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Mine Action
Programme staff as of 15 Oct 2011: |
DCA Mine Action
DCA has been engaged in emergency humanitarian mine action in Libya since April 2011. The main aim is to reduce the number of accidents involving landmines – old as well as newly-laid ones - and explosive remnants of war (ERW) scattered all over the country as a result of recent months of fighting.
DCA was first based in Tobruk in eastern Libya, but was soon moved to Misrata, where DCA began operations in July 2011. DCA has now re-located its programme office from Benghazi to Tripoli and is expanding its clearance work into Zlitan further to the West.
In Misrata, DCA teams have helped clear the city centre, hospitals and schools. The main aim is to secure that homes are secure for returning refugees now that the conflict is over. At some buildings that were locked or inaccessible, DCA teams have put stickers with an emergency telephone number that people can call. In Zlitan, which is a farming area, DCA is helping olives farmers return to their land to harvest and again cultivate their land. In general the clearance work also helps humanitarian aid organisations carry out their much-needed work.
In addition to ERW, Libya also has an issue with enormous amounts of small arms being available without people knowing how to handle it. Small arms have surfaced during the fighting and ammunition storages have been looted. DCA is therefore working on developing a project on small arms and violence reduction (AVR) for the Libya operation.
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