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5 people dead, 4 wounded in roadside bombing in Afghanistan's Ahmad Abad
All the victims were members of the same family, reports Business Standard
Glowing bacteria may one day protect people from landmines
Researchers in Israel have recently detailed progress in developing sensors that light up in the presence of a chemical linked to landmines and other deadly explosives, says The Pink Report News
CISR returns to Croatia for the 17th International Mine Action Symposium
Special thanks to the Croatian Mine Action Centre and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine for organizing
500 UXO units found in Battambang riverbank
The UXO consisted of thirty-six 72A landmines, three B40 bullets and five hundred K57 bullets, says the Phnom Penh Post
Sri Lanka Army to declare country free from mines and explosives by 2022
According to The Island, only 13.34 sq km need to be cleared before Sri Lanka can declare itself a mine-free country
Yazidi Women: Clearing Sinjar's Mines
BBC documentary turns camera on MAG's work in Iraq
AOAV report: A Decade of Explosive Violence Harm, 2011–2020
In total, 238,892 civilians were killed and injured in populated areas over a decade
Casualties from landmines and ERWs in Arakan State on the rise
The Myanmar military and the Arakan Army have observed an unofficial ceasefire, but casualties from landmines and ERWs have continued, says Burma News International
USA Today: 10 HALO Trust staff killed in attack on camp in northern Afghanistan
CISR sends our deepest condolences to The HALO Trust, and to the families and friends of the victims
At least 11 people killed by a landmine in northern Afghanistan
No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, says Reuters
Blockage of North-South rail line through Quang Binh lifted after military sappers removed 750-pound bomb
According to Project RENEW, the M117 bomb found near the Vietnamese rail line was removed around 2 a.m. Saturday
Demonstrating the value of humanitarian demining in Colombia
Clearing explosive hazards from access routes enabled local residents to save time and travel without fear of injury, says the U.S. Department of State
Performer combines clowns with landmine safety to educate children
Clowns Without Borders is working with the Mines Advisory Group to create online content to reach audiences after in-person events were halted due to the pandemic, says the Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Recovery assistance for landmine survivors becomes a reality at last
According to the Women's Refugee Commission, recent research highlights promising practices from early adopters of cash and voucher assistance in humanitarian mine action
Norwegian People’s Aid Vietnam conducts International Mine Action Standards Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level III training for national staff
The eight trainees who were selected to take part in the course have held different positions in NPA Vietnam for many years, including team leaders, supervisors and operations managers
Expression of Interest
Consider participating in GICHD's 2021 Mine Action Technology Workshop
Hồ Văn Lai: From bomb survivor to powerful storyteller
Losing three limbs in a cluster munitions explosion created life-changing challenges and opportunities for a Vietnamese boy, says Project RENEW
Tunisia's forgotten victims of jihadist landmines
FRANCE 24's correspondents went to speak to some of these forgotten survivors
Statement of Virginia Gov. Northam on the death of former U.S. Sen. John Warner
Warner’s passion for public service will carry on in CISR’s mission to help improve communities impacted by conflict
Explosive weapons and human health: How to better protect civilians
Last chance to register for INEW's webinar, Thursday, May 27
The 24th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers
May 24, 11:30 a.m., to May 27, 12:30 p.m. EDT
AOAV webinar: A Decade of Explosive Violence Harm
7:30–8:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 25
Israel and the occupied territory
The ICRC says hostilities between Gaza and Israel must stop and much-needed humanitarian activities must start now
The use of heavy explosive weapons in Myanmar is having horrific humanitarian consequences for civilians and must cease
INEW calls on all parties to conflict to stop using explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas due to the impact on civilians
11 civilians killed in roadside bomb blast in S. Afghanistan
XINHUANET: Some 43 people were aboard the bus when the explosion occurred
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Research and development
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Physical security and stockpile management of munitions
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Working near conflict zones: Humanitarian access, clearance and stability
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Middle East: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen
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Falkland Islands
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Mental health and humanitarian mine action: Personnel
Clearing mines and rebuilding lives after conflict
ShareAmerica: “People with disabilities can live full and meaningful lives, and be valued, if only given the opportunity”
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Opportunities for synergy in humanitarian mine action: Conflict pollution
High-tech tools join the hunt for forgotten mines
Bloomberg News: In Afghanistan, Angola and Libya, digging out the deadly remnants of war takes nerves of steel and increasingly sophisticated mapping technology
Explosive violence trends and patterns in Afghanistan (2011–2020)
AOAV recorded 49,039 deaths and injuries from explosive violence in Afghanistan—of these, 28,356 (58%) were civilians
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Twenty-five years of mine action: Mine action in motion
Please join us in celebrating 25 years of The Journal with a special double issue publishing this July
"The Journal, it’s a valuable resource that should be a starting point for any literature review."
