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Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Press Releases

2008
--10/14/08  U.S. Department of State Partners with Sudanese Integrated Mine Action Service
--10/01/08  DDTC Announces New Registration Fee Structure
--09/29/08  U.S. Department of State Quick Reaction Force
--09/22/08  "Landmine Casualty Data: Best Practices Guidebook” Provides New Reference Materials for Mine Victim Information Systems
--08/11/08  Department of State Supports Rotary Club Project To Assist Amputees in Basra, Iraq
--08/08/08  Lockheed Martin Corporation Settles Charges Involving the Arms Export Control Act and International Traffic in Arms Regulations
--08/04/08  Conventional Weapons Destruction and Landmine Clearance in Somalia
--07/08/08  United States Marks Small Arms Destruction Day
--06/26/08  State Department Co-Sponsors Africa’s First Regional Seminar on MANPADS Threat Reduction
--06/03/08  Seventh Edition of “To Walk the Earth in Safety” Shows United States Progress in Clearing Landmines and Destroying Conventional Weapons
--06/03/08  U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue
--05/06/08  Grants for Conventional Weapons Destruction and to Assist Injured Conflict Survivors
--05/06/08  State Department Official Visits UXO Programs in Laos; U.S. Embassy; Vientiane, Laos
--04/21/08  Former Afghan Deminers Learn New Civilian Skills
--04/03/08  Third Annual International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
--02/21/08  West Virginia Firm Donates Detectors To Locate Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War
--02/07/08  Roots of Peace Builds School on Former Afghan Battlefield with Contributions from American Students
--01/24/08  President Appoints Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. Ambassador, Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction and Lead for United States Efforts to Protect International Aviation from Shoulder-Fired Anti-Aircraft Missiles
--01/24/08  United States Efforts to Protect International Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Attacks
--01/22/08  President Issues Export Controls Directive to Reform U.S. Defense Trade Policies and Practices
--01/16/08  U.S. Statement on Humanitarians Aspects of Cluster Munitions

2007
--12/21/07  Grapes for Humanity, U.S., Inc. Raises Funds to Aid Landmine Survivors in Colombia and Nicaragua
--12/10/07  Adaptive Technology Catalog to Aid Survivors of Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War
--12/03/07  CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking In Small Arms and Light Weapons
--11/13/07  United States Leadership in Clearing Landmines and Saving Lives
--11/07/07  Request for Applications for Grants to Deal with Landmines, Explosive Remnants of War, and At-Risk Small Arms, Light Weapons, and Munitions Stockpiles
--10/01/07  10th Anniversary of Public-Private Partnerships to Reinforce Humanitarian Mine Action
--08/21/07  Amputee Bicyclist Successfully Crosses United States During Global Trek to Support Landmine Survivors
--08/20/07  First Phase of 'Landmine Impact Survey' of Iraq Completed
--08/14/07  United States Condemns Terrorist Use of Landmines in Colombia
--07/09/07  Joint Statement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the 10th Annual Bilateral Security Dialogue
--07/09/07  Special Joint Press Briefing by Acting A/S for PM Stephen D. Mull and DAS for EUR Matthew J. Bryza and Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov
--07/09/07  U.S. Celebrates Destruction of One Million Weapons Worldwide
--07/09/07  Update on U.S. Efforts to Destroy Excess Small Arms/Light Weapons Worldwide
--07/05/07  United States Commemorates Small Arms Destruction Day with “Millionth Weapon Destruction” Events
--05/31/07  Amputee Bicyclist to Cross United States and Circle World to Support Landmine Survivors and Other Amputees
--05/29/07  New Grants to Deal With Explosives Remnants of War and Landmines
--04/03/07  Second Annual Observance of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
--02/21/07  State Department Co-Hosts NATO Partnership for Peace Trust Fund Workshop
--01/09/07  More Equipment to Clear Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance in Vietnam
--01/09/07  New Request for Applications for Grants to Advance Humanitarian Mine Action and Stem Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons Trafficking

