4,273 research outputs found
Geneva Call Launches First ANSA Database
In November 2012 Geneva Call launched Their Words,” an information database. The database provides published commitments and internal rules and regulations of armed non-state actors
Mercer University Professor Provides Prostheses in Vietnam
According to the U.S. Department of State, innumerous explosive remanants of war and landmines remain hidden in nearly every region of Vietnam
Afghan Deminers Kidnapped and Killed
An investigation into the brutal killing of at least four Afghan deminers captured in Western Farah in early July 2011 is ongoing. Details about the incident and the suspected perpetrators are not yet confirmed
Conveying Lebanon’s Cluster Bomb Issue through Film
Death in the Fields is an animated documentary that focuses on the cluster bomb crisis in southern Lebanon
Harvard Tests Smartphones for Demining
A team of researchers, composed of professors, a recent graduate from Harvard College, and a postdoctoral associate from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), presented a research and technology paper at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems entitled “Evaluating a Pattern-Based Visual Support Approach for Humanitarian Landmine Clearance.” The conference was held 7–12 May 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia
Small Arms Survey Creates Playing Cards
In August 2012, Small Arms Survey, in partnership with the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA), released a third set of small arms informational playing cards, the Marking, Record Keeping and Tracing Implementation Support Cards
Republic of the Congo Is Mine-free
In January 2012, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of the Congo asked Norwegian People’s Aid to assist in fulfilling its Article 5 obligations to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention or APMBC)
Honeybees Trained to Locate Landmines
Croatian researchers from Zagreb University are training honeybees to detect landmines in the Balkans. By feeding the bees a solution of sugar and TNT, the insects learn to associate the scent of explosives with a possible food source
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