Clearance of antipersonnel mines
In February the Phalon-Sawaw Democratic Party, an Kayin ethnicity based political party which won some seats in both the national and state parliaments in the October 2010 elections, presented a parliamentary question in the Kayin State Parliament. PSDP State MP Min Aung Lin had 6 villages within his constituency which Read more…
Third regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for fifth day, New Light of Myanmar, 18 February 2012, p. 10. MPs U Bo Yel of Kayah State, U MahnKan Nyunt of Kayin State and U Hla Swe of Magway Region were reported to propose that mine clearance be the first Read more…
During a mission by the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg to Myanmar/Burma in February, President Thein Sein requested assistance for the clearance of mines in the country. URL: http://www.lequotidien.lu/politique-et-societe/32040.html
The Landmine Monitor report, the annual report of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997 Nobel Peace Co-Laureate) was released in Bangkok yesterday. Included was the annual updated report on Myanmar/Burma. Globally, Myanmar/Burma is one of four states whose formal armed forces use antipersonnel mines (the others are Israel, Syria Read more…