2006
--11/21/06  United States Assistance to the Regional Center for Underwater Demining in the Balkans
--11/20/06  Department of State Salutes Grapes for Humanity for Assistance to Cambodian Landmine Survivors
--11/17/06  Outcome of Third Review Conference on Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
--11/03/06  Review Conference on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
--10/20/06  Stability Police Trainer Class Graduates
--10/17/06  Landmines Cleared From Mozambique’s Sena Railway
--10/12/06  Assistant Secretary Hillen’s Visit to Oman, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates
--10/04/06  Update on United States Aid to Lebanon to Clear Explosive Remnants of War
--09/29/06  Macedonia Completes Landmine Clearance
--09/21/06  Milestone Reached in NATO Partnership for Peace Arms Destruction Project in Ukraine
--09/21/06  The United States’ Record on Protecting Innocent Civilians from Landmines
--09/07/06  Meeting of the Defense Trade Advisory Group
--08/29/06  Major Breakthrough in Landmine Clearance: New Detector Identifies the Real “Hidden Killers”
--08/29/06  Remnants of War Cleared From Afghanistan’s “Devil's Garden”
--08/23/06  United States Emergency Aid to Lebanon to Clear Explosive Remnants of War
--07/27/06  More Grants for Humanitarian Mine Action
--06/27/06  To Walk the Earth in Safety: U.S. Actions to Clear Landmines and Stem Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/19/06  Stemming the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
--06/05/06  Georgia Hosts Workshop on Small Arms and Light Weapons Controls for International Parliamentarians
--05/12/06  Assistant Secretary Hillen To Travel to Persian Gulf Region
--04/21/06  Joint United States-Russian Federation Statement on the U.S.-Russia MANPADS Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
--04/05/06  Landmine Awareness: A Tribute to the Work of Nongovernmental Organizations
--04/04/06  International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
--03/31/06  U.S-Azerbaijan Political Military Talks
--03/20/06  Bouquet of Flowers Leads to Largest Cache of Abandoned Munitions in Afghanistan
--03/15/06  Sudan Opens National Mine Action Authority
--03/07/06  New Grants to Reinforce U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action
--03/07/06  Solicitation of Grants to Reinforce U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action and Destruction of Excess Weapons
--01/19/06  United States Reinforces Azerbaijan's Landmine Clearance Efforts

2005
--12/19/05  2005 Sees Major Developments in United States Efforts to End the Global Landmine Problem: U.S. Funding for Mine Action Surpasses $1 Billion
--12/15/05  Guatemala Completes Landmine Clearance
--11/28/05  Sixth Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines
--11/22/05  Fact Sheet on Containing the Threat from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)
--11/22/05  New Department of State - Newsweek Wall Map Charts Global Landmine Problem
--10/12/05  U.S. Department of State and Chicago Coalition for Landmine Action Conference
--09/30/05  United States and Hungary Agreement on Destruction of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Missiles
--09/27/05  U.S. Support to the New Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU)
--05/10/05  Grapes for Humanity Raises Money for Clearing Landmines and Aiding Disabled Orphans in Cambodia
--05/10/05  Public Access to Information about the Humanitarian Impact of Landmines
--05/09/05  U.S. Department of State Awards Multiple Contracts to Clean Up Battlefields and Control Conventional Weapons
--03/29/05  U.S. Department of State Issues "Request for Applications" for Humanitarian Mine Action Grants
--03/28/05  Meeting of the Defense Trade Advisory Group
--03/18/05  U.S. Department of State Contractors Receive Joint Military Commission Medals for Landmine Clearance in South Sudan
--02/24/05  U.S.-Russia Arrangement on Cooperation in Enhancing Control of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)
--02/18/05  NATO Project to Destroy Excess Ukrainian Weapons Stocks
--02/15/05  Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships for Humanitarian Mine Action
--01/03/05  United States Bans Non-Detectable Landmines

  
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