The impact of explosive violence on childcare
AOAV examines the reverberating impact of explosive weapons on childcare in armed conflict
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Subscribing to The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
A message of support and solidarity
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”
Future Force Capabilities Conference and Exhibition
October 18–21, 2021, in Columbus, GA
Nearly 500 explosives detected from a cache on an NPA/Project RENEW clearance site in Quang Tri, Vietnam
The EOD team places mortar rounds on the demolition pit for disposal
Armed forces of Ukraine and Sweden to cooperate in establishing mine action center
297 minefields have been identified in eastern Ukraine with a total area of more than 26 million square meters
Can achieving a Landmine Free 2025 help the world to re-build after COVID-19?
Join Wednesday, April 21, 10–11:30 BST to hear from people across the world working in mine action
CISR talks with leading women in humanitarian mine action
"It's difficult being put into different cultural contexts, where gender is really an issue"
Donors of mine action visit NPA/RENEW all-woman, battle area clearance team
The female team was established and put into operation in Oct. 2018
Working with our allies and partners to keep shoulder-fired, anti-aircraft missiles out of the wrong hands
MANPADS proliferation respects no borders or walls, and must be met with collective action from the international community
Returning cultivated lands on Tajik-Afghan border to local communities
Newly constructed border roads have improved security and facilitated humanitarian access to high-altitude minefields
Small steps have a big impact for Yemeni civilians
Explosive hazards and clearance operations
The UXO/Demining Caucus presents A Celebration of Mine Awareness Day
Register for the webinar
Afghanistan’s dangerous legacy unearthed
The HALO Trust and DMAC collaborate closely in the planning and delivery of all humanitarian mine action activities
To Walk the Earth in Safety report showcases U.S. global leadership in landmine clearance and conventional weapons destruction
The 20th edition of TWEIS rolls out this afternoon!
Afghanistan’s first female deminers
An analysis of perception changes among deminers, families and communities
24th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers
Participants are invited to register online
Numerous wartime munitions removed from the foundation of a house under construction in Dong Ha, Vietnam
The EOD team found 22 different explosive ordnance and more than 350 small arms ammunitions
New U.S.-funded project will clear mines from contaminated Cambodian land
The project is funded by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
New Technologies and Methodologies for Explosive Ordnance Risk Education
A view from other sectors
A premier professional development opportunity
CISR and State Department continue successful fellowship
Pentagon funds killer robots but ethics are under debate
Can we teach machines to fight ethically?
17th International Symposium – Mine Action 2021
Register for June 16–18, 2021
Reminder: Tuesday, March 23, is JMU Giving Day!
Support the CISR Student Opportunity Fund
The 4th Advanced Explosives and Ordnance Training Seminar
Fly to and from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 14–18, 2022
A unique opportunity
CISR and State Department continue successful career development fellowship.
Conversations With Leading Women: Beyond 2021 in Post-Conflict Development
Participate in this April 6 Global Humanitarian Week event by registering online
The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Jordan
You're invited to the April 1 webinar
Humanitarianism in Action: Security and Peace in Central Africa
Register for the virtual book talk as part of CISR's Global Humanitarian Week 2021
The victims of Agent Orange the U.S. has never acknowledged
Generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences
Beyond the square metres cleared: Mine action and development
Join Development Dialogues this Thursday 10–11:30 a.m. EDT
Empowering women in peace and security: Growing U.S. partnerships through Political-Military Affairs
Conventional weapons destruction
Giving Day returns March 23!
