[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: Clearing UXO in Laos

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

USA, Canada to assist in clearance of unexploded ordnance in Laos

Xinhua
December 25,2013

VIENTIANE - The U.S. government has pledged continued support to the  
Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to assist in the clearance of unexploded  
ordnance (UXO) in Laos with a grant of over 2 million U.S. dollars  
according to state-run daily Vientiane Times, Wednesday.

The funding will support MAG clearance operations in Xieng Khuang  
province for a further 12 months. According to Vientiane Times the  
Canadian government has also provided a grant of 436,700 U.S. dollars  
to fund clearance works in Khammuan province for the next five months.

The grants are a recognition that more work needs to be done in  
removing UXO from Lao soil said Country Director of MAG in Laos Simon  
Rea at the signing ceremony.

From 1964 to 1973, approximately 2 million tons of ordnance was  
dropped on the country amounting to some 270 million bombs.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=189721

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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