DUSHANBE, May 23, 2016, Asia-Plus – The board (Shuro) of Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament discussed a draft law on humanitarian demining activities at a May 23 meeting.
Muhammadato Sultonov, a spokesman for the Majlisi Namoyandagon, says the board also discussed a draft law on insurance activities, as well amendments proposed to country’s laws on licensing separate types of activities and post-university higher vocational education.
In times of relative peace, the process of mine removal is referred to as demining. This is a thorough, time-intensive process that seeks to locate all mines so that the land or sea area may be safely returned to normal use. It is vital that this process be exhaustive. Even if only a small handful of mines remain undiscovered, incomplete demining can actually lead to an increase in civilian mine casualties as local people re-occupy an area they previously avoided in the belief that it has been made safe. In this context demining is one of the tools of mine action.
