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Beat the drum to ban cluster bombs

Footballers will be beating drums to ban cluster bombs during this year’s Norway Cup. Thousands of drums are set to become the tournament’s new vuvuzelas as the world’s most important disarmament agreement in over ten years comes into force on August 1.

Les mer(28.07.2010)

Human Rights under pressure

The Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights (CENIDH) was established in 1990 to defend and promote human rights. The main motivation was to defend the achievements of the Sandinista Popular Revolution in the early eighties.

Les mer(19.07.2010)

Sudan alarmingly unprepared six months before critical referendum

Ahead of major summit, new report warns that inadequate preparation is harming chance of credible referendum

Les mer(14.07.2010)

European Parliament urges all EU states to join cluster bomb ban treaty

(London, 8 July 2010) - The European Parliament passed a resolution on 8 July calling on European Union member states to sign and ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions “as a matter of urgency,” the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) said today. The Convention enters into force and becomes binding international law on 1 August.

Les mer(08.07.2010)

Mission completed

On 22nd June NPA marked the completion of its Battle Area Clearance Programme in Georgia. The programme has been key in NPA’s efforts to support and promote the implementation of the Convention of Cluster Munitions, which will enter into force on 01 August 2010.

Les mer(24.06.2010)

Nicaragua is mine-free

Managua, 18 June 2010 — As Nicaragua celebrates completion of its mine clearance activities, Central America becomes the world’s first landmine-free region, said the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) today. North and Central America, from the Arctic Circle to the Colombian border, are now free from the threat of landmines. This success demonstrates that with sustained efforts a mine-free world is possible.

Les mer(18.06.2010)

First external course at Entoto Training Centre

Between 31 May – 8 June the first external course was conducted at Entoto Training Centre by Ethiopian Mine Action Office (EMAO) with assistance from NPA MA Ethiopia. 9 representatives from South Sudan Demining Authority (SSDA), United Nation Mine Action Office in Sudan (UNMAO) and NPA MA Sudan participated in a Mine Detection Dog Introduction Course.

Les mer(10.06.2010)

Women Can Do It Regional Conference In South Africa April 26th – 28th 2010

NPA’s Women Can Do It regional conference in Johannesburg, gathered NPA staff, WCDI trainers from Norway, and WCDI partner organisations from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania and Rwanda. Despite language barriers, the experience sharing and discussions in the conference were interesting, inclusive and positive for all 51 participants.

Les mer(09.06.2010)

New world record on Nakba Day

With the support of Norwegian People’s Aid in Lebanon, the youth group "Campaign 194" set a new Guinness record tying together 6500 Palestinian scarves (Kofeye), while commemorating the Palestinian Nakba Day.

Les mer(10.06.2010)

Indigenous Peoples get influence over traditional coastal areas

Lafkenche Territorial Identity (LTI) has since 1991 worked to secure recognition of the Lafkenche's (the local indigenous population) right to manage their traditional Lafken Mapu (sea territory). A new law was finally approved in 2008; The Marine Coastal Space of the Original Peoples.

Les mer(09.06.2010)