LM Report 2005

List of contributors

RESEARCHERS

ABKHAZIA: Vladimir Kakalia, Abkhazia Committee of the ICBL (Abkhazia)

AFGHANISTAN: Mohammad Ershad (Afghanistan)

ANGOLA: Gustavo Oliveira Vieira, Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres (Brazil); Wenche Brenden, Norwegian People’s Aid (Norway); Andy Wheatley (UK) and Katleen Maes (Belgium), Handicap International; & Nick Cumming-Bruce (Thailand)

ALBANIA: Anila Alibali & Ruben Hajnaj, Illyricum Fund (Albania)

ARMENIA: Jemma Hasratyan & Gayane Armaganova, Armenian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Armenia)

AZERBAIJAN: Hafiz Safikhanov, Arif Yunusov, Tarana Hasanova & Leyla Yunusova, Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines (Azerbaijan)

BANGLADESH: Rafique al Islam, Nonviolence International (Bangladesh)

BELARUS: Iouri Zagoumenov, Natalia Yakavets & Ihar Zahumionau, Support Center for Associations and Foundations & Belarus Campaign to Ban Landmines (Belarus)

BHUTAN & HAITI: Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch (USA)

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Karel Bartosik (UK), Kresimir Milicevic & Aleksandar Kecman (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BURMA/MYANMAR and SINGAPORE: Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan & Alfredo Ferrariz Lubang, Nonviolence International (Thailand)

BURUNDI: Charles Ndayiziga, Centre d'Alerte et de Prévention de Conflits (Burundi)

CAMBODIA: Denise Coghlan & Ny Nhar, Cambodia Campaign to Ban Landmines (Cambodia)

CHAD: Kate Carman, Human Rights Watch (USA); Melissa Sabatier (France); Andy Wheatley (UK) & Laurence Cote (Belgium), Handicap International

CHECHNYA & NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Shahla Ismayilova & Eldaniz Ahmedov (Azerbaijan)

CHILE: Dana Holahan & Fabiola Fariña Mellafe (Chile)

CHINA: Yukie Osa, Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines (Japan)

COLOMBIA: Camilo Serna Villegas, Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas (Colombia)

CROATIA: Martina Belošević, Croatian Mine Victims Association (Croatia)

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Simon Bokongo Lokofo Kawaya, Association des Médecins Congolais pour la Paix/IPPNW (DR Congo)

DENMARK, NORWAY, & SWEDEN: Frida Blom, Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society (Sweden)

DJIBOUTI: Abdoulkader Elmi Elabé, Association de Soutien aux Victimes des Mines (Djibouti), Anne Villeneuve, Handicap International (France) & Camille Oberkampf, Human Rights Watch (USA)

ECUADOR, CUBA, BOLIVIA & GUYANA: Charlie Avendaño, Mines Action Canada (Canada)

EGYPT, ALGERIA, LIBYA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SAUDI ARABIA, AND WESTERN SAHARA: Ayman Sorour, Protection of Armaments & Consequences (Egypt)

ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA: Don Lieber (USA)

ESTONIA, LATVIA & LITHUANIA: Igors Tipans, Baltic International Centre for Human Education (Latvia)

ETHIOPIA: Ambachew Negus & Yiberta Tadesse, Rehabilitation and Development Organization (Ethiopia)

FINLAND: Sanna Rummakko & Eeva Suhonen, Peace Union of Finland (Finland)

GEORGIA: Narine Berikashvili, ICBL Georgian Committee (Georgia)

GREECE & CYPRUS: Louisa O'Brien (Greece)

GUATEMALA: Maria Eugenia Villarreal (Guatemala)

GUINEA BISSAU: Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands) & Gustavo Oliveira Vieira Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres (Brazil)

INDIA: Balkrishna Kurvey & K. A. Shete, Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament &Environment (India)

INDONESIA: Surya Aslim, Ingvild Solvang & Lina Sofiani, Indonesian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Indonesia)

IRAN: Khalil “Haji” Dokhanchi (USA)

IRAQ: Moaffak Tawfek al Khafaji (Iraq)

JORDAN: Mohammed Al Maita (Jordan)

KAZAKHSTAN: Makhabbat Yespenova & Vaslat Akhmetov (Kazakhstan)

KENYA: Mereso Agina, Kenya Coalition Against Landmines (Kenya)

KOREA, D.P.R.: John H. Kim (USA)

KOREA, R.O.: Jai-Kook Cho, Korea Campaign to Ban Landmines (South Korea) & John H. Kim (USA)

KUWAIT: Rafaat Fahmi Misak, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research & Abdullah Y. Al Ghunaim & Said Mahfouz, Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait (Kuwait)

KYRGYZSTAN: Cholpon Galieva & Nurlan Brimkulov, IPPNW-Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)

LEBANON: Habbouba Aoun, Landmines Resource Center for Lebanon, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand (Lebanon)

LIBERIA: Ernest Vafee & Amos B. Kortu (Liberia)

MACEDONIA, FYR & KOSOVO: Hans Risser (Serbia & Montenegro)

MALAWI: Undule D.K. Mwakasungura, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (Malawi)

MAURITANIA, LIBERIA, COTE D’IVOIRE, NIGER, NIGERIA, SIERRA LEONE: Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands)

MONGOLIA: Tungalag Johnstone (Mongolia)

MOZAMBIQUE: Gustavo Oliveira Vieira, Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres (Brazil); Wenche Brenden (Norway) and Sara Sekkenes (Mozambique), Norwegian People’s Aid; Andy Wheatley (UK) & Katleen Maes (Belgium), Handicap International; & Nick Cumming-Bruce (Thailand)

