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Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) is a not-for-profit U.S. company based in Danvers, Massachusetts, that provides collective copyright licensing services for corporate and academic users of copyrighted materials.
A central location for clearing permissions (for the re-use of copyrighted works) was envisioned during the process leading to enactment of the Copyright Act of 1976, and CCC was created not long after as an instantiation of this idea.
Copyright Clearance Center participates in many industry organizations, among them: the Authors’ Coalition, the Copyright Society of the United States, the International DOI Foundation (IDF), NFAIS, and NISO.
Anti-vehicle (anti-tank) mines are deployed to protect against tanks, a new invention at the time, and anti-personnel landmines are used to protect the anti-vehicle mines from destruction by opposing infantry units.
October 1997 -- The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is formed to serve as the UN focal point for humanitarian mine action. At the global level, it is responsible for coordinating all aspects of mine action within the UN system to ensure an effective and proactive response to landmine contamination.
Leading figures in mine action and representatives of mine action non-governmental organizations educate the students about the global landmine problem and ways in which it can be resolved. To learn more, see http://www.state.gov/t/pm/rls/rm/26842.htm.
The term "humanitarian demining" is coined (now increasingly superseded by the term "humanitarian mine action") to differentiate the activities in Afghanistan from traditional military mineclearance and to reflect the degree of the landmine threat to civilians, their land and infrastructure.
This is the first attempt to disseminate mine awareness information (now called mine risk education) on a large scale using the easily accessible and attractive device of comic book heroes depicted in former war zone settings to help inculcate in children greater respect for the dangers of landmines and unexploded ordnance.
The GICHD is an independent organization supported by Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the Republic and Canton of Geneva.
