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The poor evicted for tourist resorts

Poor people in Cambodia are being evicted from their homes by force to make way for investors that “beautify” the cities to please the tourist industry.

How to form a policy on land rights?

This and many more questions were presented and discussed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania at the Norwegian People`s Aid land rights conference from 12th to 14th of November 2008. The land rights seminar had the objective of furthering the awareness, knowledge and information on land rights. In addition various countries shared their learning experiences from various Norwegian People`s Aid country programmes.

Vietnam takes one step closer to the Oslo Treaty

Between 27-28th October 2008 Vietnam took one more positive step towards the Oslo Treaty in Hanoi. In a very successful workshop hosted by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and attended by various Vietnamese Ministries with a heavy presence from the Ministry of Defence, lively conversations were exchanged in discussions concerning the treaty and what it would mean for Vietnam to join.

All Norwegian clusters to be destroyed

Norwegian Minister of Defence Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen Tuesday October 28th marked the start of the process to destroy Norwegian cluster munitions.

Welcome to the Signing Conference!

NPA and all our partners in the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) are looking forward to the Oslo Signing Conference in Norway, which will be held in Oslo from 2-4 December. The CCM signing will be one of the most important international events of 2008, an historic moment to celebrate and remember forever.

South East Asian talks open in Lao PDR

(Lao PDR, October 20th) South East Asian governments met today in Lao PDR, the most cluster bombed country in the world, to discuss how the new treaty to ban cluster bombs will make a difference on the ground and to rally support for the treaty signing in Oslo on 3 December.

EPIC TRIP TO END SUFFERING

(Serbia, 2 October 2008): An epic trip designed to help end the suffering of millions around the world begins this afternoon.

Mine Action Rwanda - Phase 2 Report

The Rwanda Demining Project is now half way through, according to the initial time schedule. The team has cleared half of the dangerous area.

MOMENTUM BUILDS AS CLUSTER BOMB BAN SIGNING APPROACHES

With two months remaining until the international treaty banning cluster bombs is opened for signature in Norway, civil society representatives are calling on all states to announce their intent to sign. All of the 42 African states gathered in Kampala for a regional conference today agreed to an action plan that calls for the earliest possible signature and ratification and 28 made firm commitments to sign on December 3 2008.

A smart move

TTTM (Tsotawi Tekelakay Mahber) was able to fit in twenty residents at the safe house they are running for women who have been exposed to gender based violence. With support from Norwegian People’s Aid, they moved their office away from the safe house. That move gave room for more residents, meaning that the organization can help more people.