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STILL KILLING Landmines in Southern Africa Human Rights Watch Arms Project Human Rights Watch New York AAA Washington AAA London AAA Brussels Copyright 8 May 1997 by Human Rights Watch. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 1-56432-206-8 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-77862 Human Rights Watch Arms Project The Human Rights Watch Arms Project was established in 1992 to monitor and prevent arms transfers to governments or organizations that commit gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and the rules of war and promote freedom of information regarding arms transfers worldwide. Joost R. Hiltermann is the director; Stephen D. Goose is the program director; Alex Vines is the research associate; Zahabia Adamaly, Andrew Cooper, and Ernst Jan Hogendoorn are research assistants; Rebecca Bell is the associate; William M. Arkin, Kathi L. Austin, Monica Schurtman, and Frank Smyth are consultants. 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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...................................................................................ix ABBREVIATIONS.............................................................................................xi I. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................1 Limited Military Utility..........................................................................2 Human, Social, Economic and Environmental Costs .............................3 Mine Clearance ......................................................................................4 Country Summaries ................................................................................5 Efforts to Control Mine Use.................................................................11 Momentum for a Ban ...........................................................................12 Recommendations ................................................................................15 II. ANGOLA.......................................................................................................16 Background ..........................................................................................16 The Colonial "First War".......................................................16 Independence and the "Second War".....................................20 Elections and the "Third War"...............................................23 The Lusaka Protocol and Beyond ..........................................24 The Continued Laying of Landmines ...................................................25 The Human Dimension.........................................................................29 Who Laid the Mines...............................................................31 Emergency Care for the Injured.............................................32 Medical Care and Rehabilitation............................................32 The Social and Economic Impact.........................................................34 Mine Types and Sources ......................................................................35 Landmine Records .................................................................36 Mine Clearance Initiatives....................................................................38 FAPLA/FALA Teams............................................................40 South African.........................................................................40 The United Kingdom .............................................................42 United States .........................................................................42 The U.N.=s Central Mine Action Office (CMAO)..................43 National Institute for the Removal of Explosive Ordnance (INAROEE)............................45 Central Mine Action Training School (CMATS)...................47 UNAVEM III.........................................................................47 Commercial Firms..................................................................48 NGO Initiatives......................................................................49 Kap Anamur.............................................................49 Mines Advisory Group ............................................51 Halo Trust................................................................52 Norwegian People's Aid...........................................53 Save the Children Fund (USA) ................................54 Care International (USA).........................................55 Other NGOs.............................................................55 Mine Awareness Initiatives ..................................................................56 Antipersonnel Mine Ban Position.........................................................57 III. BOTSWANA...............................................................................................59 IV. MALAWI .....................................................................................................60 V. MOZAMBIQUE............................................................................................62 Background ..........................................................................................62 The Colonial War...................................................................62 Independence and Beyond .....................................................66 Landmine UseCTactics and Strategies...................................69 The Continued Use of Landmines ........................................................72 The Mines.............................................................................................73 The Human, Social and Economic Impact ...........................................76 Mine Awareness Campaigns ................................................................79 Mine Clearing Initiatives......................................................................81