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Moldova moves towards ridding its country of its Cluster Munitions Stockpiles

In a signing ceremony in Chisinau Moldova on the 14th December 2009, just over a year after signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo; Moldova has taken the step to begin the destruction of the remaining airdropped cluster bombs that are inherited remnants of the cold war era.

16 days of activism

The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991.

- Talk peace with Obama, Jens

Ahead of US President Barack Obama's visit to Norway Norwegian People’s Aid and AUF requested Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to put peace in the Middle East on the agenda when meeting with the president.

Milestones in NPA's history

Selected historical milestones from seventy years of Norwegian People’s Aid, 1939-2009

Land released after mine clearance

After first declaring land in Sudan safe from explosives, NPA followed up the affected communities with a Rural Development programme, resulting in a farmers group; planting of twenty four hectares of land; and establishment of a tree nursery.

Operations commence in Sekong

Today is another landmark day for the NPA Lao PDR programme: operations have commenced in the province of Sekong.

Diary from the Mine-Free World conference: Friday, December 4

Atle Karlsen, NPA Mine Action advisor, attends the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World, and sends home daily updates.

Mine Action Milestone in Jordan

The NPA Mine Action program in Jordan has set a record in mines recovery and disposal by surpassing 100 000 mines in November 2009. This is the single largest number of mines found and recovered by any NPA MA program worldwide.

NPA Secretary General visits Ethiopia

Mr.Petter Eide, Secretary General of Norwegian People’s Aid, is visiting projects run by the organisation within Mine Action and Development.

NPA congratulates Mohammed Omer with the Ossietzky prize

“The Ossietzky prize is a big recognition of the job Mohammed has done, and Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA) congratulate him with the prize he receives for his journalistic and photographic work in Gaza”, says Secretary-General in NPA Petter Eide.