CIAO DATE: 10/03
Volume 9, Number 1, January 2004
Preface by Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State
Focus
U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action: Making the World Safer (PDF, 3 pages, 50 kbs), by Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Special Representative of the President and Secretary of State for Mine Action and Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs
The Leahy War Victims Fund A Crucial Part of U.S. Humanitarian Aid (PDF, 2 pages, 431 kbs), by U.S. Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont/p>
Applying Epidemiology to the Field of Mine Actiojn (PDF, 3 pages, 433 kbs), by Mark Anderson, MD, MPH and Michael Lipton Gerber, MPH, National Center for Environmental Health, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.S. Defense Department: Sharing Training and Technology with the International Community (PDF, 2 pages, 418 kbs), Compiled from Defense Department Reports
Commentary
Public-Private Partnerships are Essential in Helping Landmine Survivors (PDF, 3 pages, 442 kbs), by Kenneth R. Rutherford, Co-founder of the Landmine Survivors Network and Professor of Political Science, Southwest Missouri State University
The Myths and Realities of Demining (PDF, 4 pages, 435 kbs), by Colin King, President, Colin King Associates, and Editor, Jane’s Mines and Mine Clearance
Country Reports
Afghanistan: A Model for a Humanitarian Mine Action (PDF, 3 pages, 424 kbs), by Hayden Roberts, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Cambodia: Reducing Casualties, Returning Land to Productive Use (PDF, 2 pages, 409 kbs), by Hayden Roberts, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Mozambique: Rebuilding Lives and Infrastructure (PDF, 2 pages, 410 kbs), by Hayden Roberts, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Fact Sheet
United Nations Mine Action Service (PDF, 2 pages, 418 kbs), by United Nations
A Guide to Additional Reading
Bibliography (PDF, 1 page, 418 kbs), (Spotlighting other views)
Key Internet Sites (PDF, 1 page, 416 kbs), Internet links to resources on related issues