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Funding increase for Laos UXO clearance
3rd May, 2011 at 5:38am
 
http://laovoices.com/2011/05/02/funding-increase-for-uxo-clearance/

The Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme (UXO Lao) has received its new budget, UXO Lao Director Mr Bounpone Sayasenh said at the annual meeting held in Vientiane on Friday.
Unexploded ordnance clea-rance is not getting cheaper, with fuel costs rising and the value of the US dollar falling, and costs are becoming harder to meet each year. The 2011 budget for UXO Lao is about US$7.9 million compared to 2010, when the budget was about US$6.8 million.

UXO Lao works to clear bo mbs in the provinces of Luang Prabang, Huaphan, Xieng Khuang, Khammuan, Savannakhet, Saravan, Xekong, Champassak and Attapeu. The organisation’s workers have set themselves an ambitious goa l for 2011, with challenges ahead as they come to grips with detector problems.

The organisation had many visitors throughout the year and received a lot of media attention, which they hope will help procure future funding. UXO Lao has cleared more than 19,185 hectares of land since 1996.
More than 16,000 hectares of the cleared land is agricultural, bringing benefits to more than 3.3 million people. Staff have visited almost 8,500 villages and conducted community awareness activities on the dangers of unexploded ordnance.
So far UXO Lao staff have destroyed more than 973,000 devices, of which 46 percent were cluster bomb sub-munitions.
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Reply #1 - 3rd May, 2011 at 6:54am
 
Good good news.
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Reply #2 - 3rd May, 2011 at 2:27pm
 
Does anyone know the types of detectors that they are using?  Magnetic/Electromagnetic?

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Reply #3 - 3rd May, 2011 at 6:33pm
 
I'm not sure.


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Does anyone know the types of detectors that they are using?  Magnetic/Electromagnetic?

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Reply #5 - 3rd May, 2011 at 9:44pm
 
Thanks for sharing.  Geez - they are  extremely big.     The little 'bomblets' are the more dangeerous ones because they are smaller and extremely hard to see and avoid.  Can that be true?
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Reply #6 - 4th May, 2011 at 12:58am
 
Lao culture we like to hunt and farm. So most likely people will find these bombie in the wood. Government need to educated people, especially children about the danger if UXO. Since 1975 about 20,000 civilians died and one person is being killed everyday by UXO.
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Reply #7 - 4th May, 2011 at 3:08am
 
$7-8 million a year to spend on detection/clearing is not alot.  How does the gov't prioritize on where to clear next? I would think by population size.  There will be much more funding in the future and alot will eventually come from the USA.
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Reply #8 - 4th May, 2011 at 3:13am
 
Agreed Laos need $70-$80 million a year not $7 million. U.S government should be paying for all of it. They say it'll take about 3,000 year to clear all UXO in Laos with $7 million a year funding. Vietnam has sued the U.S government for Agent Orange chemicals. Why not Laos?

Funding for UXO in Laos also created jobs for the locals. Mine Advisory Group make about $200-$300 a month.
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Reply #9 - 4th May, 2011 at 3:19am
 
Did the US drop agent oragne on our side?
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PEACE wrote on 4th May, 2011 at 3:19am:
Did the US drop agent oragne on our side?


I don't think they drop Agent Orange in Laos. But I heard during the  war they were thinking about dropping a Nuke on Vietnam. If they do that mean Viet Cong lose.
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Reply #11 - 4th May, 2011 at 3:29am
 
If the US did drop the Enola Gay-like nuke on Vietnam then I would still be in Laos and not be a Laopride member Cheesy.
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PEACE wrote on 4th May, 2011 at 3:29am:
If the US did drop the Enola Gay-like nuke on Vietnam then I would still be in Laos and not be a Laopride member Cheesy.


If they drop one during the war we probably be dead too .Laos is next to Vietnam.
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Reply #13 - 4th May, 2011 at 12:11pm
 
We will be fine and we probably can take over Vietnam as well and I am sure the US will give us all of Vietnam Wink.

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If the US did drop the Enola Gay-like nuke on Vietnam then I would still be in Laos and not be a Laopride member Cheesy.


If they drop one during the war we probably be dead too .Laos is next to Vietnam.
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Reply #14 - 4th May, 2011 at 3:25pm
 
Big fish eat small fish that's how nature work. If we don't control them they'll control us. If U.S won the war we can take Vietnam then take over world. Heheheh
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We will be fine and we probably can take over Vietnam as well and I am sure the US will give us all of Vietnam Wink.

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PEACE wrote on 4th May, 2011 at 3:29am:
If the US did drop the Enola Gay-like nuke on Vietnam then I would still be in Laos and not be a Laopride member Cheesy.


If they drop one during the war we probably be dead too .Laos is next to Vietnam.
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