UK Renews Its Support For UXO Clearance In Laos
(Mark Field, Minister for Asia and the Pacific of the United Kingdom)
(KPL) During my very recent first visit to Laos, I was briefed by the Mine Action Group (MAG) and The Halo Trust (HALO) about the state of UXO clearance in Laos, and I spent an insightful visit to the UXO Lao Visitor Center in Luang Prabang to learn about UXO clearance operations. It is devastating to see that even after decades of peace, there are still dozens of people killed or injured in Laos by discarded and forgotten munitions, most casualties sustained from individual bomblets or “bombies” from anti-personnel cluster bombs.
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The British government today confirmed contracts under its new second Global Mine Action Programme with HALO and MAG worth nearly £46m to support demining projects across Africa and Asia, part of a commitment to spend £100million on mine action by March 2020
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