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Second Quarter 2008 Report

During the Second Quarter (Q2) NPA Mine Action Sudan maintained operations in the three states of Western and Central Equatoria and Jonglei. Although the security setting has fluctuated across the region - with specific reference to Abyei - and in the above three states, team deployments were adjusted where necessary and productivity has been maintained. A number of task handovers took place in Central Equatoria.

Cluster Munition Coalition condemns Russian use of cluster bombs in Georgia

The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) condemns Russia’s use of cluster bombs in Georgia just three months after 107 nations agreed to ban the weapon and urges all countries and organisations to speak out against this action and call for an immediate end to their use.

If they can find them here, they’ll find them anywhere.

Take a mine-detection dog from the desert of the Somali region, to 3000 meters above sea level at Entoto Mine Action Training Centre. Make him used to the new and very different environment, and re-test him. Then you can be sure that he will operate according to international standard procedures.

NEVER AGAIN

In memory of Lebanese victims campaigners worldwide urge governments to sign cluster bomb ban

NPA Sudan starts mine clearance in Rwanda

In August NPA Mine Action Sudan was operational with the Mine Wolf mechanical demining machine at Kanombe Minefield, just outside Kigali.

SOUTH AFRICAN RUNS FROM PRETORIA TO CAPE TOWN

A South African campaigner will embark on a grueling 1400 kilometer run tomorrow, to urge his government to sign an historic cluster bomb ban treaty open to signature this December. Kennedy Mabasa will run from the Union Buildings in Pretoria to the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town. He will start the run at 5am tomorrow morning, reaching Johannesburg at 12.00 noon for interviews.

More information means less devastation

Where is the way to go in a Rift Valley where the climate is changing for the worse and resources are under pressure? Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) is finding out the truth on the ground before the NGO embarks on a major research that will result in a new program and action that can cope with the changing eco-system in the area.

Gender training is more than workshops

Around 20 million Ethiopian women have experienced violence at some point in their life. That’s why NPA wants ordinary people to understand that gender should be considered as part of life, and not just a high flying academic term. Instead of inviting selected people to a workshop, NPA and our partners put the message in a guideline for gender trainers, so they again can train others.

Help Ban Cluster Bombs Now!

The Cluster Munition Coalition, in collaboration with Mines Action Canada, re-launched the People’s Treaty on 30 May – the final day of the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions after the 111 participating states unanimously adopted the new treaty. Following this, the campaign is now working to ensure that as many states as possible sign the new treaty in Oslo from 2-3 December 2008. It is only six months between Dublin and Oslo to ensure that countries – your country – will be ready to sign the treaty so that it can become binding international law.