Support the CISR Student Opportunity Fund
Clearing the Path
A discussion on landmines and mine action
International Women's Day
Choose to challenge
Explosions in Equatorial Guinea kill at least 20, injure hundreds
The explosions took place at a military camp
Bomb squad called after landmine found by metal detectorist, 17, close to IWM Duxford
The EOD team determined that it was a dummy version of a Tellermine 35
Using social media to protect civilians from landmines and other explosive hazards
The U.S. State Department teamed up with MAG and Facebook on a pilot project that delivered risk education to Iraqis via Facebook ads
Lebanese association launches initiative to provide free prosthetic limbs for cluster bombs' victims
Providing people with limbs has become an urgent matter given the psychological and social implications for the lifestyle of this group of people
Landmine blast kills 2 children in NW Pakistan: police
Militants had planted a large number of landmines during their control in parts of tribal areas
Landmine clearance said to make way for IDP returns in some Arakan townships
Landmine clearance will be carried out in phases in some townships where IDPs are returning home
Seven Maoists caught laying land mines in Mulugu
The explosives were seized from Maoists in the Pamunuru forest area on Tuesday
Cambodia commits to removing UXO by 2025
To achieve the target of 2025, extra resources will need to be deployed and the rate of landmine clearance will need to speed up
Childhood under attack
A timeline of harm following an explosive blast
Snipers, landmines, death
Life on Yemen's frontline
Meet the women clearing Angola's landmines
"I think it’s important that women do this work, not just men"
‘A ghost that haunts’
Living with landmines in Kashmir
The history of land mines
A weapon that won't go away
Legacies of war, ironically, have brought Vietnam and the U.S. closer together
There emerged a consensus that America should take some responsibility for the consequences of the massive bombing that had occurred during the Vietnam war
Proof: How small drones can find buried landmines in the desert using airborne IR thermography
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Legacies of conflict
Despite huge progress, the landmine crisis continues
A lethal harvest in Cambodia
“After my children were born, I had to use the land that had mines on it to farm”
Explosive ordnance victims and risk education: Lessons learned from Colombia 2012–2019
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‘Making our home safe again’: Meet the women who clear land mines
After decades of war, more and more women are working to remove lethal mines and IEDs from the fields and cities of their homelands
Assessing Ukraine's victim assistance capacities
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Black History Month: Black firsts at James Madison University
A timeline dedicated to the firsts who paved the way to have courses, jobs, and a voice for many Black and minority students at JMU
Strengthening a sustainable national capacity for gender and diversity mainstreaming in mine action
The Journal of CWD
CALL FOR PAPERS: Research and Development
R&D articles are submitted to three experts for anonymous peer review
Landmines in America's backyard
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Commercial off-the-shelf tools for mine action
A cache of explosive ordnance located near the former demilitarized zone
After five days working in Ha Loi Trung village, four technical survey teams found and safely destroyed 80 items of explosive ordnance
Improving security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through weapons and ammunition management
The Journal of CWD
CALL FOR PAPERS: Environmental and weather challenges of humanitarian mine action/conventional weapons destruction
How are organizations specializing their operations to adapt to nuanced environmental factors while working in areas confirmed or suspected of being contaminated?
Weapons marking and registration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A model for a regional approach to small arms/light weapons life-cycle management in the Western Balkans
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Ukraine
Tell us about your work conducting clearance, risk education, victim assistance and more in the upcoming Journal of CWD
Internally displaced persons educated about landmine risks
Many Myanmar IDPs have called on the government to clear unexploded explosives before their return
The Mine Free Sarajevo project
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CALL FOR PAPERS: Mobile and/or efficient data-collection methods
Collecting data via handheld devices such as mobile phones and tablets has become the industry standard
International Mine Action Standard 10.60 Safety & Occupational Health - Investigation and Reporting of Accidents and Incidents: Notes on the revised second edition
The Journal of CWD
Looking ahead at the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Successes with weapons removal and abatement
CALL FOR PAPERS: Prostheses
Those working with prostheses in humanitarian mine action are encouraged to submit articles on the use of prostheses for landmine and UXO survivors
On-the-ground, information management tools in northeast Syria
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CALL FOR PAPERS: COVID-19 and Humanitarian Mine Action
How have humanitarian mine action organizations responded to the pandemic?
CALL FOR PAPERS: Battle Area Clearance/Urban Clearance
How are organizations mitigating the challenges of battle area and urban environments to remove explosive remnants of war?
Operationalized Management Information Systems in Iraq's Directorate of Mine Action
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Mine action in the time of COVID-19: A donor's perspective
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In 2021, we have much to celebrate!
CISR is excited to announce our newest project in collaboration with the American University of Kurdistan and funding from the U.S. Department of State
Myanmar woman severely injured in landmine explosion in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
‘Local civilians lack awareness’
Time to stem lightweight approaches and focus on real minefield data?
