Contents: Issue 1.1 Summer 1997

• The U.S. Department of Defense and the Role of the Journal of Humanitarian Demining
  -Robert Cowles, Department of Defense

• Dedication
  -Dennis Barlow, HDIC

• Of Bubbles, Burps and Gaps
  -Joe Lokey, HDIC

• The United Nations and Humanitarian Mine Action
  -Stephane Vigie, UN Demining Policy Unit

• Quality Assurance for Civilian Mine and Munitions Clearance
  -Erik K. Lauritzen and Soren Gert Larsen, DEMEX Consulting Engineers A/S

• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), Ordnance and Explosives (OE), or Chemical Agents (CA) Functional Sub-Activity (UOFSA) Information Business Strategy
  -George Hoehl, Defense Environmental Security Corporate Information Management

• An Interview with Colonel Lawrence Machabee, USMC: A Retrospective View of Humanitarian Demining at the Department of State
  -Peter J. Hager, Co-Editor

• United Nations Assumes the Lead in Demining
  -David M. Ahearn, Staff Writer

• From 1000 to 100 Years in Solving the Humanitarian Demining Problem
  -Dr. J. Molitoris and Mr. A. Bottoms, Mine Warfare Association

• The Humanitarian Foundation of People against Landmines, Stiftung Menschen gegen Minen
  -Colleen Pettit, Staff Writer

• White House Office of Science and Technology Helps to Coordinate Demining Activities
  -Colleen Pettit, Staff Writer