UN (United Nations), 22, 37, 57

UNDP (United Nations Development Program), 33, 66

UNICEF (United Nations Children Fund), 49

UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), 57–58, 69

UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service), 40

UNMCTU (United Nations Mine Clearance and Training Unit), 66

UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia), 57

United States (US), 13–15, 17, 28, 36, 38–39, 61, 66–67, 70, 169–171, 177

urban, 6, 17–18, 33, 37, 39, 53, 59, 69–70, 74, 76, 80–82, 89, 102, 126, 162

unexploded ordnance (UXO), ix–xi, xiii–xiv, 1–12, 14–16, 31–37, 39, 41–47, 55, 63–66, 69, 73–83, 88–97, 99–102, 104–108, 110–112, 114–131, 133–135, 139, 146–147, 149, 151–153, 155, 158–159, 161–164, 166, 185, 190–191, 193

veteran, 33, 70

victim assistance, 10, 35, 91, 161, 163

Vietnam, x, xiii, xvii, 1, 3, 12–14, 16–17, 19–25, 27–30, 36, 48–49, 51–56, 59–61, 65–71, 78, 129–130, 133, 135, 137–138, 140, 153, 158, 161, 170, 175, 180–182, 184, 190, 192

village, vi, xv–xviii, 9–10, 16, 19–21, 38, 42, 58, 80, 135–136, 156, 169–170, 173–175, 178, 181

vulnerable, 78–79, 146, 156, 165

water, vii, xvii, 2, 6, 16, 23, 50–51, 67, 74–75, 77–78, 83, 88, 90–91, 99, 101, 103, 105–106, 109–110, 112–120, 122–124, 152, 162–163, 173, 176

wellbeing, 17

WFP (World Food Program), 49

Yugoslavia, 28

zone, xii, 7, 60–61, 70, 93, 95, 144–145, 149, 151–152, 154, 159, 163, 184