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Key developments since May 2000: On 21-22 June 2000, Slovenia hosted the Third Regional Conference on Landmines, in Ljubljana. Slovenia had destroyed nearly 20,000 antipersonnel mines as of May 2001; plans call for destruction of the remaining mines by the end of 2001. Slovenia announced its intention to reduce the number of antipersonnel mines it retains for training from 7,000 to 1,500. The International Trust Fund in Slovenia received more than US$29 million in 2000 for regional demining activities. The ITF initiated the establishment of the South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council on 30 November 2000.
The Republic of Slovenia signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997, deposited its instrument of ratification at the United Nations on 27 October 1998, and became a State Party on 1 April 1999. With a view to ensuring its effective national implementation, Slovenia enacted two administrative measures, on 1 December 1998 and 14 April 1999.[1]
At the Second Meeting of States Parties in September 2000, Mitja Drobnic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, noted the establishment of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Rehabilitation of Mine Victims (ITF) and said, “[T]hrough ITF, promotion and conduct of regional co-operation is enhancing the global process of demining, mine clearance and assistance to mine victims, thus reflecting a successful regional approach to a global issue. Furthermore...[the ITF] encourages...States in the region to take responsibility for demining and to develop their own abilities for action in their own countries.”[2]
Slovenia attended the intersessional Standing Committee meetings in December 2000 and May 2001, with a substantial delegation led by the Ambassador to the UN Gregor Zore. Slovenia voted in favor of UN General Assembly Resolution 55/33V in November 2000, which calls for universalization and full implementation of the Mine Ban Treaty. The Slovenian representative, Ernest Petric, said that international action on mines is one of the most important, practical and effective humanitarian projects of our time. He described the concept of mine action as “one of the most important priorities of the United Nations.”[3]
UNGA also adopted Resolution A/55/24, which provided among other things that the “United Nations welcomes the efforts of the international regional organizations, Member States, and non-governmental organizations, including through the Board of Donors and the Slovenian International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victim Assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and invites Member States to continue to support the mine action activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”[4]
Slovenia has submitted three transparency reports as required by Article 7 of the Mine Ban Treaty—on 7 September 1999, 30 January 2001 and 1 April 2001. Each of the reports gives detailed information that is almost identical, except for an increase in the number of stockpiled mines destroyed. [5]
Slovenia has not ratified Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and did not attend the Second Annual Conference of States Parties in December 2000.
On 21-22 June 2000, Slovenia hosted the Third Regional Conference on Landmines, in Ljubljana. The conference opened with a minute’s silence in honor of victims and survivors of landmines, and participants visited the Institute for Rehabilitation. In his welcoming speech Mitja Drobnic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that “demining the whole area of southeastern Europe is a precondition for political and economic stability. Economic cooperation with affected regions cannot be achieved if foreign investors fear the danger of mines.”[6] During the conference Albania announced that it had begun stockpile destruction within the past month, and Turkey stated that, “The decision to sign the Ottawa Convention as soon as possible has already been taken.”[7]
Slovenia’s Article 7 report confirmed that it has no antipersonnel mine production facilities.[8] Slovenia has also said that it has never imported or exported antipersonnel mines.[9] The government has affirmed that there has been no recent landmine use.[10] There are no areas suspected to contain antipersonnel mines.[11]
Existing stockpiles of antipersonnel mines were inherited from the former Yugoslav People’s Army. The process of destruction started in May 1999, but was initially slowed down by lack of facilities and trained personnel, environmental concerns and objections from local communities. As of January 2001, Slovenia had destroyed 15,364 antipersonnel mines.[12] At the 10 May 2001 meeting of the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, Ambassador Gregor Zore said that an additional 4,500 antipersonnel mines had been destroyed. He stated that the remaining stockpile would be destroyed by the end of 2001, at a new facility.[13]
Antipersonnel Mine Stockpile and Destruction, as reported at 30 April 2001[14]
