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broad and complex system of individuals, campaigns and organizations put
together this report, which was expertly assembled by a committed team of
research coordinators and editors, with the invaluable financial support of a
number of donors.
This fourth annual report of the Landmine Monitor system contains country
updates written by 115 Landmine Monitor researchers from 90 countries, selected
by the Landmine Monitor Core Group and research coordinators. These dedicated
and persistent researchers are cited separately in the List of Contributors.
Landmine Monitor is indebted to everyone who contributed research to this
report, especially those who provided updated reports at their own cost. We
wish to thank the scores of individuals, campaigns, non-governmental and
international organizations, mine action practitioners, and governments who gave
essential information to our researchers.
We are grateful to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),
especially ICBL Coordinator Liz Bernstein and her dedicated staff, and the ICBL
Working Group chairs for providing the sections on ICBL activities and for their
continued and crucial assistance in the release, distribution and promotion of
the annual Landmine Monitor reports and fact sheets. We greatly appreciate the
United Nations agencies, regional organizations, the International Committee of
the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations for submitting the reports on
their activities that are included in the Appendices to this report. The
entities contributing to the appendices of this report do not necessarily
endorse the rest of the Landmine Monitor Report 2002 and they are in no
way responsible for other material contained in this report. Likewise, Landmine
Monitor does not necessarily approve, nor does it take responsibility for the
accuracy of, material included in the appendices.
Responsibility for the coordination of Landmine Monitor’s reporting
network lies with the five founding Core Group organizations and additional
organizations and individuals:
Human Rights Watch (Stephen Goose, Mark Hiznay, and Mary Wareham) is the
main contact point for Landmine Monitor, the thematic coordinator on ban policy
and the regional research coordinator for the Middle East/North Africa and the
Pacific;
Handicap International Belgium (Stan Brabant, Sheree Bailey, Pauline Crick,
Annalisa Formiconi, Marielle Hallez and Koen Baetens) is the thematic
coordinator on victim assistance and mine risk education, and the regional
research coordinator for Asia and for Francophone Africa;
Kenya Coalition Against Landmines (Mereso Agina and Cornelius Nyamboki) is a
regional research coordinator for Africa;
Mines Action Canada (Paul Hannon, Waldo Abdo Ali, Charlie Avendaño,
Nancy Ingram and Celina Tuttle) is responsible for the Landmine Monitor Database
and is the regional research coordinator for the Americas. The tables contained
in this report were prepared by Mines Action Canada;
Norwegian People’s Aid (Sara Sekkenes, Per Nergaard and Janecke Wille)
is the thematic coordinator for mine action;
Landmine Action (Ian Doucet) is the regional research coordinator for
Europe;
ICBL Consultant Ryan Sutton is the regional research coordinator for the
former Soviet Union;
South African Campaign to Ban Landmines operating as Mines Action Southern
Africa (Noël Stott) is a regional research coordinator for Africa.
The regional research coordinators undertook initial country report
edits for Landmine Monitor Report 2002 from April to July 2002, while the
Arms Division of Human Rights Watch provided the final editing from June to July
2002. The final editing team consisted of Stephen Goose (chief editor), Mark
Hiznay, Mary Wareham, Stuart Maslen (consultant), and Jody Williams (ICBL
Ambassador and member of the Advisory Committee of the Arms Division of Human
Rights Watch).
Mary Wareham served as the overall coordinator for the production of the
report. Various members of the Human Rights Watch staff provided editorial
assistance and review. HRW interns Mary Akchurin, Katie Carman and Alejandro
Moreno provided additional research and editorial assistance, including
proof-reading. Hannah Novak and Briana Wilson of the Arms Division proof-read,
formatted and provided production assistance, with the aid of Patrick Minges.
Human Rights Watch was responsible for the printing of Landmine Monitor
Report 2002,while ICBL webmaster Kjell Knudsen provided the web
version of the report, in cooperation with HRW. Rafael Jiménez and Glenn
Ruga provided design, while Jasmine Desclaux-Salachas and Michael S. Miller
provided maps for the report.
We deeply appreciate the hospitality extended by the hosts of the six
regional meetings and one international meeting that were necessary to bring
together the Landmine Monitor reporting network and facilitate production of
this report:
The Korean Campaign to Ban Landmines (especially Dr. Jai-kook Cho, Chang-Soo
Kim, Siwoo Lee, Kyung-Lan, and the KCBL staff of volunteers) for hosting the
24–26 October 2001 meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea for researchers
from Asia-Pacific;
The Armenian National Committee of the ICBL (especially Jemma Hasratyan,
Narine Mkhitaryan and Armine Ghalachyan) for hosting the 8-10 November 2001
meeting in Yerevan, Armenia for researchers from the Commonwealth of Independent
States (CIS) region of the former Soviet Union;
The Kenya Coalition Against Landmines (especially Mereso Agina and her team)
for hosting the 27-29 November 2001 meeting in Nairobi, Kenya for researchers
from Africa;
Associação do Jovem Aprendiz (especially Adonai Rocha,
Dulcenéa Rezende and Solano Teodoro, and also to Marcelo
Guimarães, Gustavo Oliveira Vieira, Antônio Carlos Gomes from the
Brazilian campaign; Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres) for hosting the
9-11 December 2001 meeting in Brasilia, Brazil for researchers from the
Americas;
Ian Doucet, with the assistance of the Geneva International Centre for
Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), for hosting the 28-29 January 2002 meeting in
Geneva, Switzerland for researchers from Europe;
Human Rights Watch (especially Mark Hiznay), with the assistance of the
GICHD, for hosting the 30-31 January 2002 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland for
researchers from the Middle East and North Africa;
The National Commission for the Elimination of Anti-Personnel Mines (CNEMA),
the Government of France, Handicap International, the City of Paris, the ICBL,
the Canadian Youth Mine Action Ambassador Programme, and the Landmine Monitor
Report 2002 donors for making the Paris global meeting of researchers
possible (especially Marion Libertucci and her talented team).
Last
but of course not least, we thank the donors to the Landmine Monitor initiative
and this fourth report. Landmine Monitor's donors are in no way responsible
for, and do not necessarily endorse, the material contained in this report. It
was only possible to carry out this work with the aid of grants from:
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