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Documentary highlights how Vietnam leads the way in managing its long term risk management

The first week of December has been busy for the Management of Residual Explosive Remnants of War (MORE) project. Following the very successful workshop on the long term risk management or ERW on Tuesday 5 December, there was a...

08/12/2017
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Spotlight on Explosive Remnants of War | Long-term risk management workshop in Vietnam

The conference room was full at the Army Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam on Tuesday 5 December 2017 with highly skilled technicians and mine action operators who were ready to talk in detail about the new project “Long-term risk...

06/12/2017
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African States explore steps to protect civilians from Explosive Weapons | Maputo Regional Conference

Representatives of 19 African countries, African civil society organisations and international NGOs gathered in Maputo, Mozambique for a regional conference on the bombing of civilians on the 27-28 November 2017.

The subjects...

06/12/2017
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20 years of the Ottawa Convention | Official opening ceremony of exhibit celebrates successes

"Today, I am happy to see 162 countries have ratified but there is still a lot to be done"

Dr. Cornelio Sommaruga, Honorary President of the GICHD

 

 

Twenty years ago, on 3-4 December 1997, the movement to ban landmines...

04/12/2017
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Exhibition | 20th Anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention

Twenty years ago, on 3-4 December 1997, the movement to ban landmines brought about the signing of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, also know as the "Ottawa Convention", which has become a reference in humanitarian...

27/11/2017
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SOVA Has a New Home in Ukraine

On November 14 2017, GICHD Director, Ambassador Stefano Toscano, officially handed over the SOVA information management system to The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) - Special Monitoring Mission (SMM)...

15/11/2017
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GICHD success in the Solomon Islands | First ever National UXO Coordination Workshop

The Solomon Islands have explosive remnants of war (ERW) left from fighting between Japan and the USA during World War II, over 75 years ago. 

Since the end of the War, sporadic UXO clearance has been undertaken, including...

24/10/2017
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Arab Regional Cooperation Programme (ARCP) 6th Annual Conference

The GICHD Arab Regional Cooperation Programme (ARCP) in partnership with the Lebanon Mine Action Center (LMAC) held the Arab Regional Cooperation Programme 6th annual Conference in Beirut, Lebanon from 17 to 19 October 2017. The...

20/10/2017
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Land Rights Issues Addressed | What is the role of mine action organisations?

GICHD and The Housing Land and Property & Mine Action Areas of Responsibility(AoR) within the Global Protection Cluster​, have collaborated to address land rights issues, the involvement of humanitarian operations and linkages...

19/10/2017
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