http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/2002 en_GB_uk http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157077/1/2002 Landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) have killed and maimed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in 2007, says the UN Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan. These explosive remnants of war left behind by various military factions during the 90s continue to endanger the lives of civilians. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/153271/1/2002 British mining giant Vedanta Resources plans to mine section of protected forests in India have been delayed after the Supreme Court ordered a root and branch impact study. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/152801/1/2002 BOGOTA, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - A Colombian indigenous community has called for an end to the use of anti-personnel mines in the country after an explosion killed two men. http://southasia.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77803 An Indian organisation, CSE (Center for Science and Environment), is providing a platform for experts and stakeholders to discuss issues ranging from the costs and impacts of mining, to mineral laws and regulations and people’s movements against mines on April 26-27, 2007 in Indian capital, New Delhi. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/131590/1/2002 After benefiting from a surge in funding following the fall of the Taliban at the end of 2001 and consequently clearing over half the minefields in Afghanistan, the United Nations Mine Action Programme for the country (MAPA) is currently projecting a funding shortfall in 2006. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/130867/1/2002 A Tajikistan agency is de-mining the Afghan-Tajik border which is one of the highest mine-risk areas in central Asia. The Tajik de-mining body hopes to clear mines in a 2,000 sq metres area within three weeks. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/130330/1/2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. Apr 4 (OneWorld) - Landmines sown during past conflicts could be cleared in a matter of years--not decades--the United Nations said Tuesday, offering hope that hundreds of thousands of people will be spared death or dismemberment. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/128934/1/2002 Sri Lanka has removed more than half a million landmines sown in the island's north and east during two decades of civil war, and aims to clear the other half by the end of 2008. The country still has swathes of land where mines from Pakistan and China have been laid and can go off even after many years. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70747 The Polisario Front, which has been fighting for three decades for an independent state in Western Sahaha, has begun destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/124864/1/2002 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 28 (OneWorld) - In 1994, the United States was the first nation to call for the elimination of landmines that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69467 Eleven years after Armenia fought in southern Azerbaijan over a breakaway republic, unexploded landmines continue to make arable land too dangerous to sow and put locals at risk in their daily lives. Discover the process that's slowly giving villagers back their land, and meet some of those the mines have touched. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67771 Farmers in Cambodia still live in fear. Not of the Khmer Rouge but of the millions of landmines buried in the land they farm, that their children or livestock could unintentionally set off. Michael Haddigan explores how non-profit organizations, Cambodia Mine Action Centre and Heifer International, are helping farmers regain the rich agricultural land from the deadly mines. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/116850/1/2002 Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Safet Halilovic, together with the Ambassador of the Netherlands in BiH, H.E. Mr. Karel Vosskuhler, cut the ribbon in Ugorsko, a village in the Sarajevo Municipality of Vogosca, marking the commencement of this year’s mine clearance activities within UNDP Integrated Mine Action Programme. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/116418/1/2002 WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 3 (OneWorld) - The United States looks set to resume making landmines after nearly a decade-long halt in the manufacture of the explosive munitions, a leading rights watchdog said Wednesday. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/115638/1/2002 Six years after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) drove Yugoslav troops out of Kosovo amid ethnic fighting between Albanians and Serbs, unexploded mines are still claiming victims in the United Nations-administered province and continued donor funding is needed for clearance operations.