Groups providing assistance to casualties
The World Health Organization has written, that local health facilities in mine affected countries must assure, “… an adequate health-care response, both immediate (e.g. acute trauma care and surgery) and long-term (e.g. rehabilitation), to the physical and psychological trauma of people injured by landmines. Most of these people live in Read more…
A news report states that the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR) plans to set up a reserve fund for disabled people as part of the Disabilities Law enacted in 2015. Minister U Win Myat Aye speaking before the Amyotha Hluttaw on the 29 January stated that MSWRR Read more…
In mid-June the United Nations Security Council passed its first ever resolution on Mine Action. During Security Council debate it was emphasized that Mine Action extends beyond simply removing landmines, but must be seen as an effective tool for helping communities and countries pursue sustainable peace. The example of Colombia’s Read more…
4 April was the UN International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action New UN Secretary General, António Gueterres, stated in his first message on this annual UN International Day that, “peace is incomplete without mine removal’. On 4th April, the Acting Director-General of the Ministry of Social Read more…
Prior to today, there has never been an official figure provided by a government of Myanmar regarding how many people are injured or killed by landmines during a year. The figure provided by the Ministry of Health today is for deaths due to encounters with landmines, and covers the period Read more…
The Myanmar Police were reported to have recorded 90 landmine casualties in Kachin State during 2015, according to a Myanmar Eleven news report. 79 of the victims were injured but survived, 11 of them died. The news report interviewed a local activist from Sarmaw village tract, who stated that in Read more…