|
Type
|
Total
|
Retained for Training**
|
Destroyed
|
Total to be destroyed
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PMA-1
|
70,487
|
500
|
8,134
|
61,853
|
|
PMA-2
|
44,390
|
500
|
2,170
|
41,720
|
|
PMA-3
|
12,960
|
2,000
|
730
|
10,230
|
|
PMR-2A
|
28,085
|
1,000
|
3,560
|
23,525
|
|
PROM-1
|
15,976
|
3,000
|
770
|
12,206
|
|
TOTAL
|
171,898
|
7,000**
|
15,364
|
149,534
|
** Note: Slovenia has announced this number is to be reduced from 7,000 to 1,500.
Destruction has to date been carried out by the army unit responsible for ammunition safekeeping, at Borovnica near Ljubljana, and Pocek near Postojna. Methods have included mechanical destruction of inert parts, combustion of primer caps, and detonation of explosive charges, in accordance with military standards and environmental protection law. The unit cost of destruction was SIT537 (US$2.30),[15] and the government has pointed out that Slovenia received no support from other countries for its stockpile destruction.
Antipersonnel mines retained for training or development are stockpiled at the army warehouse in Borovnica.[16] On 7 December 2000, at the meeting of the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, Bojan Bertoncelj, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated: “I would like to inform that the initially reported number of 7,000 mines will be substantially decreased to a number around 1,500 to be retained after the year 2003.”[17] However, the Article 7 report of 1 April 2001 still used the 7,000 number, as did the Foreign Ministry’s letter to Landmine Monitor of 31 January 2001. While this was not clarified at the Standing Committee meeting on 10 May 2001, Ambassador Gregor Zore confirmed to Landmine Monitor on 11 July 2001 that the number will be reduced to 1,500 after 2003.[18]
There are no reports of foreign stockpiles of landmines in Slovenia.[19]
Slovenia contributed a total of US$210,850 to mine action programs in 2000. Most of this (US$190,850) was given to the ITF.[20] The Ministry of Defense made an in-kind donation to the ITF in the form of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal training course for deminers coming from the mine-affected countries of Southeast Europe. This course was organized by the ITF, and held at the Training Center for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief, on 9 October 2000. In addition, the Ministry of Health donated US$20,000 for mine action in Mozambique, in response to the floods that shifted some of the minefields. Previously, Slovenia provided to the ITF US$1.3 million in 1998 and US$279,530 in 1999.
Individuals and organizations from Slovenia have also made donations totaling US$60,606 to ITF demining activities, including Branko Djuric, an actor from Bosnia and Herzegovina currently living in Slovenia, Rotary Club Ljubljana, and the Slovenian Red Cross.
The Slovenian government established the ITF as a non-profit organization in 1998, initially concentrating on demining and mine victim assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since then, the ITF has extended its activities to other countries in the region. The ITF structure is composed of three main bodies: Executive Office, Managing Board, and Board of Advisors. The most important body is the Board of Advisors, which represents all donors, and is headed by Dan Livermore, Canada’s Ambassador for Mine Action. The Board of Advisors has 26 members, and an observer from the European Union.
Funds are allocated to particular projects by the particular donor or, if so desired, by the ITF. In the latter case, the ITF Director, Jernej Cimpersek, designs a costing plan in compliance with priorities obtained from local structures and makes it available to the Board of Advisors for adoption.
In total, ITF received US$29,411,074 in 2000. This included US$12,707,355 from 11 governments, the EU and 12 organizations and companies; matching donations from the United States of $12,694,358;[22] and an additional contribution from the US of $4,009,361.
