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  • [Afghanistan] SIMA SAMAR, minister for Womens Affairs in the Interim Administration and Karzai's deputy.
  • The debris of war, lethal and ready 'toys' for children, is a sourge many countries are working to abolish.
  • [Iraq] Mines, unexploded ordnance and arms caches litter Iraq presenting demining groups with huge challenges if they are to protect civilians.
  • Gulzar Hussain resident of Village Luqman Khel, Parachnar Kurram agency, aged 12 now, is seriously handicapped by his amputation of both his legs and one arm.
  • All over the world countries look forward to a time when the production of mine warning signs is no longer needed.
    All over the world countries look forward to a time when the production of mine warning signs is no longer needed.
  • [Afghanistan] Arefa Zareh from Quyash Radio in Maimana is working on her next programme on women's issues.
    Arefa Zareh, a presenter/producer at Radio Quyash, is one of the seven local women running the new women's radio station in Maimana
  • [Angola] In Angola, anti-tank mines are an added menace along with millions of unexploded ordnance.
    Proposed law may constrain foreign assistance operations
  • [Senegal] Children playing in the mined village of Darsalam.
    Children playing in the mined village of Darsalam
  • [Angola] Returnee children are happy to be learning Portuguese.
    Returning Angolan children learning Portuguese - their homeland’s national language- but new to them after years abroad as refugees
  • A Soldier training his mine dog, Afghanistan, 16 November 2004. Mines dogs have added spectacular speed to some aspects of mine clearance in Afghanistan. Most of the millions of landmines that litter the country were laid between 1980 and 1992 during the
  • [Iraq] Mines and Unexploded Ordnance are littered together in dozens of post-conflict countries: both a lethal hazard to thousands of communities: North Iraq.
    The Cairo conference called for banning the use of landmines and UXOs in the region
  • Not only landmines but unexploded ordnance, littered in their millions, are a security threrat in post conflicy situations.Agencies hope that the Nairobi summit will help reduce the UXO problem through firm action against mines.
    APMs and unexploded ordnance are a security threat in post conflict situations
  • [Afghanistan] The Afghan trainers have to build up a close relationship with their dogs if clearance is to be effective and safe.
  • Over 340 different mines are currently being found by demining groups all over the world. Each mine is designed to kill and main humans - soldiers or civilians.
    Samples of landmines
  • [Iraq] Unless all efforts are re-doubled communities will have to live with mines for many more years. In Northern Iraq a group of women walk only on tarmac roads.
  • Ten-year-old Andrevski survived the war in Kosovo but was blown up by a landmine 10 days after the peace agreement was signed. He was playing on a hillside with friends when he activated an anti-personnel mine. Both legs had to be amputated, one above the
    Ten-year-old Andrevski survived the war in Kosovo but was blown up by a landmine 10 days after the peace agreement was signed. He was playing on a hillside with friends when he activated an anti-personnel mine. Both legs had to be amputated.
  • Will Nairobi make concrete steps towards a world free of mines and relief for those still living with the impact of mines?
  • [Tajikistan] The campaign has benefited from important patronage by initially Princess Diana and now Queen Noor. Here she is shown a mine demonstration in Dushanbe, 2004.
  • Cousins Altin, aged 9, and Adem, 13, were playing in a field when one of them tripped a trip-wire activated fragmentation mine. They each lost both of their legs. Kosovo, July 1999.
  • In so many post-conflict situiations children are left to play in the debris of war: with lethal consequences.
  • All over the world communities and individuals affected by mine could benefit if concrete action results from the Nairobi Summit.
    All over the world communities and individuals affected by mine could benefit if concrete action results from the Nairobi Summit
  • For many victims the situation is as hopeless in 2004 as it was 10 years before. Mine victims need more help.
  • [Angola] Returnees unloading goods.
    Several thousand Angolans have returned home
  • [Angola] The long road to a mine free world? Are these Angolan mine victims walking towards brighter future?
    Angolans have a long way to go before they enjoy the benefits of peace
  • The lucky few will receive appropriate limb replacement; even fewer have any chance of rehabilitation assistance.
  • [Angola] A current esimated 300,000 mine victims struggle to survive with minimal assistance from their communities,governments and the international community. A boy in Angola.
    A current esimated 300,000 mine victims struggle to survive with minimal assistance from their communities,governments and the international community. A boy in Angola.
  • [Sri Lanka] Minefields in Sri Lanka: Destroying stockpiles is about future generations not having to face these scenes.
  • The destruction of millions of unwanted mines is a huge logistical and financial commitment for any country.
    The destruction of millions of unwanted mines is a huge logistical and financial commitment for any country.
  • Deminers and subsistence farmers working close together. Demining is so slow that villagers have to take grave risks to bring in a harvest.
  • 10-year-old Andrevski survived the war in Kosovo but was blown up by a landmine when playing with friends on a hillside just days after the peace agreement was signed. Both of his legs had to be amputated. Kosovo, July 1999.
    10-year-old Andrevski survived the war in Kosovo but was blown up by a landmine when playing with friends on a hillside just days after the peace agreement was signed. Both of his legs had to be amputated. Kosovo, July 1999.
  • 'Slow and dangerous work'.
  • [Burundi] Roxanne Carrillo, code of conduct officer for the UN Mission in Burundi, or ONUB.
    Roxanne Carrillo, code of conduct officer for the UN Mission in Burundi.

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