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HALO Trust opent de weg naar een Mozambique zonder mijnen


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Sep 17, 2015, 01:00 ET

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Amelia is a HALO deminer. She was hired by HALO in 2013 and has helped the effort to destroy the last known landmine in Mozambique. The charity's demobilisation programme will now help her find new work. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
Amelia is a HALO deminer. She was hired by HALO in 2013 and has helped the effort to destroy the last known landmine in Mozambique. The charity's demobilisation programme will now help her find new work. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
A timeline infographic that shows HALO's contribution to 'mine free' Mozambique, with details of the provinces we worked in and the number of mines and minefields we cleared. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)
A timeline infographic that shows HALO's contribution to 'mine free' Mozambique, with details of the provinces we worked in and the number of mines and minefields we cleared. (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust) (PRNewsFoto/The HALO Trust)

DUMFRIES, Schotland, September 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

  • Hulporganisatie tegen het gebruik van landmijnen noemt het einde van 22 jaar werk 'een historisch succes' 
  • Belgische hulp zorgt voor de veiligheid en ontwikkeling van duizenden mensen 

De overheid van Mozambique verklaart het land vandaag officieel mijnenvrij. Ze zal dit doen kort nadat de Britse ontmijningsorganisatie HALO Trust heeft bevestigd dat de laatste mijn in het laatste gekende mijnenveld is vernietigd.

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150915/266795 )

     (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150915/266799-INFO )

Mozambique was een van de landen met de meeste mijnen ter wereld. Voordat HALO in 1993 begon aan haar baanbrekende programma veroorzaakten landmijnen honderden slachtoffers, waaronder doden en geamputeerden.

Het weghalen van de mijnen komt de 26 miljoen inwoners van Mozambique ten goede.  Gemeenschappen kunnen nu veilig gewassen verbouwen en hun vee laten grazen. De ontmijning heeft ervoor gezorgd dat het land zijn infrastructuur heeft ontwikkeld, gas en steenkool kon ontginnen, het toerisme deed groeien en internationale investeringen kon aantrekken. Het BBP van Mozambique is sinds het begin van de ontmijning door HALO jaarlijks met 7% gegroeid en staat nu wereldwijd als 10e gerangschikt op het gebied van reële groei van het BBP.

HALO heeft sinds 1993 meer dan 1.600 Mozambikaanse mannen en vrouwen tewerkgesteld. Met handmatige en mechanische ontmijningsmethoden hebben ze meer dan 17 miljoen vierkante meter grond veilig gemaakt. In totaal ruimden de medewerkers van HALO meer dan 171.000 landmijnen, ongeveer 80% van het totale aantal vernietigde mijnen.

Aldus James Cowan, CEO van HALO: 

'Mozambique is een overtuigend voorbeeld van hoe systematisch omgaan met oorlogspuin in samenwerking met de overheid, lokale bevolking en donateurs herstel en groei kan brengen in landen die ooit werden geteisterd door conflict.'

****E-mail [email protected] voor interviews met regionale bestuurders van HALO, casestudies, kaarten, afbeeldingen en beeldmateriaal van de vernietiging van de laatste mijn ****

OPMERKINGEN VOOR REDACTEURS 

  1. Het werk van HALO in Mozambique werd gefinancierd door de overheden van de VS, het VK, Nederland, Ierland, Japan, Zwitserland, Noorwegen, Zweden, Australië, België, alsook The Reece Foundation, Tokyo Broadcasting System, UNDP, World Vision, Trocaire, Concern, Mitsubishi Corporation, National Demining Institute/Hitachi en Actifonds Mijnen Ruimen.
  2. De mijn die onlangs werd vernietigd door HALO wordt gezien als de laatste geruimde mijn in een gekend mijnenveld, conform de naleving van Mozambique van de Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (conventie tegen gebruik van antipersoonsmijnen). Hoewel het niet is uitgesloten dat er in de toekomst nog mijnen worden gevonden, is Mozambique nu zo goed als mogelijk vrij van mijnen.

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