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Reducing the humanitarian impact of weapon contamination
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Libya: unexploded munitions scar bodies and minds
Republic of the Congo: clearing the stricken area and reuniting families
Colombia: indigenous people at risk from explosive devices
Iraq: unexploded munitions put civilians at risk
Death in the field
Reducing the impact of weapon contamination on populations in Africa
Operation decontaminationFacts and Figures
In 2011, the ICRC
- took preventive mine action in 27 countries or contexts;
- destroyed or made safe over 3,500 items of ordnance in Libya (and has destroyed a further 3000 so far in 2012);
- destroyed some 1,600 items of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in 26 communities in southern Iraq;
- carried out 194 safe behaviour and victims’ rights activities with local authorities and communities at risk in Colombia, benefiting a total of 4,483 people;
- continued to include weapon contamination issues and requirements in its cooperation with National Societies in the fields of economic security, health, protection, staff safety and water and habitat.
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Weapon contamination - Destruction of the environment and suffering among the population 
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