THEMATIC RESEARCH COORDINATORS
Thematic research teams contributed to the researching, writing and editing of all country reports.
BAN POLICY
Coordinator and Editor: Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch (USA) Rachel Good, Mark Hiznay & Mary Wareham, Human Rights Watch (USA); Katarzyna Derlicka (Belgium); & Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Mines Action Canada (Canada)
MINE ACTION
Coordinator and Editor: Stuart Maslen, Norwegian People’s Aid (Kenya) Nick Cumming-Bruce (Thailand), Karolina Guay (Canada) & Melissa Sabatier (Bulgaria)
MINE RISK EDUCATION
Coordinator and Editor: Sebastian Kasack, Handicap International (Germany)
CASUALTY DATA COLLECTION & SURVIVOR ASSISTANCE
Coordinator and Editor: Katleen Maes, Handicap International (Belgium) Patricia Campbell (Mozambique), Hugh Hosman (Vietnam) & Hildegarde Vansintjan (Belgium), Handicap International
FUNDING
Coordinator and Editor: Loren Persi (Czech Republic)
RESEARCHERS
ABKHAZIA: Vladimir Kakalia, Abkhazia Committee of the ICBL (Abkhazia)
AFGHANISTAN: Mohammad Ershad (Afghanistan)
ALBANIA: Anila Alibali & Ruben Hajnaj, Illyricum Fund (Albania)
ARMENIA: Jemma Hasratyan & Gayane Armaganova, Armenian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Armenia)
AZERBAIJAN: Hafiz Safikhanov, Arif Yunusov, Tarana Hasanova & Leyla Yunusova, Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines (Azerbaijan)
BANGLADESH: Rafique al Islam, Nonviolence International (Bangladesh)
BELARUS: Iouri Zagoumenov & Ihar Zahumionau, Support Center for Associations and Foundations & Belarus Campaign to Ban Landmines (Belarus)
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Karel Bartosik (UK), Kresimir Milicevic & Aleksandar Kecman (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
& Wenche Brenden (Norway)
BURMA/MYANMAR: Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Mines Action Canada (Canada)
& Alfredo Ferrariz Lubang, Nonviolence International (Thailand)
BURUNDI: Charles Ndayiziga, Centre d'Alerte et de Prévention de Conflits (Burundi)
CAMBODIA: Denise Coghlan & Ny Nhar, Cambodia Campaign to Ban Landmines (Cambodia)
CHECHNYA & NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Narine Berikashvili, Disarmament and Nonviolence (Georgia)
CHILE: Charlie Avendaño (Belgium)
& Fabiola Fariña Mellafe (Chile)
CHINA: Yukie Osa, Japan Campaign to Ban Landmines (Japan)
COLOMBIA: Camilo Serna Villegas, Campaña Colombiana Contra Minas (Colombia)
CROATIA: Wenche Brenden (Norway)
& Martina Beloševic, Croatian Mine Victims Association (Croatia)
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Anthony Forrest (Canada)
DENMARK: Eva Veble, DanChurchAid (Denmark)
DJIBOUTI: Abdoulkader Elmi Elabé, Association de Soutien aux Victimes des Mines (Djibouti), Marion Libertucci & Handicap International (France)
ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, CUBA, GUYANA, HAITI, HONDURAS, PANAMA, SURINAME & FALKLANDS/MALVINAS: Charlie Avendaño (Belgium)
EGYPT, ALGERIA, BAHRAIN, LIBYA, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, OMAN, TUNISIA & SAUDI ARABIA: Ayman Sorour, Protection of Armaments & Consequences (Egypt)
ERITREA: Don Lieber (USA)
ESTONIA & LATVIA: Igors Tipans, Baltic International Centre for Education (Latvia)
FINLAND: Sanna Rummakko & Eeva Suhonen, Peace Union of Finland (Finland)
GEORGIA: Mamuka Gachechiladze, ICBL Georgian Committee (Georgia)
GREECE & CYPRUS: Louisa O'Brien (Greece)
GUATEMALA: Maria Eugenia Villarreal (Guatemala)
GUINEA-BISSAU: Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands) & Gustavo Oliveira Vieira Campanha Brasileira Contra Minas Terrestres (Brazil)
INDIA: Balkrishna Kurvey, Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Environment; Binalakshmi Nepram, Borderlines Journal; Mohammad Asif & Shaiq Nazir, Jammu & Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (India)
INDONESIA: Els Coolen & Surya Aslim, Indonesian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Indonesia)
