Mine Action and Disarmament
Call for tender: Consultancy services for Mine Action Review Researcher
NPA calls for tenders for consultancy services for the Mine Action Review project as researcher (Arabic speaking) for the Mine Action Review project (2021)
11 Feb 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Norwegian People’s Aid closes down its humanitarian mine action Programme in Colombia
Norwegian People’s Aid closes down its humanitarian mine action Programme in Colombia.
01 Feb 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
Nuclear weapons ban comes into force – without peace nation Norway
On January 22nd. nuclear weapons became forbidden under international law. “This is a historic milestone and an important piece of international legislation. Now the long-term work of achieving a world without nuclear weapons can really begin,” says senior advisor on mine- and weapons policy, Grethe Østern.
22 Jan 2021
Mine Action and Disarmament
A Cattle farmer with hopes for the future
Landmines have prevented Zimbabwean cattle farmer John Samuel Mudiwa from making use of grassing land. He is looking forward to NPA clearing the landmines in the area.
14 Dec 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
CCM RevCon Side Event: Celebrating Successes and Learning Lessons from CCM Article 4 Completion
Celebrating Successes and Learning Lessons from CCM Article 4 Completion.
16 Nov 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Virtual launch: Standardising Beneficiary Definitions, Second Version
Presentation of global definitions of Standardising Beneficiary Definitions, Second Version.
14 Nov 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Mine Action Review 2020
Mine Action Review hosts virtual event to launch its annual reports and discuss global progress in clearance of landmine and cluster munition remnants
11 Nov 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Sustainable Development Goals and mine action
Side event at 18 MST MBT about how to measure mine action outcomes against the SDGs.
10 Nov 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Montenegro free from cluster munitions 10 years after weapons were banned
10 August 2020 marked an important date in Montenegrin history. 10 years to the day after the Convention on Cluster Munitions entered into force, Montenegro could proudly declare itself free of these deadly weapons.
28 Oct 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Mine Action Review virtual event and briefing
Virtual briefing by Mine Action Review on the key findings of the latest Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2020 and Clearing the Mines 2020 reports, and the Oslo Action Plan monitoring of survey and clearance indicators.
22 Oct 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Solidarity in Action: NPA's Workers Union in Vietnam provides emergency aid to staff members
This week, representatives of NPA Worker’s Union in Vietnam visited families of staff members in Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue Province who have been affected by the recent flooding.
22 Oct 2020
Mine Action and Disarmament
Two NPA staff died in tragic accident in the Solomon Islands
– We can confirm that two of our colleagues have died in a tragic accident in the Solomon Islands, says deputy Secretary General at Norwegian People's Aid, Per Nergaard.
21 Sep 2020