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 · 15 April 2024 English
According to secondary sources and key informant interviews (KIIs), the number of verified cases of NSAG recruitment and use of children in Colombia began increasing Distinguishing between child recruitment and …
international legal frameworks to combat, install landmines, or carry out attacks, resulting in injuries or …
NYU: New York University · 13 April 2024 English
prisoners • International courts-Climate change • Iran-Gender persecution • Artificial intelligence • Landmines victims fund • U.S. foreign policy: Niger • Peacemaking • United Nations The post Digest of Recent …
Iran-Gender persecution • Artificial intelligence • Landmines victims fund • U.S. foreign policy: Niger • Peacemaking …
SGR: Scientists for Global Responsibility · 11 April 2024 English
The enormous explosion arises as a small amount of matter is converted into energy as defined by the famous equation e = m x c2 where e is the energy …
treaties banning chemical and biological weapons, landmines and some other weapons technologies. These treaties …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 11 April 2024 English
The contraction of household incomes since the onset of the pandemic and the political crisis shows no sign of recovery. Respondents of the People’s Pulse Survey 2023 (PPS), conducted between …
a decline in farming income.35 Concerns about landmines, actions of military troops, and armed conflicts …
NYU: New York University · 9 April 2024 English
As use of the weapons accelerates, including in Ukraine, a proposed UN fund would provide direct support for victims and aid accountability. The post A Quarter Century After the Ottawa …
The HALO Trust · 5 April 2024 English
- Our Mission: The HALO Trust assists countries to recover after the conflicts of war, clearing landmines to save lives is our core function and at the heart of what we do. [...] It is the intention of …
recover after the conflicts of war, clearing landmines to save lives is our core function and at the … forgotten once the hostilities have ceased. Clearing landmines and other explosives, such as IEDs (improvised …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 3 April 2024 English
In this regard, we welcome the outcome of the Twelfth Session of the High-Level Committee on the Review of Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries held in New York from 29 …
Second World War in particular in the form of landmines which cause human and material damage and obstruct … their territories assume responsibility for the landmines, cooperate with the affected countries to get …
AIR Center: Center of Analysis of International Relations · 3 April 2024 English
Russia and the rest of the CSTO have done little to support Armenia in the face of Azerbaijani aggression.” - This is another instance of the falsification of the facts …
transferring new military resources, including landmines into the already highly militarized Karabakh region …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 27 March 2024 English
The Ministers noted with deep concern that the lack of effective implementation of the internationally agreed development goals including the MDGs remains the Achilles Heel of the UN development agenda …
requested Israel to assume responsibility for the landmines laying and cluster bombs usage in the south of …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 27 March 2024 English
The Ministers took note of the offer made by the Government of the State of Qatar to host in 2012 the 18th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations …
requested Israel to assume responsibility for the landmines laying and cluster bombs usage in the south of …
