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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WFP: World Food Programme · 3 October 2024 English

The World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the World Bank, is working together on a new project aimed at increasing access of vulnerable populations to emergency assistance, basic services …

security risks to project workers including landmines, (ii) traffic and road safety issues, (iii) inadequate


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 3 October 2024 English

The issue was discussed during the board Azerbaijan meeting on the results of the first half of 2024 at the Azerbaijani Ministry of U. [...] The tasks set by the …

company was founded in 1992 and border where landmines were used on both specializes in the development production of military-grade electronic it as "landmines planted by Armenia" and devices. Aragats CEO Hovhannes The successful production and "On August 2, the landmines planted by imminent delivery of Akash 1S to the


UN: The United Nations · 30 September 2024 English

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greater level of asymmetric threats, ranging from landmines to improvised explosive devices. We must ensure


UN: The United Nations · 30 September 2024

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Norwegian Red Cross C. International Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) Ms


The Australia Institute · 26 September 2024 English

The entry into force of the TPNW in 2021 established a new set of norms on nuclear weapons, and Australians do not want their retirement savings invested in them.2 All …

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WFP: World Food Programme · 25 September 2024 English

The independent inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) assessed the collective humanitarian response in Afghanistan between August 2021 and mid-2023.

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS26 dangerous remnants of war (landmines and unexploded ordnance).15 The related political ranks as one of the countries most affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance in the world. See the


World Bank Group · 20 September 2024 English

construction sites (including community workers), (ii) landmines, (iii) traffic and road safety, and (iv) inadequate


World Bank Group · 20 September 2024 English

While cash transfers have emerged as an attractive option to minimize negative long-term impacts of conflict, the scope for targeting and assessing their impact in such settings is often challenging. …

S. Michalopoulos and E. Papaioannou. 2018. "Landmines and Spatial Development." National Bureau of


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 17 September 2024 English

The Azerbaijani side called on the leadership of Political Affairs Undersecretary stressed the summit to pay attention to the "global the importance of the launch of the GCC danger posed …

for its humanitarian efforts to clear Yemen of landmines and Emirates News Agency, March 29, 2024 other


World Bank Group · 17 September 2024 English

While cash transfers have emerged as an attractive option to minimize negative long-term impacts of conflict, the scope for targeting and assessing their impact in such settings is often challenging. …

S. Michalopoulos and E. Papaioannou. 2018. "Landmines and Spatial Development." National Bureau of


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