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20 - 26 May AccoThe ITF continues with the activities for cleaning of the terrain from mines. At this moment, the ITF teams are working in Nikustak and Goshince. The ICRC announced the fourth phase of the campaign for mine awareness, which includes theater plays. The ICRC plans to organize 80-100 plays by November. 13 - 19 May According to the UN office in Skopje, US $29 million are needed for engagement of 12 additional demining teams. Representatives of NATO "Amber Fox" mission in Macedonia discovered anti-tank mines and unexploded devices near the village of Lavce, Tetovo area, which were destroyed on the location. Last year, the ITF teams cleaned this terrain from mines. The NATO teams also discovered a minefield in the Kumanovo village of Alasevce. The area was marked in order civilians to be prevented from accessing. The demining activities will start as soon as possible. 1 - 7 April On April 2, three teams of the International Trust Foundation started with demining activities of the area around the village of Matejce, in order to provide conditions for soon returning of the displaced persons to their homes. 25-31 March According to the UNMAS assessment, the main risk can be eliminated in a period of six months intensive work. Handicap International and CARE worked together with UNMAS in order to provide swift inclusion in the auxiliary teams and EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), as soon as the needed funds are provided. About US $2,5 million are needed for minimum of 12 demining teams. The international NGOs will support the newly trained teams for civic protection in order to increase the capacity on the terrain. 18-24 March BY the end of June, the International Trust Fund plans to bring three teams for demining in Macedonia. The ICRC will promote the spring campaign for mine awareness, which will also include video and radio clips. 4 March - 10 March According to the UN office in Skopje, US $29 million are needed for engagement of 12 additional demining teams. Representatives of NATO "Amber Fox" mission in Macedonia discovered anti-tank mines and unexploded devices near the village of Lavce, Tetovo area, which were destroyed on the location. Last year, the ITF teams cleaned this terrain from mines. The NATO teams also discovered a minefield in the Kumanovo village of Alasevce. The area was marked in order civilians to be prevented from accessing. The demining activities will start as soon as possible. 18-24 February In the beginning of March, special teams will start demining in the crises regions. The demining will be led by the international organisation "International Trust Fund" (ITF) and the Office of Mine Action. Task Force Fox identified three new dangerous regions: the road to Tanusevci, the road to Luka Maalo and the road to Dumanovce. 4-10 February The priority list for demining and search for possible mine fields will be developed by the government. Macedonian representatives will be sent to Slovenia to attend a mine disposal course. The Mine disposal office in cooperation with ICRC plans to gather information in the populated border areas near Debar and Gostivar. 17-23 December In the past three months, the teams of the international foundation for mine disposal and assistance to mine casualties - International Trust Fund (ITF) discovered total of 149 explosive devices and four mines in Kumanovo, Skopje and Tetovo areas. So far, total of 864 houses and 1,404 other buildings have been inspected. 26 November - 2 December For the needs of the Macedonian mine disposal teams,
the U.S. has granted equipment worth US$ 1,5 million to Macedonia. This
equipment is sufficient for equipping four mine disposal teams, and is
composed of 19 vehicles, communication hardware, office equipment and
computers. 19-25 November On November 19, the mine-disposal teams started their
activities along the road Slupcane-Alasavce (Kumanovo area), as well as
in the tunnel on the road Orasje-Jegunovce (Tetovo area.) 12-18 November The mine disposal teams discovered
and destroyed 11 mines and grenades. 5-11 November The mine disposal operations are ongoing. In the Tetovo
area, the terrain in and around the villages of Lesok and Tearce has been
cleaned from mines, and the Tetovo-Radusa railroad is controlled. In the
Kumanovo area, the mine disposal units worked in the region of the village
of Opae. 29 October - 4 November The activities concerning the locating and displacement
of mines and other explosive devices in the village Lavce , according
to the ITF has been successfully completed. Their operation principle
is to check all buildings and yards in the village, but so far, they have
not issued a document for performed displacement of mines. 22-28 October Demining Teams continue to cleanse the terrain in Tetovo region. ICRC/MCIC has distributed leaflets to inform the public of mine dangers and unexploded items in the crisis areas. 15-21 October In the Tetovo regions, in the Dzepciste, Tearce, Vratnica and Jegunovce districts, the mine search and removal on the roads and in the inhabited places started on October 16. The terrain-clearance will be carried out by two teams, consisted of 50 experts from Bosnia and Slovenia. 8-14 October Two teams composed of 35 persons, who will carry out the de-mining in the areas of Tetovo and Kumanovo, are expected to arrive from Bosnia. 1-7 October ICRC is carrying out the mine and not-exploded explosives hazard information campaign in the crisis regions, the collective centers and the host families, which accommodate IDPs. 24-30 September
ICRC/MKCK on September 24 had lectures for precaution
from mines and other contact explosives in the municipalities: Tearce,
Vratnica, Djepciste and the villages: Radusa, Aracinovo, Lopate and Opae. 17-23 September The Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Interior have finished the "cleaning" in the area around the villages of Tanusevci, Ribnica, Grejka and Niviste. 10-16 September On September 12th, expert teams
of the NATO forces in Macedonia started to eliminate the mines in the
region from the railroad near Ratae to Lesok. 3-9 September Special mine disposal unit, composed
of 60 NATO soldiers, arrived in Macedonia.
27 August - 2 September The Army of the Republic of Macedonia announced that
there are 2,000 pressure - activated mines in the crisis regions of Tetovo,
Kumanovo-Lipkovo and Skopje. The Tetovo-Jazince road, all the entries
to the villages around Tetovo, the Sipkovica hillside, a section of the
Tetovo-Gostivar road, the area around Ramno at the Tanusevci watch-tower,
the entries to the Slupcane, Opae, Orizare and Vaksince villages have
all been labelled as dangerous minefields. The US Embassy suggested the
Macedonian Government that its experts should defuse the mines in these
areas. 20-26 August Ministry of internal affairs team is checking the objects in Aracinovo, before the assessment of damaged is done. The process is going very slow (10 houses per day), because there is only one equip team. The Government requested for additional equipment or more antiterrorist teams. 13-19 August UNICEF, ICRC and MCIC had a meeting where they considered
the possibility for mutual acting to strengthen the awareness in IDP for
the mine hazard. It has been concluded that a mass campaign is not needed,
but a direct approach to the IDP (more training and leaflets). 6-12 August The UNHCR representative for coordination with NATO,
informed that NATO will no perform disarming of mines except in 16 control
points were surrender of weapons will take place. 30 July - 5 August In Aracinovo, a week after the initial entrance of the
local population in the village, still have not been removed all unexploded
devices. There are around 10 new grenades found each day. 23-29 July El Hilal in its aid distribution included UNICEF land-mine protection materials. 3-8 July In the Skopje village of Aracinovo, the land mine
and other explosive gadgets' clearance action of the Macedonian security
forces finished. 24 June - 3 July The Macedonian security forces
after entering Aracinovo took land-mine removal activities.  |
