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Landmine Monitor 2015 Myanmar/Burma country report released at press conference in Yangon On 25 November 2015, a press conference to launch the Burmese translation of the Myanmar/Burma country report in Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor 2014 took place in Yangon. The audio record of the press conference is available here. Read more…
The United Nations Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU) has produced an updated map of townships with suspected landmine hazard from Landmine Monitor 2015 data. The map is cumulative, and highlights townships in which Landmine Monitor has discovered landmine contamination through casualty reports or other reports of mined areas since 2007. Read more…
The Global New Light of Myanmar stated that “The number of people injured by landmines in Kachin State is rising, according to local police records.” This is an unusual admission of the landmine problem within the country within the government owned press. The article goes on to provide details on Read more…
Press Conference and release of Landmine Monitor 2014 Myanmar/Burma Country Report On 29 December, a press conference to launch the Burmese translation of the Myanmar/Burma country report in Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor 2014 took place in Yangon. The audio record of the press conference is available here. The Landmine Read more…
The Landmine Monitor Global Report, and the Landmine Monitor country reports, including the 2014 Country report for Myanmar/Burma were released 3 December 2014. Information regarding the global report can be found here. Landmine Monitor has identified over 3,450 landmine casualties in Myanmar/Burma from 1999 through the end of 2013. When Read more…
On 26 November 2013, the country report on Myanmar/Burma in Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor 2013 was launched at a press conference in Yangon. The report was summarized by Monitor Research Coordinator Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan. Further comments on the status of landmines in the governments peace dialog with ethnic armed groups, Read more…