US to provide Myanmar with 3mil for demining, Nan Tin Htwe, Monday, Myanmar Times, 25 March 2013 The US Dept. of State’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilisation Operations will provide US$3 million to Myanmar for landmine clearing projects. Rick Barton, Assistant Secretary of the CSO states that this will support peace Read more…
Politics and peace process obstacle to Myanmar land mine elimination procedure Article quotes Dr. Zaw Min Oo, of the Myanmar Peace Center that some armed groups believe that existing mine fields provide for their defence and that as long as the armed groups and the government lack confidence in one Read more…
Number of disabled increases in Myanmar Eleven Journal article interviews Myat Oo, Chairman of the Myanmar Physically Handicapped Association and also Chairman of the newly formed Myanmar Campaign to Ban Landmines. Myat Oo states that one in five of the members of the MPHA are landmine disabled, and that the Read more…
Danger: Burma is without a national landmine action program, Karen News, Christine M. Leah and Saw Wei Thoo, 1 March 2013 Title is somewhat misleading as it goes on to note that “As it stands, there is no national mine action program. However, the government has engaged with local and Read more…