Tajikistan Mine Action News
29-30 January, 2008
Workshop “Development Communication in Mine Risk
Education”. The
workshop has provided collaborative environment for
the National MRE Focal Points to design action plan
on development communication skills for the Mine
Risk Education activities that current year will be
continued in 22 districts of the republic. In spite
of cold weather of the winter previous and new
selected volunteers visited TMAC with the purpose to
have an access for new information and various types
of communication.
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Cluster bombs and submunitions in Tajikistan.
The Rasht Valley,
central Taji-kistan, is surrounded by steep hills
and snow-capped mountains. During the civil war,
some places on the high ground were defended with
earthworks and trenches, the remains of which are
still visible. These were defended with
anti-personnel mines. During the war, the mountains
all along the Rasht Valley were cluster bombed with
ShOAB and AO submunitions.The mountains around
Sagirdasht were also heavily mined, and the heavily
cluster bombed. ShOAB and AO submunitions litter the
hillsides. The cluster bombs used are large bombs
which burst open in the air and spread many small
bombs - submunitions - over a wide area.Many
submunitions fell on snow or soft ground and did not
explode. Every year there are injuries or deaths
when people stumble across them as they cut mountain
hay or move their livestock over the
hillside. Tourists and hikers should know what mines
and submunitions are and should avoid them. To learn
more about the submunitions used in Tajikistan,
click on the link below.
A0-2.5 RTM, SHOAB 0.5,
PFM, RKB 500 cluster bom.
DO NOT PICK THESE UP
- NEVER DROP OR THROW THEM - NEVER PUT THEM ON A
CAMPFIRE OR TRY TO TAKE THEM APART.
To read about
the problem in the Rasht valley,
click here.
Rehabilitation Camp 2007 landmines survivors.
The rehabilitation camp for
survivors from mine and Explosive Remnants of War
(ERW) accidents areas started on July 2nd 2007 in
the sanatorium “Sadbarg” located in the beautiful
Romit valley.
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Handover of cleared
minefields to the local authorities. This
year Tajikistan Mine Action Centre (TMAC) and Swiss
Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) in Tajikistan
handed over numbers of minefields to the local Hukumats.
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April 4th - the
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance
in Mine Action
On 8 December
2005, the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/60/97
declared April 4th as the International Day for Mine
Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. On 4 April
2007, Tajikistan Mine Action Centre (TMAC)
commemorated this official day by hosting a public
day at Tajikistan Mine Detecting Dog Centre, at the
Engineering Battalion of the Ministry of Defence of
Tajikistan, located in Rudaki district.
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30 March 2007. The ICBL
and the Tajik Mine Action Center (TMAC) jointly held
a workshop in Dushanbe.
The
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) is
organizing a series of national workshops on the
implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) in order
to enhance understanding about the provisions of the
treaty among relevant local, national and
international actors, as well as to measure progress
and discuss remaining challenges in treaty
implementation in that country.
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TMAC takes part at NATO
Trust Fund Workshop in Washington, DC.
On
22-23 February, 2007 TMAC National Program Manager,
Mr. Jonmahmad Rajabov, and UNDP Chief Technical
Advisor, Mr. William Lawrence attended the Working
Group Meeting of Trust Fund Workshop, NATO’s
Cooperation for Peace Program.
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27 December 2006. Mine
clearance activities are completed in the following
minefields:
Shul road,
Ishtiyon road, Halkayor-Panj, Chorcharogh,
Marghak,
Palace of Nation and one
minefield in Dashti Yazgulom.
|
Minefield name |
Start date |
Comple-tion
date |
area cleared/m2 |
founded |
status |
|
APM |
UXO |
|
Dashti
Yazgulom/Vanj |
29.05.2005 |
2.12.2006 |
18281 |
867 |
13 |
closed |
|
Marghak/Darvoz |
13.10.2004 |
|
16000 |
|
|
closed |
|
Shul
road/Rasht |
18.09.2006 |
28.10.2006 |
13595 |
0 |
0 |
closed |
|
Shtiyon
road/Tavildara |
22.09.2006 |
18.10.2006 |
31071 |
1 |
0 |
closed |
|
Halkayor/Panj |
10.04.2006 |
6.10.2006 |
1010 |
113 |
5 |
closed |
|
Chorcharigh/Rasht |
23.08.2004 |
17.11.2006 |
92388 |
0 |
1 |
closed |
|
Palace of
Nation/Dushanbe |
21.12.2006 |
27.12.2006 |
32198 |
0 |
1 |
closed |
On 14 December
2006 Japanese Commercial Delegation
visited TMAC.
See Presentation
Official Launch of the 2007
Portfolio of Mine Action Projects.
On Tuesday 28 November 2006,
TMAC in conjunction with UNDP organized a benefit
event for victims of landmines in Tajikistan. This
occasion which featured a short documentary directed
by Gulchehra Mansurova about the many challenges
victims of landmines face in the country also marked
the official launch of the 2007 Portfolio of Mine
Action Projects (see full portfolio here). This
event brought together landmine survivors, health
professionals, government officials from relevant
ministries as well as representatives of local and
international NGOs and donor countries. Proceedings
from this event which were the result of generous
donations by participants amounted to $ 800.
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So far TMAC has been able to
purchase 4 sewing machines for families of victims
so as to help generate income for them as they will
otherwise have no source of income.
One of these sewing machines
was presented to
Sitoramo Abdusobirova. Ms. Jeanne Wehlau of the 1st
Micro Finance Bank also generously sponsored two
TMAC urgent appeals amounting to the total of $
600. See appeals of
Rustam Mukhtojev
and
Ikhtiyor Akramov.
31 August 2006. QA
Officer visited Panj region for his monthly inspection
of the
minefield (see Report in
Tajik).
Report
of the Commission of Inquiry into the mine accident
in Shul (Mandalul mountain) has finished. (see
Initial Report here).
25-28 August 2006.MRE
Coordinator visited Panjikant(see Report here).
Summer
Camp 2006 will be held in September.
