Socio-economic impact study of landmines and mine action operations in Afghanistan : mine action programme for Afghanistan / Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA).

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Islamabad : Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA), 1999.Description: [7], 35, [15] p. : col. maps, charts ; 30 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet UG 490 .S635 1998
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“December 1999”.

“United Nations”—at head of title.

“Study and report by : Mine Clearance Planning Agency (MCPA)”—title page.

Spiral bound.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Part I : summary—Part II : mine action programme for Afghanistan—Part III : socio-economic impact study (SEIS) of landmines and mine action operations—Part IV : impact of landmines—Part V : impact of mine action operations—Part VI : general.

Summary: “Almost two decades of war in Afghanistan has left the country severely affected by the presence of landmines. Laid and scattered indiscriminately over almost the entire breadth of the country, landmines continue to kill and maim innocent people daily and are considered to be one of the major impediments to the rehabilitation and development of the country…”—(p. 1).