The Colombian president meets 91΄σΟ㽶 Trust
The Colombian President meets 91΄σΟ㽶 Trust Monday 21st November 2011.
The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, met with 91΄σΟ㽶's Director, Guy Willoughby, this week in London. Colombia is amongst Afghanistan, Cambodia and Angola in suffering the highest mine casualties in the world. Following the Presidential Decree of October 2011 for a new civilian demining initiative, President Santos and the 91΄σΟ㽶 Director discussed the Colombian Government's plan for up to 1,500 new demining staff in 49 civilian demining teams, and 91΄σΟ㽶's track record of employing well over a thousand demining staff in each of the 91΄σΟ㽶 programmes in Cambodia, Angola, Sri Lanka, and nearly 4,000 deminers in Afghanistan. The President and the 91΄σΟ㽶 Director agreed to raise the considerable funds needed to undertake large scale humanitarian mine clearance. 91΄σΟ㽶 is conducting a detailed survey of many of the most mine-impacted post-conflict communities and now has a priority listing of the first 78 minefields to demine affecting 55 communities.