UN Observer
May 10 2008

Clearing the Killing Fields: Landmines & UXO in Nagorno Karabakh

Since the 1994 cease-fire, however, the HALO Trust estimates that
incidents with landmines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) have caused
more than 900 deaths and injuries.

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Although the HALO Trust initially started work in Karabakh in 1995, it
wasn’t until five years later that it started to clear the disputed
territory of UXO. Delayed by the need to map out locations, the
charity finally started the work of clearing mines in late 2001 after
international donor organizations such as USAID provided financial
support.

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