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Land Mines

DeTeC
DeTeC - A Swiss company whose first objective is listed as "To develop by the end of 1997 a man-transportable anti-personnel mine sensor that significantly reduces the false alarm rate compared to presently used sensors."  http://diwww.epfl.ch/w3lami/detec/detec.html

 
Government of Canada's Global Land Mine page
Government of Canada's Global Land Mine page - This site offers information on the Canadian government's role in the campaign to ban land mines including political, military and development activities.  http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cfp-pec/nationalforum/elementary/landmines-en.asp

 
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
International Campaign to Ban Landmines - The International Campaign to Ban Landmines, launched in 1992, is a US organization which brings together over 800 human rights, humanitarian, children's, peace, veterans, medical, development, arms control, religious, and environmental and women's groups in over 50 countries who work locally, nationally, regionally, and internationally to ban antipersonnel (AP) land mines. The site offers news and information on the campaign as well as information on what you can do in support.  http://www.vvaf.org/campaign/index.shtml

 
International Committee of the Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC has an excellent section on land mines including a synopsis of the problem, information on the campaign to ban land mines, an details of assistance offered to victims and an explanation of international humanitarian law as it relates to land mines.  http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/iwpList2/Focus:Landmines

 
Mines Action Canada
Mines Action Canada - A project of Physicians for Global Survival which is a voluntary association of Canadian physicians committed to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the prevention of war, the promotion of non-violent conflict resolution and the achievement of social justice. Mines Action Canada actively promotes the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The web site has a chronology of the events in the campaign as well as links to many excellent land mines sites.  http://www.minesactioncanada.com/

 
Stiftung Menschen Gegen Minen
Stiftung Menschen Gegen Minen - (The Humanitarian Foundation of People against Landmines): a German organization with an English site which has information on the standards and best practices of demining with currently available technology  http://www.mgm.org/

 
United Nations Landmines 
United Nations Landmines  http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/mine/index.html

 
United Nations Schools Demining Schools
United Nations Schools Demining Schools - the UN's site offering students around the world the opportunity to learn about land mines and participate in schoolyard demining projects.  http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/banmines/index.html
 
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