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    ARMENIA MARKS INTERNATIONAL MINE AWARENESS DAY

    Mediamax news agency
    4 Apr 06

    Yerevan, 4 April: Armenia today marked the International Day for Mine
    Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action for the first time.

    The Armenian government and the UN Development Programme presented
    their first report about the influence of land mines in Yerevan today.

    Armenian Deputy Minister for Territorial Administration Vache Terteryan
    said that the report had been prepared within the framework of the
    Humanitarian Mine Action Programme financed by the European Union
    and the Armenian Defence Ministry.

    Vache Terteryan said that the national mine action strategy will be
    presented to the public by the end of 2006.

    The coordinator of the UN office in Yerevan and permanent
    representative of the UN Development Programme in Armenia, Consuelo
    Vidal, said today that 102 areas covering 320 sq.km and representing
    potential mine hazards have been found in Tavush, Gegharkunik, Ararat,
    Vayots Dzor and Syunik regions. On the whole, 69,000 people are living
    close to land mines and unexploded munitions in Armenia.
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