IRAN: Khalil “Haji” Dokhanchi (USA)
IRAQ: Moaffak Tawfek al Khafaji & Jibran Yaqoub Afram Mansoor, Iraqi Handicaps & Survivors Society (Iraq)
KAZAKHSTAN: Makhabbat Yespenova & Vaslat Akhmetov (Kazakhstan)
KOREA, D.P.R.: John H. Kim (USA)
KOREA, R.O.: John H. Kim (USA)
KOSOVO: Wenche Brenden (Norway)
KUWAIT: Rafaat Fahmi Misak, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research & Abdullah Y. Al Ghunaim & Said Mahfouz, Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait (Kuwait)
KYRGYZSTAN: Cholpon Galieva & Nurlan Brimkulov, IPPNW-Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
LEBANON: Habbouba Aoun, Landmines Resource Center for Lebanon, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Balamand (Lebanon)
LIBERIA, COTE D’IVOIRE, NIGER & SIERRA LEONE: Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands)
MACEDONIA, FYR: Dane Taleski, Institute for Democracy “Sociatas Civilis” (Macedonia)
MALAWI: Undule D.K. Mwakasungura, Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (Malawi)
MOLDOVA: Iurie Pintea & Ana Rudico, Institute for Public Policy (Moldova)
MONGOLIA: Zolzaya Lkhagvasuren, Ordbildarna AB (Mongolia)
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: Ashot Adamyan (Nagorno-Karabakh)
NEPAL: Purna Shova Chitrakar, Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (Nepal)
NICARAGUA & EL SALVADOR: Peter James Sundberg (Canada)
PACIFIC (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu & Vanuatu): John Head, New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines (New Zealand)
PAKISTAN: Naveed Ahmad Shinwari & Rias ul-Haq, Community Appraisal and Motivation Program & Raza Shah Khan & Shahzada Naif, Sustainable Peace & Development Organization (Pakistan)
PERU: Jacqueline Fowks de la Flor (Peru)
THE PHILIPPINES & BRUNEI: Paz Verdades M. Santos (The Philippines)
POLAND: Katarzyna Derlicka (Poland)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Roman Dolgov, IPPNW-Russia (Russian Federation)
SENEGAL: Boubine Touré (Senegal)
SERBIA & MONTENEGRO: Hugh Griffiths & Ivan Epstajn (Serbia & Montenegro)
SINGAPORE: Maria Fe Villena, Nonviolence International (Thailand)
SOMALIA & SOMALILAND: Ahmed H. Esa & Hussein Mohamed Farah, Institute for Practical Research and Training (Somaliland)
SRI LANKA: Prasanna Rajiv Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)
SUDAN: Abdel Ati Abdel Kheir, Sudan Campaign to Ban Landmines & Hiba Elhassan, ABRAR Organization for Care of War Disabled & Protection from Landmines (Sudan)
SYRIA & UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Ghassan Shahrour, Hidayat Al-Abyad & Mohammed Younis, Arab Network for Research on Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (Syria)
TAIWAN: Serena Chang, Emma Lee & Robert Lin, Eden Social Welfare Foundation (Taiwan)
TAJIKISTAN: Bakhtiyor Begmuradov & Aziza Hakimova, Harmony of the World (Tajikistan)
THAILAND: Shushira Chonhenchob, Nipatta Quamman, Prapanrat Kochasena, Jaruwan Tiwasiri, Wasita Kitpreecha & Aki Fujiwara, Handicap International Thailand (Thailand)
TURKEY: Muteber Ögreten & Nevin Sungur, Initiative for a Mine-Free Turkey (Turkey)
UGANDA: Edison A. Mworozi, IPPNW-Uganda & Deogratious K Sekimpi, UNACOH (Uganda)
UKRAINE: Yuri Donskoy & Alexandr Zavialov, Ukrainian Peacekeepers Association (Ukraine)
UNITED STATES: Mark Hiznay, Human Rights Watch (USA)
UZBEKISTAN: Alisher Taksanov & Victor Tsoy (Uzbekistan)
VENEZUELA: Antonio José González Plessmann and Maureen Riveros (Venezuela)
WESTERN SAHARA: Boybat Cheikh Abdelhay, Saharawi Campaign to Ban Landmines (Western Sahara)
YEMEN: Mohamed Masood, Nadra Kadoos, Shafika Saeed & Aisha Saeed, Yemen Mine Awareness Association (Yemen)
ZAMBIA: Robert Mtonga, IPPNW-Zambia/Zambian Campaign to Ban Landmines (Zambia)
ZIMBABWE: Frederick Sadomba, Centre for Defence Studies, University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)