Donations to the ITF in 2000[23]
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DONOR
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AMOUNT (US$)
|
DATE
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Canada
|
680,174
|
17 January 2000
|
|
|
Islamic Conference
|
150,000
|
2 February 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
126,000
|
27 March 2000
|
|
|
Roots for Peace
|
66,510
|
11 April 2000
|
|
|
Canada
|
448,094
|
5 May 2000
|
|
|
Switzerland
|
336,885
|
10 May 2000
|
|
|
Council of Ministers, Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
54,912
|
10 May 2000
|
|
|
Roots for Peace
|
55,125
|
10 May 2000
|
|
|
Girls Scouts
|
425
|
10 May 2000
|
|
|
Sweden
|
300,000
|
11 May 2000
|
|
|
Rehabilitation Institute
|
22,419
|
17 May 2000
|
|
|
Slovenia (1999)
|
30,764
|
24 May 2000
|
|
|
Austria
|
39,608
|
26 May 2000
|
|
|
Slovenia
|
20,174
|
26 May 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
35,805
|
20 June 2000
|
|
|
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church
|
615
|
20 May 2000
|
|
|
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church
|
125
|
19 June 2000
|
|
|
Liechtenstein
|
12,000
|
19 June 2000
|
|
|
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
|
267,850
|
19 June 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
88,662
|
20 June 2000
|
|
|
Diners Club Adriatic
|
125,000
|
3 July 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
1,000,000
|
14 July 2000
|
|
|
Europa Press
|
24,385
|
14 July 2000
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
26,000
|
17 July 2000
|
|
|
Atelier DIALOG
|
6,230
|
21 July 2000
|
|
|
Slovenia (2000)
|
40,811
|
27 July 2000
|
|
|
Privata
|
860
|
24 August 2000
|
|
|
Slovenian Day
|
43,417
|
24 August 2000
|
|
|
Korea
|
30,000
|
1 September 2000
|
|
|
Slovenia
|
108,207
|
4 September 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
500,000
|
11 September 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
84,720
|
13 September 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
24,000
|
19 September 2000
|
|
|
Walnut Creek United Methodist Church
|
3,875
|
26 September 2000
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
24,000
|
2 October 2000
|
|
|
Germany
|
317,668
|
9 October 2000
|
|
|
Slovenia
|
12,693
|
16 October 2000
|
|
|
Norway
|
4,046,433
|
17 October 2000
|
|
|
Community Center Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
23,707 |
19 October 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
500,000
|
23 October 2000
|
|
|
UNDP, Adopt-a-minefield
|
237,054
|
2 November 2000
|
|
|
Commission for Demining, Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
15,257
|
7 November 2000
|
|
|
Branko Djuric – Djuro
|
4,009
|
10 November 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
84,181
|
15 November 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
84,932
|
17 November 2000
|
|
|
4 – Entity (Alma
Suljevic)[24]
|
1,107
|
27 November 2000
|
|
|
4 – Entity (Alma Suljevic)
|
256
|
28 November 2000
|
|
|
Denmark
|
95,940
|
8 December 2000
|
|
|
Lion’s Club Zrinjevac
|
2,252
|
8 December 2000
|
|
|
European Community
|
1,399,680
|
14 December 2000
|
|
|
Germany
|
103,854
|
29 December 2000
|
|
|
Embassy of Croatia
|
680
|
27 December 2000
|
|
|
Croatia
|
1,000,000
|
29 December 2000
|
|
|
Sub-total
|
US$12,707,355
|
|
|
|
US Unilateral
|
US$ 4,009,361
|
|
|
|
US Matching
|
US$12,694,358
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
US$29,411,074
|
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After the U.S. has matched all the existing donations, only US$3,120,461 will remain in the original matching fund of US$28 million. Accordingly, securing a new appropriation of matching funds will be a priority of the ITF Executive and Managing Board.[25] In February 2001, the ITF Director and its Chairman, Vojislav Suc, visited Washington, DC to raise additional matching funds.[26] At a press conference upon his return, it was said that the ITF was lobbying for another US$40 million for the next three years.[27]
With its donation in 2000 of US$4.1 million, Norway becomes ITF’s second most important donor, having so far provided funds totaling US$6.2 million in total.[28]
In 2000 a total of US$22,673,052 was used for ITF activities in Southeast Europe, consisting of:
In 2000 there was a substantial increase in spending on mine awareness, and a decrease in funding of victim assistance (which falls well below the target of 15 percent set by ITF). The ITF still hopes to attract donors to support victim assistance programs. It expects to maintain its project and running costs at the present, reduced level.[29]
In 2000, ITF-funded programs were implemented in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Kosovo (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).[30]
Albania: ITF financed one demining project in Albania, signing a contract for US$1 million with RONCO on 5 June 2000, for clearance in the Prushit border crossing area.[31] This was completed on 28 October 2000 having cleared 107,978 square meters and 798 mines and 100 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO). On 28 November 2000, the ITF Director and AMAE Chairman Marko Bello signed an Administrative Agreement to continue ITF work in Albania and to cooperate with the Albanian Mine Action Executive (AMAE).[32]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: In 2000, ITF-funded projects cleared 3,916,460 square meters of land, including 3,321 mines and 1,306 items of UXO. Commercial demining companies cleared 2,876,634 square meters and nongovernmental organizations cleared 1,039,826 square meters. Altogether, nine commercial companies were used through open bid procedures (four foreign and five local companies) and five NGOs.
