To Walk the Earth in Safety: The United States' Commitment to Humanitarian Mine Action and Conventional Weapons Destruction

Abstract

Formally established in 1993, with roots to late 1988 when the term "humanitarian demining" was coined in Afghanistan, the interagency U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program is the largest and one of the world's oldest such programs. It is comprised of the Department of State, Department of Defense, U.S. Agency for International Development's Leahy War Victims Fund, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Collectively, the program operates worldwide to clear landmines and all types of explosive remnants of war, provide mine risk education, render survivors assistance, advance the technology of mine clearance through cutting-edge research and development, train deminers in affected countries to the highest international standards, and support foreign public health projects related to survivors' assistance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA482358

Entities

Organizations

  • foreign affairs ministry

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Anti-Personnel Mines
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Health Services
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Medical Personnel
  • Minefields
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Prosthetics
  • Recreation
  • Unexploded Ammunition

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering