Humanitarian Disarmament

Lao PDR is one of the countries worse affected by the legacy of cluster munitions. Widespread aerial bombing and intense battles on the ground during the Indochina war years (1964 – 1973) has left millions of unexploded cluster bombs in Laos. Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) is the term used for the bombs which still litter the soil and represent huge risk to the lives of thousands of people. These... Read more

More cluster munitions were used in Lao PDR than in any other country in the world. With Norwegian support, the Norwegian People's Aid is involved in land clearance of cluster munitions, and provides training of Lao mine and bomb clearers. The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi attended the opening of a new cluster munitions clearance program in Sekong province. Read more

Norway participated in the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Vientiane on 9-12 November 2010. The delegation to Lao PDR was led by State Secretary Espen Barth Eide. Read more