Croatia: In 2000, ITF funded the clearance by Croatian commercial companies of 1,703,310 square meters of land, which included 235 mines and 102 items of UXO.
Kosovo: ITF funded the demining of 2,390,638 square meters of land, with four NGOs working on mine and/or battle area clearance. ITF is also sponsoring a mine awareness program in Kosovo, implemented by two NGOs: HMD Response and Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation.[33]
On 9 October 2000, ITF representatives met Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Minister of Defense Ljuben Paunoski and Chief of Army Headquarters Lt.-Gen. Jovan Andrevski. They agreed that ITF-funded demining could start in FYROM in 2001, after the signature of a memorandum on cooperation.[34]
For its future development, the ITF believes that it should become a demining agency for the whole region. At the regional conference in June 2000, Lojze Peterle, the Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that more than twenty-five countries have joined the ITF and suggested that, “for the International Trust Fund to develop its full potential, we recommend that the Fund acquire the status of an agency for demining in Southeast Europe within the framework of the Stability Pact. Such a status has been de facto given to the Fund by the donor states.”[35] Following a feasibility study presented to the Board of Advisors on 28 February 2000, the ITF has concluded that with regional cooperation the region can solve its problems more efficiently and also more cost effectively.[36]
The ITF planned to carry out various regional training activities in 2001. From 27 February-2 March, a course of quality assurance and control took place, with twenty-eight participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina. From 26 March- 24 April there was an ITF course on explosive ordnance disposal with fourteen participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro. Similar courses were planned for late 2001 with participants from Albania and Croatia, and possibly the new Kosovo Protection Force. For early 2002, a senior management training for regional mine action centers was planned, to be carried out in the region by Cranfield University (UK) on behalf of the UN Development Program.
The ITF is involved in the activities of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe via its Forum for Mine Action. At its meeting in December 2000, the Forum identified three regional projects: stockpile destruction (to be led by Albania and Belgium), training (to be led by ITF and the European Commission), testing and evaluation (to be led by Canada and Croatia).[37] ITF proposed a common project for the establishment of regional centers of expertise in the region’s mine-affected countries, with each country hosting the center for which it has the most experience. The ITF Managing Board decided that the Fund should strive to become the implementing agency of the Stability Pact for demining. The ITF is also making an inventory of training needs and capabilities in the Southeast Europe region.[38]
The first meeting of directors of mine action centers in Southeast Europe was held at the ITF headquarters in Ig, Slovenia, on 13 April 2000. The purpose was the sharing of knowledge, expertise, information and excellence, considered essential if the common goal of a mine-free Southeast Europe is to be achieved as quickly as possible.
