHA 09/06/2024). According to In Rakhine state, landmines and other unexploded ordnance remain a significant …
ACAPS · 29 October 2024 English
In Sumska, access to the 20km zone from the border required prior permission, while in Donetska, the curfew was extended to 16 hours in Kostiantynivka and 20 hours in Selydove …
demining efforts, the presence Access to water of landmines on roads persists, leading to detours and delays … time of analysis. This analysis I8. Presence of landmines, improvised explosive devices, explosive remnants …
UN: The United Nations · 29 October 2024 English
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result of displacement to the greatest risks from landmines and unexploded ordnance, Yemeni children continue …
HBS: Heinrich Boll Foundation · 29 October 2024 English
The composition of the new EU institutions – particularly the proposed appointments of Estonia’s Kaja Kallas and Slovenia’s Marta Kos in key positions at EEAS and the enlargement portfolio – …
power of the Council in the process and adding “landmines”. [1] Meanwhile, there is no end in sight to the …
IOM: International Organization for Migration · 24 October 2024 English
Trafficking in persons refers to “(t)he recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or Trafficking in persons / other forms …
Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) 2024 Myanmar: Landmines / ERW Incident Information. United Nations Office …
Cato Institute · 22 October 2024 English
Steven Malanga, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a senior editor of City Journal, argues that there is a crime wave caused by immigrants in his recent piece, …
are pretty good but they contain some hidden landmines, as I have explained here. The most recent Texas …
UN: The United Nations · 17 October 2024 English
4 p.Refutes allegations in letters dated 30 Sept. 2024 from Armenia (A/79/387 and A/79/388).
to share full information of the locations of landmines, booby traps and other explosive devices that …
Chatham House · 16 October 2024 English
After two and a half years of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, there are now four main possible scenarios for its outcome: ‘Long war’ – An attritional conflict that tests …
blockaded. De-mining is set to be a major challenge. Landmines and explosive remnants of war affect an estimated …
Oxfam International · 16 October 2024 English
Most wars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have been food wars: food and hunger were used as weapons, food and food-related water and energy infrastructure were damaged …
including for food storage and water access. Landmines and unexploded ordnance are another legacy of … corresponding Kimberly Process) and arms (e.g., the Landmines Convention). Together these aspects might be called … c 23 UN News. (2023). The Deadly Legacy of Landmines. 2 April. https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/04/1135252 …
UN: The United Nations · 14 October 2024 English
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civilians were interrupted or cancelled owing to landmines or explosive remnants of war. The Mine Action … wet season. All explosive remnants of war and landmines recovered during clearance activities were destroyed …
