Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan
Independent Expert
twitter: @yeshuamp
email: yeshua [at] riseup [dot] net
phone: +6689 124 4900
Independent Expert
twitter: @yeshuamp
email: yeshua [at] riseup [dot] net
phone: +6689 124 4900
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan has lived and worked in a dozen countries, spending most of his adult life in Southeast Asia.. He has been involved in the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor since its inception in 1998, first as a country researcher (Myanmar/Burma, Lao PDR, Singapore). Since 2005 Moser-Puangsuwan has worked for Mines Action Canada, providing ban policy research coordination to the Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor for Asia, the Pacific, and Middle East and North Africa regions, and on non-state armed groups globally. He is the author of the blog Mine Free Myanmar.
From 1992 to 2005 Moser-Puangsuwan was the Southeast Asia regional representative of Nonviolence International. He was also a co-founder of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). He is a board member of the International Peace Bureau (Switzerland) and Nonviolence International Canada. He is a grant making Advisory Board member for the International Nonviolence Trainers Fund of the AJ Muste Institute (USA). He holds a MA in Peace and Reconciliation from Coventry University, UK and a PhD in Peace Studies from Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad, India.
From 1992 to 2005 Moser-Puangsuwan was the Southeast Asia regional representative of Nonviolence International. He was also a co-founder of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). He is a board member of the International Peace Bureau (Switzerland) and Nonviolence International Canada. He is a grant making Advisory Board member for the International Nonviolence Trainers Fund of the AJ Muste Institute (USA). He holds a MA in Peace and Reconciliation from Coventry University, UK and a PhD in Peace Studies from Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad, India.
Recent Publications:
- "Cluster Munition Monitor 2021," Cluster Munition Coalition, September 15, 2021.*
- "Mine Warfare continues in Myanmar/Burma," Mine Free Myanmar, June 7, 2021.
- "Italian Ammunition Used in Myanmar Police Assault on Ambulance Raises Questions," The Irrawaddy, March 9, 2021.
- "Landmine Monitor 2020," 12 November 2020 & "Cluster Munition Monitor 2020" 25 November 2020.
- "In Search of Enemies: The Governments holding Humanitarian Disarmament Hostage,” Nonviolence International Canada, October 23, 2020.*
- "Staying Safe & Documenting Abandoned or Mis-fired Riot Control Munitions," Mines Action Canada, June 3, 2020.
- "COVID-19: The Threats and Opportunities for Humanitarian Disarmament," Disarmament Dialogue blog, April 14, 2020.