The ITF also initiated the establishment of the South Eastern Europe Mine Action Coordination Council (SEEMACC). The directors of the mine action centers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, and the ITF signed the agreement to establish the Council on 30 November 2000. Its functions are to:
The first meeting of SEEMACC was held in Zagreb on 14 December 2000, and the second meeting took place in Sarajevo on 19 April 2001. At the meeting were directors of mine action centers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia, representatives of the ITF and EU (the Ispra Joint Research Center). They discussed the possibility of developing a geographic information system for mine action. They also established a regional project called “Characteristics team-leader deminer” that will be financed by ITF. The manager for the project is Damir Gorseta, the director of CROMAC.[39]
Another ITF initiative was the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training course for deminers, held in Ig on 9 October 2000. This four-week course was funded by the government of Slovenia and the US Department of State. Participants were deminers from three local NGOs (five from Stop Mines, five from BH Demining, two from Pro Vita), and two deminers from Norwegian People’s Aid.
In 2000, the Institute for Rehabilitation in Ljubljana treated 191 mine victims. In addition, 131 experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo attended educational programs and seminars organized by the Institute. ITF donors for the work were: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Rotary Club of Ljubljana, and the US, but the Institute still lacks funds to fully implement the programs.
On 21 April 2000, twelve child mine victims from Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrived with their escorts for an eight-day rehabilitation visit to Debelirtic, the Slovenian Red Cross’s holiday center for children. This was a joint project between the ITF, NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Slovenian Red Cross, using flights donated by Adria Airways. The children were examined by doctors from the Institute for Rehabilitation, and provided with medical treatment as needed.[41] Rehabilitation was also carried out in Bosnia and Herzegovina, at Fojnica rehabilitation center (56 patients in 2000) and at Neretva (22 patients in 2000). Examination and triage of patients was also carried out.
Other mine victim assistance programs supported by ITF in the year 2000 were implemented by two NGOs, Landmine Survivors Network and the International Rescue Committee, with donations from the US.[42]
Future funding of mine victim assistance in Croatia was considered in September 2000 when the Croatian representative Mrs. Dijana Plestina visited the ITF.[43]
The Law on Disabled Veterans[44] gives rights to both civilians and war-veterans disabled by the remnants of war (or by military operations or terrorist attacks in Slovenia). This also covers people who were outside Slovenia because of the war, in prison, confinement, deportation, in forced labor or escaping, and includes foreigners with permanent residence in Slovenia. If loss of health occurred on Slovenian territory, protection is guaranteed to all, regardless of their residence. Civilians disabled as a result of the war are also protected under the Law on War Victims.[45] Full healthcare is guaranteed under the Law on Health Care and Health Insurance.
Civilians and military personnel disabled by war receive the same disability payment as other disabled persons, and receive other payments and benefits. Civilians’ disability payments depend on the degree of disablement. Special “functional assistance” provisions include professional rehabilitation (parallel to regular education) and allowances for certain technical help, as part of the health insurance. Civilians disabled by war have full health protection, which is provided at reduced rates.
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[1] “Execution Plan confirmed by the Minister of Defense,” 1 December 1998, and “Order by the Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Army concerning the destruction of anti-personnel mines in the Slovenian Army,” 14 April 1999, Report of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 12 December 2000, p. 1.
[2] Speech by Mitja Drobnic, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Second Meeting of States Parties, Geneva, 11 September 2000.
[3] “Despite ‘Real Victories’ in Landmine Action, Assembly Acknowledges Magnitude of Remaining Challenges,” UN Press Release GA/9833, 28 November 2000.
[4] ITF Bulletin No. 5, December 2000.
[5] Article 7 reports, submitted 7 September 1999 for the period 1 April-30 September 1999; submitted 30 January 2001 for the period 1 October 1999-30 April 2000; and submitted 1 April 2001 for the period 1 May 2000-30 April 2001.
[6] Welcoming speech by Mitja Drobnic, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Third Regional Conference on Landmines, Ljubljana, 21 June 2000.
[7] Landmine Monitor Researcher’s notes, Third Regional Conference on Landmines, Ljubljana, 21 June 2000.
[8] Article 7 report, 30 January 2001, Form E; see also Landmine Monitor Report 2000, p. 716.
[9] Letter from Primoz Seligo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 4 May 2000.
[10] Letter from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001.
