This report was written and researched by Andrew Cooper, research assistant for the Human Rights Watch Arms Project, and edited by Stephen D. Goose, program director for the Arms Project. We are grateful to Michael Leveack of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation for his assistance in the preparation of this report, to former U.S. military officer Timothy Connolly, and to retired U.S. military officers Henry (Hank) E. Emerson, Robert G. Gard, Jr., James F. Hollingsworth, David R. Palmer and Douglas Kinnard for providing helpful comments. The Arms Project gratefully acknowledges funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ploughshares Fund and Radda Barnen (Save the Children/Sweden).
Human Rights Watch Arms Project
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We stand with victims and activists to bring offenders to justice, to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom and to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime.
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Its Arms Project was established in 1992 to monitor and prevent arms transfers to governments or organizations that commit gross violations of internationally recognized human rights and the rules of war and promote freedom of information regarding arms transfers worldwide. Joost R. Hiltermann is the director; Stephen D. Goose is the program director; Zahabia Adamaly, Andrew Cooper, and Ernst Jan Hogendoorn are research assistants; Rebecca Bell is the associate; William M. Arkin, Kathi L. Austin, Monica Schurtman, and Frank Smyth are consultants. Torsten N. Wiesel is the chair of the board and Nicole Ball and Vincent McGee are the vice-chairs.
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Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation is an international humanitarian and advocacy organization dedicated to assisting victims of war. In programs throughout the world, VVAF's mission to rebuild the lives of women, men and children in war torn societies has ranged from the establishment of prosthetic and rehabilitative clinics manned by the disabled to international programs to reconcile former adversaries. These programs have been strengthened by educational symposia to study conflict resolution as an alternative to war; and at the highest level, coordination of the U.S. and international campaigns to ban landmines worldwide.
Web Site Address: http:www.vvaf.org/landmine/uscbl.htm