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082			_aPamphlet KZ 5645 .H67 2000
094			_a(Network paper / Relief and Rehabilitation Network ; 32)
020			_a850034833
100			_aHorwood, Chris.
245			_aHumanitarian mine action : the first decade of a new sector in humanitarian aid / by Chris Horwood.
260			_aLondon : Overseas Development Institute, 2000.
300			_a43 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
440			_v(Network paper
440			_v Relief and Rehabilitation Network ; 32)
500			_aCover title.
500			_aMarch 2000.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
500			_aContents: Executive summary—Section 1. The scope and nature of the landmines crisis—section 2. The international response—Section 3. The current status of mine action in terms of operations—Section 4. Central issues facing mine action—Endnotes—References—Annexes.
500			_aSummary: Landmines have caused deaths and injuries (among non-combatants) since they were first used at the start of the century. It was the soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan the Vietnamese withdrawal from Cambodia, and the flight of Kurds from Iraqi governments forces that shocked the world awake to the devastating impact of these abandoned weapons. Later too, with the cessation of conflicts in Mozambique and Angola, the scale of this 'new' catastrophe became apparent in term of the numbers of victims, socioeconomic devastation and potential for obstruction to peace and development. In fact the landmine threat could be seen as a 'slow onset emergency'; the 'creeping genocide' of the hidden killers. This realization developed between 1989 and 1993, but was not immediately widely recognized. Recognition of the scale of the crisis and the cost to societies is still developing—(p. 1).
546			_aEnglish
650			_aLand mines (International law)
650			_aLandmines.
650			_aArms control.
650			_aHumanitarian assistance.
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