US Department of State

	U.S. Department of State
	Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement

Press Releases

3/15/10 State Department Helps Bulgaria Destroy Surplus Man-Portable Air Defense Systems; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/15/10 State Department Supports Third Workshop to Further Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction in South East Europe; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/09/10 Saving Lives in Laos: United States Leadership in Clearing Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
10/22/10 Department of State Supports "American Task Force for Lebanon" and MAG in Clearance of Explosive Remnants of War in Lebanon; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
09/27/10 State Department Salutes Cambodian Humanitarian Demining Hero; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
08/03/10 "To Walk the Earth in Safety": Progress in Conventional Weapons Destruction; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
08/03/10 New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction Efforts; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
07/09/10 United States Marks International Small Arms Destruction Day; Washington, DC
07/06/10 The United States Celebrates Central America Freeing Itself From Impact of Landmines; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
06/01/10 Afghanistan: Building Partnerships Through Humanitarian Mine Action
05/13/10 United States Partners with Bosnia and Herzegovina to Destroy Excess Weaponry; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
05/11/10 Slovenia: United States Supports Humanitarian Demining Efforts with New $12 Million Grant; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
04/19/10 Jordan: U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Supports Football Festival
04/05/10 Afghanistan: U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Helps Revive Deserted Town
02/23/10 Papua New Guinea: U.S. Experts Help Bougainville Clear World War II Era Munitions
12/14/09 United States Funds Post-Conflict Cleanup in Georgia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
12/01/09 U.S. Statement at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/30/09 U.S. Is a World Leader in Humanitarian Mine Action
11/24/09 Second Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/23/09 OSCE Magazine: Cyprus Confronts Its MANPADS Menace
11/13/09 State Department Hosts Second Workshop to Further Regional Approach to Stockpile Reduction in South East Europe; Washington, DC
11/12/09 Philippines: Conventional Weapons Destruction Partnership Promotes Security
11/05/09 Mozambique: U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Opens New Opportunities
10/27/09 United States Announces $2 Million for Landmine Assessment in Mozambique
09/21/09 Quick Reaction Force Deploys to Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea) to Remove World War II-era Ordnance
07/23/09 Protecting Civil Aviation from MANPADS Attacks: New Milestone Reached
07/09/09 Spirit of Soccer Wins Beyond Sport Award for Mine Risk Education Program
07/09/09 United States Marks International Small Arms Destruction Day
07/08/09 New 8th Edition of “To Walk the Earth in Safety” Shows Continued United States Progress in Clearing Landmines and Destroying Conventional Weapons
07/06/09 U.S. Department of State Deploys Quick Reaction Force to Tanzania
06/11/09 U.S. Department of State and Slovenia Partner on Gaza Rehabilitation Project
05/04/09 State Department Hosts Workshop to Develop Regional Approach to Stockpile Destruction in South East Europe
04/30/09 U.S. Department of State Delivers $5 Million in New Mine Action Aid for Afghanistan
03/24/09 Conventional Weapons Destruction and Landmine Clearance in Lebanon

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Statements and Speeches

11/20/10 Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; US Mission to the U.N. and Other International Organizations, Head of Delegation and Legal Advisor, Melanie Khanna; Geneva, Switzerland
08/03/10 Briefing On the Release of the "To Walk the Earth in Safety" Annual Report; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Thomas J. Masiello; Washington, DC
04/22/10 Legacies of War: Unexploded Ordnance in Laos; Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
11/13/08 Opening Statement; Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation; Meeting of States Parties to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); Geneva, Switzerland
11/13/08 U.S. Delegation Statement on the Work of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE); Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation; Meeting of States Parties to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); Geneva, Switzerland
11/07/08 U.S. Delegation Statement on Proposed Changes by Group of 25; Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation; Geneva, Switzerland
11/06/08 Points on Humanitarian Benefit of Draft Protocol; Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation; Geneva, Switzerland
11/03/08 Opening Statement; Stephen Mathias, Head of the U.S. Delegation; Meeting of the Group of Experts of High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibition of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); Geneva, Switzerland

Fact Sheets

02/14/11 The United States' Leadership in Conventional Weapons Destruction
12/08/10 U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Iraq; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
08/11/10 United States Supports Conventional Weapons Destruction in Guinea-Bissau ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
05/19/10 Dangerous Depots: The Growing Humanitarian Problem Posed by Aging and Poorly Maintained Munitions Storage Sites
03/01/10 U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program Helps Sudan Overcome Legacies of War; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
12/01/09 United States Humanitarian Mine Action Assistance to Colombia; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
11/30/09 The United States is a World Leader in Humanitarian Mine Action; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
07/01/09 Colombia Humanitarian Demining Workshop
07/01/09 State Department Helps Cyprus Destroy 324 Surplus Shoulder-Fired Missiles
01/23/09 U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Afghanistan

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Publications and Reports

Other Releases

02/14/11Afghanistan: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Team Clears More Than Landmines
02/09/11 U.S. Supports Estonian Demining Efforts
02/07/11 Croatia: U.S. Humanitarian Effort Turns Mines Into Vines
06/20/10 Strengthening Ties Between US and Vietnam ; VoA News
05/21/10 Destroying a Mountain of Munitions ; VoA News
04/23/10 Roots of Peace Turn Mines to Vines in Afghanistan ; VoA News
06/20/10 Strengthening Ties Between US and Vietnam ; VoA News
04/12/10 Impact of Cambodia Mines in UN Exhibit ; VoA News
12/05/09 US Leader in Mine Clearance ; VoA News
08/13/09 Landmines: Major Public-Private Partnerships ; Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
02/03/09 U.S. Department of State Supports Landmine Removal and Accident Survivors in Afghanistan ; Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
01/30/09 Ten Sri Lankan Villages Cleared of Landmines with United States Assistance ; Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC

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U.S. Landmine Policy
Small Arms/Light Weapons & Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)
Public-Private Partnership Program
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