After Guns Fall Silent

by Roberts, Shawn; Williams, Jody

• ISBN13: 9780855983376
• ISBN10: 085598337X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Oxfam Pubns

Summary

Years after peace treaties have been signed and military conflict is nominally over, anti-personnel mines continue to claim innocent lives. This text offers data showing that landmines victimize civilians in direct contravention of the Geneva convention and examines the impact landmines have on people, on their communities and on their outlook and view of life. The report, commissioned by the VVAF, examines the consequences of landmine use on post-conflict reconstruction and development, on refugee movement and resettlement and on the environment. It also investigates mine clearance and mine awareness and medical, rehabilitative and psychological costs. Using original research, the report uses case studies from countries including Angola, Mozambique, Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia. Scholarly and accurate analysis combines with people's own words and real personal stories to present a detailed evaluation of the effect of this most potent of weapons. This work is published by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation and distributed in the UK and Ireland by Oxfam.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Countries with Landmine Incidents
List of Contributions for Mine Clearance
Executive Summary	p. 3
Severely Mined Countries
Afghanistan	p. 39
Angola	p. 95
Cambodia	p. 117
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina	p. 181
Mozambique	p. 207
Other Severely Mined Countries
El Salvador	p. 251
Iraqi Kurdistan	p. 255
Kuwait	p. 261
Libya	p. 263
Nicaragua	p. 267
Somalia	p. 271
Vietnam	p. 277
Endnotes	p. 283
App.One Acronyms	p. 329
App.Two Methods	p. 333
App.Three Antipersonnel Landmines in Case Study Countries	p. 341
App.Four Survey Methods in Afghanistan	p. 349
App.Five Bosnia-Herzegovina Household Survey Instrument	p. 431
App.Six Survey Methods in Cambodia	p. 433
App.Seven Landmine Casualties Among the Military in Cambodia	p. 483
App.Eight Landmines in International Law	p. 489
App.Nine Survey Methods in Mozambique	p. 497
Bibliography	p. 525
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