NAMIBIA: Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch (USA); Wenche Brenden, Norwegian People’s Aid (Norway); Andy Wheatley (UK) and Laurence Cote, Handicap International (Belgium)

NEPAL: Purna Shova Chitrakar & Surendra Pandey, Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (Nepal)

NICARAGUA & EL SALVADOR: Peter James Sundberg (Canada)

OMAN: Graciela Mann, Human Rights Watch (USA)

PAKISTAN: Naveed Ahmad Shinwari & Rias ul-Haq, Community Appraisal and Motivation Program & Raza Shah Khan & S.M. Naquib Shah, Sustainable Peace & Development Organization (Pakistan)

PALESTINE: Ayed Abu Q’taish, Defense for Children International/Palestine (Palestine)

PAPUA NEW GUINEA & PACIFIC (Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Tonga, Tuvalu): Geraldine Canham-Harvey & Deborah Morris-Travers, New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (New Zealand)

PERÚ: Jacqueline Fowks de la Flor (Perú)

THE PHILIPPINES & BRUNEI: Soliman Santos Jr., Paz Verdades M. Santos & Sharon Quinsaat (The Philippines)

POLAND: Katarzyna Derlicka (Poland)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Roman Dolgov, IPPNW-Russia (Russian Federation)

RWANDA & REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Marielle Hallez, International Peace Information Service (Belgium)

SENEGAL: Boubine Touré (Senegal)

SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Stipan Sikavica & Marijana Obradovic (Serbia & Montenegro)

SOMALIA & SOMALILAND: Ahmed H. Esa & Hussein Mohamed Farah, Institute for Practical Research and Training (Somaliland)

SRI LANKA: Prasanna Rajiv Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)

SUDAN: Abdel Ati Abdel Kheir, Shaza Nagmeldin & Khalid Abdin, Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines (Sudan) & Peter Moszynski, Globewise Communications (UK)

SYRIA & UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Ghassan Shahrour, Hidayat Al-Abyad & Mohammed Younis, Arab Network for Research on Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (Syria)

TAIWAN: Emma Lee, Julia Lin & Robert Lin, Eden Social Welfare Foundation (Taiwan)

TAJIKISTAN: Bakhtiyor Begmuradov & Aziza Hakimova, Harmony of the World (Tajikistan)

THAILAND: Shushira Chonhenchob, Prapanrat Kochasena, Jaruwan Tiwasiri, Wasita Kitpreecha & Nipatta Quamman, Handicap International Thailand (Thailand)

TURKEY: Muteber Öğreten & Nevin Sungar, Initiative for a Mine-Free Turkey (Turkey)

UGANDA: Edison A. Mworozi, IPPNW-Uganda & Deogratious K Sekimpi, UNACOH (Uganda)

UKRAINE: Yuri Donskoy & Alexandr Zavialov, Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association (Ukraine)

USA, BAHRAIN, ISRAEL, MOLDOVA, OMAN, QATAR & TURKMENISTAN: Mark Hiznay, Human Rights Watch (USA)

UZBEKISTAN: Alisher Taksanov & Victor Tsoy (Uzbekistan)

VENEZUELA: Antonio José González Plessmann & Maureen L. Riveros Peña (Venezuela)

VIETNAM & LAOS: Hugh Hosman & Andrew Wells-Dang, Fund for Reconciliation and Development (Vietnam)

YEMEN: Mohamed Masood, Nadra Kadoos, Shafika Saeed & Aisha Saeed, Yemen Mine Awareness Association (Yemen)

ZAMBIA: Robert Mtonga, IPPNW-Zambia/Zambian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Zambia)

ZIMBABWE: Frederick Sadomba, Centre for Defence Studies, University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)

RESEARCH SPECIALISTS

A team of research specialists with linguistic, regional, and other expertise provided additional research and initial editing assistance.

AMERICAS: Charlie Avendaño, Mines Action Canada (Canada)

BALKANS: Hans Risser (Serbia & Montenegro)

CENTRAL AFRICA: Marielle Hallez, International Peace Information Service (Belgium)

CENTRAL AMERICA: Peter Sundberg (Canada)

FUNDING: Sally Campbell & Loren Persi (Australia)

NORTH AFRICA: Ayman Sorour, Protection of Armaments & Consequences (Egypt)

RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE: Narine Berikashvili, ICBL Georgian Committee (Georgia)

RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE: Shahla Ismayilova & Eldaniz Ahmedov (Azerbaijan)

WEST AFRICA: Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands)

THEMATIC RESEARCH COORDINATORS

Thematic research teams contributed to the researching, writing and editing of all country reports.

BAN POLICY

Coordinator and Editor: Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch (USA)

Mark Hiznay, Mary Wareham & Kate Carman, Human Rights Watch (USA); Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Mines Action Canada (Thailand) & Maria Fe Villena (Thailand)

MINE ACTION

Coordinator: Sara Sekkenes, Norwegian People’s Aid (Mozambique)

Editor: Stuart Maslen, Norwegian People’s Aid (France)

Wenche Brenden, Norwegian People’s Aid (Norway) & Melissa Sabatier (France)

MINE RISK EDUCATION

Coordinator and Editor: Andy Wheatley, Handicap International (UK)

SURVIVOR ASSISTANCE

Coordinator and Editor: Sheree Bailey, Handicap International (Australia)

Katleen Maes & Laurence Cote, Handicap International (Belgium)