The Journal of CWD
Landmine casualty rates in Nigeria now fifth highest in the world
Mines laid by Boko Haram and other groups leave millions at risk, particularly in Borno state where insurgency most acute
Landmine/UXO casualties in Cambodia down 16 percent last year
An estimated 4 to 6 million landmines and other munitions were left over from the almost three decades of conflicts
Firing range clearance in Bamyan, Afghanistan, well under way
By the end of October, the Organisation for Mine Clearance and Afghan Rehabilitation had found and destroyed 684 items of unexploded ordnance/explosive remnants of war
We are eager to announce the launch of the Fall/Winter 2020 edition of The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction
As ever, we hope you enjoy reading this issue and stay safe this holiday season
Conventional weapons destruction assistance helps Angola protect the Okavango watershed and bolster regional stability
The U.S. supports demining of land in Angola's watershed to protect local communities, and promote conservation and ecotourism
Local villagers feel assured as contaminated land identified for full clearance
Quang Tri province aims to be safe from the impact of explosive ordnance by 2025
The importance of sharing information in achieving cross-sectorial objectives
Lessons learned among communities with shared goals have cross-sectoral value that benefits everyone
Nations laud landmine removal
As it has been for years, the U.S. is the largest global donor to landmine clearance, victim assistance and related efforts
Syria is among the world’s worst countries for the number of mines planted since 2011, despite prohibition of their use in international law
Mines have killed at least 2,601 civilians in Syria since 2011
Cambodia welcomes seven new deminer puppies
This year, the Cambodian Mine Action Centre has planned to clear more than 116 sq km of land from mines and explosive remnants of war
Launch of the Improvised Explosive Device Clearance Good Practice Guide
The event will explain the challenges faced by mine action programs in terms of safety and efficiency that led to the development of the document
Supporting local efforts to clear unexploded ordnance in Lao PDR
Increased U.S. funding for UXO clearance has provided many Lao women and men an opportunity to upgrade their clearance skills and take on more responsibility in the sector
Investing in Zimbabwe’s future
U.S. demining assistance protects people and wildlife while facilitating sustainable development
Disability and sexual violence in the COVID-19 era
While disability inequalities have long been observed, the global COVID-19 crisis has deepened and exposed the problem of exclusion, which renders work on disability inclusion urgent and imperative
December 3 marks the International Day of Persons With Disabilities
Human Rights Watch encourages others to take action and #breakthechains
Giving Tuesday: CISR Student Opportunity Fund
December 1
Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
November 16–20, 2020
US: Biden should reinstate landmine ban
Global report details eradication progress, setbacks
Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success
Argentine forces planted an estimated 20,000 antipersonnel mines and other explosives in strategic beaches and access areas
A Vietnam veteran’s fight—for dignity and peace
War put a bullet in John Lancaster’s spine. He turned that into a life’s work of compassion.
23rd Anniversary Virtual Clearing the Path Gala
Tune in at 6:30 p.m. EST on November 18, 2020
The city of Sarajevo mine-impact free
However, work is not yet finished in the surrounding municipalities of Vogošća and East Stari Grad, which make up part of the greater metropolitan area
War’s deadly debris
Clearing explosives in Laos left by the Vietnam War
Falklands cleared of nearly all landmines, 38 years on from war
Tens of thousands mines and bombs removed as part of U.K.-funded program since 2009
Mk 82 bomb found exposed on the bank of Hien Luong River after flooding
Floodwaters eroded the bank and exposed a big bomb
Asia’s only virtual CBRNe, EOD and demining conference and trade show is free to attend
November 12–13
Local residents report discovery of explosive ordnance exposed after recent torrential rains
A 40mm grenade was found on the roadside by a woman who lives in Tri Tien village, Vietnam
WWII 'earthquake' bomb explodes in Poland during attempt to defuse it
The bomb was 6m (19ft) long
The United States announces $2.5 million in new funding for landmine clearance in Angola
The clearance is part of a project to protect the ecosystem that sustains the Okavango Delta
Targeting the roots of instability
U.S. assistance denies weapons to armed groups, helping stabilize eastern Congo
Mine Action Review virtual event and briefing
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World War II-Era Bomb Explodes
A 12,000-pound World War II-era bomb exploded in a shipping canal off the Polish port city of Swinoujscie on Tuesday, sending a plume of water high into the air as a team of navy divers were working to neutralize it remo
Facebook Live Event
We are excited to be a part of the JMU Center for Global Engagement's I-Week Global Vision Series, Global Citizenship: Advocacy at Home and Abroad: http://www.facebook.com/events/3538525439542531
Use of heavy explosive weapons in towns and cities in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must stop
INEW releases statement condemning the violence to civilians
Demining drones and 3D prosthetic projects win $2.3 million humanitarian prize
The prize money allows Humanity & Inclusion to establish a new fund to help fuel future advances
To what extent could the development of an airborne thermal imaging detection system contribute to enhance detection?
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Moving Forward in 2020: Humanitarian Assistance and Challenges Post-Pandemic
Join CISR through Facebook Live on Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. EST!

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