The Organization of American States created in 1992 a Program for Assistance to Demining in Central America (PADCA) as a response to requests from Central American countries affected by antipersonnel mines such as, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras and Guatemala. Since then, the Program evolved within its eminently humanitarian vision of reestablishing safe, secure, and productive living conditions for mine-affected populations. Within six years and considering the negative mine impact upon development, human rights, gender equality, and the needs of children and adolescents, PADCA expanded into a program for Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines (AICMA for its initials in Spanish) with greater capabilities.
Regions of MA operation
- The Americas
Related mine action topics
- International conventions
- Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)
- Detection and clearance
- Stockpile destruction
- Management of mine action programmes
- Risk education
- Socio-economic survey
- Victim assistance
- Donors
- 1889 F street, NW, , 20006, Washington, D.C., , United States
- http://www.oas.org/dsp/english/cpo_desminado.asp
- ccase@oas.org
- +1 (202)-458-3631
- +1 (202)-458-3545