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The United
Nations (UN) requested that a Landmine
Impact Survey (LIS) be conducted and, by
invitation of national authorities, the
Survey Action Center (SAC) carried out an
Advance Survey Mission (ASM) in collaboration
with the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA)
in November 2001 to assess the needs of
an impact survey in Ethiopia. SAC sub-contracted NPA to conduct the survey with the Ethiopian
Mine Action Office (EMAO).
This survey was completed in April 2004. The final report is available from a link in the yellow box to the right.
This survey was funded by the governments
of Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, the
US
Department of State (USDOS), and the
European
Community (EC).
NPA established an operational presence in Addis Ababa in March 2002 and a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) between EMAO, SAC, and NPA was signed in July. EMAO and NPA began a preliminary opinion
collection in October to determine the location and number of communities suspected to be mine affected. A SAC
team conducted senior staff training from 28 October to 18 November.
Field offices were established in Mekele in the Tigray region, in Dire Dawa in the Somali
region and in Awasa in the south region. Data collection began in May 2003 and was completed in January 2004.
The government of Ethiopia is reviewing the final report.
Please review the SAC Newsletters (under top navigation menu option "Newsroom") for
monthly updates for further historical details of the survey operations.
To learn more about the current Landmine
Impact Survey (LIS) in Ethiopia feel free
to contact
us.
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