Dave Bloom
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Gov’t Relations @MAGsaveslives - Congress/appropriations, landmines/UXO & weapons security. Formerly: energy, AFSA, Morocco, Central Asia.
Washington, DC
Joined May 2013
The 2025 @MineMonitor is out. Casualties from landmines & unexploded bombs have risen. On average, 17 people were killed or injured every day, nearly half of them children. As states meet for the @MineBanTreaty this week, MAG urges renewed commitment. ⬇️ https://t.co/2szyXz518D
maginternational.org
The Landmine Monitor 2025, released today, reveals a sharp and deeply worrying rise in global casualties from landmines and explosive remnants of war, highlighting the urgent need for renewed...
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Today marks one year since the ceasefire in #Lebanon. Yet large areas of the south remain heavily contaminated with unexploded bombs. Against this backdrop, MAG teams have been working to keep communities safe. Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/W7OujJB5Bl
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One year since the November 2024 ceasefire, southern Lebanon remains heavily impacted by the scale of explosive ordnance contamination resulting from the conflict.
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In #Angola, MAG recently hosted Japanese Ambassador Hiroaki Sano & Kaori Tomii, Apoio a Projectos Comunitários' Liaison Coordinator, in Moxico. Together with Vice Governor Elizabeth Mafo Ayala, they helped hand over six landmine-cleared sites made safe with Japan's support.
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.@MineActionRev's 2025 Clearing the Mines report is out now. MAG welcomes the progress but the message remains clear: protecting civilians & ending the suffering caused by landmines will require commitment, stronger cooperation & sustained funding. Read more ⬇️
📢The 'Clearing the Mines 2025' report is now online at https://t.co/Ij2nTENan8, together with our 2025 Monitoring of the Siem Reap-Angkor Action Plan #SRAAP for survey and clearance. Read up on global progress in #landmine #clearance ahead of @MineBanTreaty #22MSP in @UNGeneva
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#Syria: from the demining operations along the border with Iraq. Works is carried out by the 86th Division.
#Syria: not desert truffles, but mines. A tribesman dismantles mines using only his eyes and bare hands. He's working in the country's most heavily mined area: Bishiri Mount, a former #ISIS stronghold in the Western #DeirEzzor desert.
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“Once you feel that you did something good at the end of the day, that we saved a life, you cannot stop. Mofida, MAG Technical Field Manager, talks to @evolambert for @NPR about the landmine emergency in #Syria & how teams are working to clear land. ➡️
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Featuring the back of my head!
The UK-based anti-landmines group was honored with the 2025 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world's largest annual humanitarian award for nonprofits.
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I wrote a long-read for @prospect_uk recently, based on reporting in southern Ukraine over the summer with @MAGsaveslives deminers, and interviews with those on both sides of the debate about landmines. Here's some reflections on that trip + extra pics: https://t.co/CndeERo7EN
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A footnote to this is that we've seen cartels using drones to scout weaknesses in state-held weapons and ammunition stockpiles.
From Ukraine to Latin America: lessons in drone combat are reshaping organized crime.
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🗓️ Today is election day in Massachusetts, Ohio, and Virginia and Bolts will be watching the results. Follow along with this month's guide to key local elections: https://t.co/2powNrkdwL
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Loose weapons are currency in today’s wars, traded and smuggled from one battlefield to another.
warontherocks.com
In their 2022 article, “Weak States and Loose Arms: Lessons and Warnings, from Afghanistan to Ukraine,” Kerry Chávez and Ori Seed examined the issue of
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3 out of 4 people in #SouthSudan🇸🇸 live in close proximity to known minefields or former battlegrounds. Grateful to @MofaJapan_en for its life-saving support to @UNMAS' efforts to protect future generations from the legacy of war in South Sudan.
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Russian ShOAB-3 fragmentation submunitions from cruise missiles litter the ground after the attack on Kremenchuk. The mayor said: "Be sure to tell children about the danger, as these munitions have a silvery color, look like balls, and may attract the attention of little ones".
The shell of the Russian ShOAB-3 fragmentation submunition from Kh-101 and likely Kh-59 cruise missile warheads. The spherical steel striking elements embedded in the aluminum shell are visible. 1/
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We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #HiltonPrize recipient is the Mines Advisory Group! @MAGsaveslives plays a leading role in the global effort to remove landmines. Their work saves countless lives, protects human rights, and contributes to sustainable peace. Learn more:
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In Kharkiv – one of the most contaminated regions in #Ukraine – an all-female demining team, funded by the If! Foundation, is making land safe. Teachers, medics, editors – now deminers. Their work is helping communities return, rebuild, and recover. ➡️ https://t.co/bBO3mNN8Ne
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In #Vietnam, MAG's mobile teams respond to around 15 emergency calls each week – near homes, schools & fields – to remove deadly remnants of war. Since 1999, with support from @StateDeptPM, they’ve destroyed more than 62,000 explosive items. Learn more➡️ https://t.co/BULkdwEFnJ
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