Cambodia Landmines
Grapes for Humanity Raises Money for Clearing Landmines and Aiding Disabled Orphans in Cambodia
The U.S. Department of State salutes Grapes for Humanity U.S., Inc., a not-for-profit charitable foundation that works in partnership with the Department’s Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, for raising $75,000 to help clear persistent landmines and assist disabled orphans, some injured by landmines, in Cambodia. ... Grapes for Humanity U.S., Inc., based in Toronto, Canada, seeks to improve the lives of survivors of landmines and other accidents and disasters. Through fundraising events centered on the tasting of fine wines, Grapes for Humanity has helped to support the rehabilitation of mine survivors in Angola, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Honduras and Nicaragua. To learn more, visit www.grapesforhumanity.com. ... [Read More]
"Cambodia: Reducing Casualties, Returning Land to Productive Use," 'Protecting Lives, Restoring Livelihoods: The U.S. Program To Remove Landmines' - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda - January 2004, Department of State, International Information Programs
Thirty years of conflict associated with political unrest, wars, and international border disputes have made Cambodia one of the countries most severely affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). Some 60-to-70 mine-related accidents are reported each month - one of the highest rates anywhere in the world. Landmines and UXO have accounted for more than 30,000 injuries throughout the country, and in 2002 civilians represented 98 percent of reported mine casualties. The Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) estimates that up to one million landmines are contaminating 2,000 square kilometers of Cambodian soil, and it reports that mines and UXO have contaminated 45.5 percent of the 6,422 villages surveyed. ... [Read More]
Landmines
I think it is essential to encourage more widespread adherence to the treaty; of course, it would not eliminate the problem altogether, as most of the production is illegal anyway, but it would definitely help in, at least, slowing down the propagation of landmines. ... In 1997, a Mine Ban Treaty against the production, use, transfer, and stockpiling of mines was proposed at the international Ottawa Convention. It has so far attracted 139 signatories, but 47 countries have still not signed the treaty. Some of these want to preserve the profit they derive from landmines; others, such as the United States, cite military obligations--e.g., protecting South Korea from North Korea. ... [Read More]
Safe Passage Newsletter: Reinforcing Humanitarian Mine Action and Small Arms and Light Weapons Abatement, June 2005
Among the glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards, one humble piece of jewelry sparkled with heart and purpose. Freedom Fields USA, a non-profit group working to remove landmines in war-torn Cambodia, partnered with silver designer Pat Areias to create unique bracelets and necklaces symbolizing the ongoing effort to clear landmines from Cambodia and other parts of the world. [ full story] ... [Read More]
Press Releases
1111--01/29/04 Djibouti: First Horn of Africa Country to Become Free From Impact of Landmines ... 1111--01/03/05 United States Bans Non-Detectable Landmines ... 1111--02/26/04 Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Brief on New Developments in the U.S. Approach to Landmines ... [Read More]
Public-Private Partnerships
Every year over ten thousand innocent civilians are killed or maimed by landmines and unexploded ordnance. Landmines also keep farmers from their fields, villagers from their homes, and children from their schools and playgrounds. ... The U.S. State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement is proud to join forces with private citizens and groups to reduce the threats posed by persistent landmines and illicit conventional weapons. ... [Read More]
'Protecting Lives, Restoring Livelihoods: The U.S. Program To Remove Landmines' - U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda - January 2004, Department of State, International Information Programs
Protecting Lives, Restoring Livelihoods: ... The U.S. Program To Remove Landmines ... [Read More]
Virginia High School Students “Adopt” Cambodian Minefield
The “ Yorktown High School Students Against Landmines” club raised over $7000 to clear landmines in Cambodia, one of the world’s most mine-affected countries. The money was sent to the United Nations Association of the United States of America’s “Adopt-A-Minefield” program that enables private citizens, civic associations, charitable organizations and corporations to underwrite landmine clearance in the most critical minefields in severely mine-affected countries. ... [Read More]
Washington HyperFile - East Asia/Pacific Edition
Cambodia/Landmines Text: State Dept. Honors International Campaign to Ban Landmines ... [Read More]
Evening in Cambodia
Landmines are not just about national policy, however. This is also about a backlogged human tragedy and the United States is offering considerable humanitarian mine assistance. Some $90 million this year alone to 40 countries around the world. We are helping to clear mines, including by equipping and training individuals all over the world, which multiplies the effect of our own capability. We are supporting and creating life-saving programs to educate about the risks that landmines pose. Consider, for example, that over 50 percent of Cambodia’s population is under the age of 18 and so the need to teach children about the dangers of mines is perpetual. We also offer help for survivors, including medical assistance and vocational training, to give those who directly bear the costs some hope for their own futures. ... [Read More]
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