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MELCA: New partner for NPA in Ethiopia.

Melca is working to protect the culture and knowledge of people in areas where their way of life is being challenged.

Demands explanation from Israel

Norwegian Peoples Aid has requested an explanation from Israel for the unacceptable treatment of Mohammed Al Mughayer at Allenby crossing last Thursday, 26th. of June 2008.

Positive End-Review

–We have been waiting for the End-Review to take place for quite some time, and are naturally very pleased with the conclusions being so positive for NPA and EMAO, says Mr Per Breivik, Mine Action Program Manger for NPA in Ethiopia.

Women Can Do It for the staff - a success

For five days, women from Norwegian People’s Aid met up in Angola to participate in a Women Can Do It course and to get an introduction to budget management with particular focus on sexual equality. For several of the participants, it was the first time they had visited an African country and, even for those participants from neighbouring countries in the region, there were many new impressions and experiences to digest.

Clearing cluster bombs: Operations begin in Vietnam

The 30th May will be seen historically for the successful closure of the Dublin Conference where over 100 countries adopted the Cluster Munition Treaty. Three days later another equally historical day passed when the NPA/RENEW Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team went operational in Cam Lo District, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.

Grethe Østerns closing statement in Dublin

NPAs Grethe Østern delivered the statement of the Cluster Munitions Coalitions during the closing ceremony of the Cluster Munitions Conference in Dublin friday.

Over 100 countries adopt groundbreaking treaty to ban cluster bombs

Cluster bomb survivors and campaigners today welcomed the formal adoption of the Cluster Munitions Convention by over 100 countries. This historic treaty bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of all existing and future cluster bombs. To keep pressure on governments and to ensure that the treaty enters into force, campaigners today launched the People's Treaty.

Cluster bomb survivors and campaigners rejoice

Cluster bomb suvivors and campaigners are tonight rejoicing over the groundbreaking and comprehensive new treaty to ban cluster bombs that has just been provisionally agreed in Dublin. After ten days of intense negotiation under Irish leadership, 110 countries negotiating at the conference and hundreds of campaigners and survivors within the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) welcomed the treaty.

Governor supports womens participation in politics

On the second day of the Women Can Do It training in Angola, the provincial Governor of Kwanza Sul took an interest in the event and invited representatives to visit him in City Hall.

2C, OR NOT 2C, THAT IS THE QUESTION…

After easing in on Sunday afternoon with a session on the “other definitions” – where the CMC helped clarify and clean up certain definitions and fought hard to ensure transit is covered by the definition of “transfer” – negotiations began again on Monday 26 May 2008, the second week of the Dublin Conference.