[11] Article 7 report, 30 January 2001, Form C.
[12] Written response from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001; the same numbers are contained in the Article 7 report submitted 1 April 2001, Form G. According to the three Article 7 reports, 8,104 mines were destroyed by September 1999, another 2,016 by April 2000, and another 5,244 by April 2001. Significantly different, and larger, numbers were provided by the Slovenian delegation to the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction on 7 December 2000: “Alone this year 12,790 mine have been destroyed and next week additional batch of 4,000 mines will be destroyed. Till the end of March 2001 another 10,000 mines destruction is planned.” Statement of Delegation of Slovenia, Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, Geneva, 7 December 2000.
[13] Oral remarks to the Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, Geneva, 10 May 2001.
[14] Article 7 report submitted 1 April 2001, Form G; Written response from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001.
[15] The exchange rate used is SIT225:US$1.
[16] Written response from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001.
[17] Statement of Delegation of Slovenia, Standing Committee on Stockpile Destruction, Geneva, 7 December 2000.
[18] Telephone interview, Amb. Gregor Zore, Geneva, 11 July 2001.
[19] Written response from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001.
[20] Written response from Mitja Drobnic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ljubljana, 31 January 2001. SIT25,000,000 (US$107,900) was donated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; SIT6,912,625 (US$30,700) by the Ministry of Health; and SIT9,000,000 (US$38,850) by the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense also made an in-kind donation worth US$13,400 in the form of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal training course.
[21] See also Landmine Monitor Report 2000, pp. 717-718, and <www.sigov.si/itffund>.
[22] The amounts contributed by others and matched by the US are not exactly the same because some of the US matching funds for 2000 did not arrive in the ITF account by 31 December 2000, while some matching funds from 1999 arrived in 2000.
[23] ITF Bulletin No. 4 September 2000, and Letter from Eva Veble, Deputy Director for International Affairs, ITF, 31 January 2001.
[24] Alma Suljevic is an artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her project, named “4 – Entity” involved selling soil from Bosnian minefields in Sarajevo market for a symbolic price to raise awareness of the problem of mines.
[25] ITF Bulletin No. 4 September 2000, and letter from Eva Veble, Deputy Director for International Affairs, ITF, 31 January 2001.
[26] Nora Boustany,“Mine Clearing May Be Women’s Work,” Washington Post, 7 February 2001, p. 13.
[27] “Ciscenje mina jos 15 godina” (Demining in next 15 years), Vecernji List, (Croatian daily newspaper), 21 February 2001, p. 12.
[28] <www.sigov.si/itffund>.
[29] Written response on ITF activities from Eva Veble, ITF, 31 January 2001.
[30] Letter from Eva Veble, ITF, 31 January 2001, unless otherwise stated below.
[31] ITF Bulletins No. 3 and 5, June and December 2000.
[32] ITF Bulletin No. 5, December 2000.
[33] Letter from Eva Veble, ITF, 31 January 2001.
[34] ITF Bulletin No. 5, December 2000.
[35] Statement by Lojze Peterle, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Third Regional Conference on Landmines, Ljubljana, 21-22 June 2000.
[36] Letter from Eva Veble, ITF, 31 January 2001.
[37] Landmine Monitor Researcher’s notes, Stability Pact Forum meeting, Zagreb, 12 December 2000.
[38] Eva Veble, ITF, at Stability Pact for South East Europe, Reay Group meeting, Geneva, 7 May 2001.
[39] Information from Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatian newspaper), 21 April 2001, p. 72.
[40] Letter from Mitja Drobnic, 31 January 2001.
[41] ITF Bulletin No. 3, June 2000.
[42] Letter from Mitja Drobnic, 31 January 2001. Details of these programs are provided in the Bosnia and Herzegovina report.
[43] For further information on ITF victim assistance activities see <www.sigov.si/iffund>.
[44] Reference Ur.1. RS, št.: 63/95, 19/97, 75/97.
[45] Reference Ur.1.RS, št. 9/92, 13/93, 9/96 i 29/98.
