The National Regulatory Authority for the UXO/Mine Action Sector in the Lao PDR (the NRA) is a public institution of the Government of the Lao PDR. It is responsible for the coordination of all operators in the country working on the impact of unexploded bombs, artillery shells, grenades, landmines and like ordnance. The overarching aim of the NRA is to enable all people of Lao to live free from the impact of unexploded ordnance (UXO).
Lao PDR has the unfortunate title of being the most bomb country in the world per capita. Throughout the Indochina conflict (1963-1974), over 2 million tonnes of weaponry was deployed over the country, with up to 30% failing to explode as designed.
Today up to 25% of all villages in Lao PDR are affected by unexploded ordnance, which includes big bombs, mortar, cluster munitions and submunitions, and landmines. These weapons continue to kill and maim women and children as well as disenabling communities and disrupt socio-economic development.
Today, ten provinces in the Lao PDR are still severely contaminated by these unexploded weapons, which injure and kill an estimated three hundred people every year.
Convention on Cluster Munition
Bomb Awareness Day 2009: A Review(English version)
Bomb Awareness Day Review 2009 (Lao version)
Safe Path Forward’ UXO Sector Strategy, Review and Revision Workshop, Held at the Lao Plaza 20th - 21st May 2009(Lao version)
The Ensuring Mine Action Promotes Development Workshop, 11-13 March 2009
Completion Survey Form download
Mine Risk Education Form download
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- South East Asia Regional Conference On The Cconvention On Cluster Munitions
- Photos From Laos Press Trip Oct 2008
- Photos from South East Asia Regional Conference on OCT 2008
- Hazardous Ground 2008 Cluster Munitions and UXO in the Lao PDR
- Assessment Report of Gender Perspectives in UXO Action in the Lao PDR
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