Mine Action and Disarmament
US Delegation visited NPA Vietnam
NPA Vietnam was pleased to welcome Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the United States Department of State, and an accompanying diplomatic delegation, to Quang Tri province on 9 September 2022.
12 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
A great victory in the fight against urban warfare
After well over a decade of advocacy and political pressure, Norwegian People's Aid and other civil society actors were able to unleash their cheers at the UN on 17 June. Finally, a political declaration regulating the use of explosive weapons in populated areas is becoming a reality.
07 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Ready to clear mines in Ukraine: On a scale that no one has seen since World War II
The commemoration of Ukrainian Liberation Day on August 24 was also the commemoration of six months of war. During these months, Norwegian People's Aid has gone from having no activity in the country, to get our perhaps largest mine clearance programme to date up and running.
07 Sep 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Living the American dream
9 of NPA's retired Mine Detection Dogs recently started a new life chapter - in the United States.
16 Aug 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Farmers in al-Khasfa can finally use their land again following clearance of improvised minefields
Mohammed Khleef (30) and Maher Rafe’e (26) are cousins who together own a piece of farmland in al-Khasfa, a small village in the Haditha district of Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
19 Jul 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Norwegian People's Aid Peru completes operations in Pisco
Based on funding from the US Department of State (PM/WRA), Norwegian People's Aid are conducting Arms Management and Destruction (AMD) operations in Peru. In May, the team destroyed a total of 41 tons of obsolete munition at a Peruvian Air Force Base in Pisco, taking the country one step closed to destroy all obsolete weapons.
30 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
U.S. imposes near total ban on landmines
The Biden administration is reversing Trump's policies, taking a big step in the right direction toward a total ban on landmines.
24 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Statement by Norwegian People’s Aid on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare
Towards a political declaration to address thehumanitarian harm from explosive weapons in populated areas
17 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Short film on female Deminers in Kosovo
The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) has interviewed some of NPA's current and former female operational staff in Kosovo.
01 Jun 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
NPA Vietnam welcomes the US government to operations after two years of COVID delays
NPA Vietnam programme host the first donor visit from USDOS PM/WRA after a long Covid restriction period
27 May 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
Address by NPA
NPA's address on Universalisation for the CCM Intersessional Meetings 2022.
16 May 2022
Mine Action and Disarmament
From war victim to aid worker
Bosnia, May 15, 1992: The civil war in Bosnia has been ongoing since the beginning of April, and Sarajevo is under heavy siege. On this day, the Bosnian civil war is about to reach the country's third largest and most multicultural city, Tuzla.
15 May 2022