"The government needs to take urgent action to speed up the clearance of these deadly remnants of conflict," Mr Lamb said.
The best of them had responded with innovations, such as sophisticated data links to speed up cheque clearance across the whole of Brazil's vast territory.
But yesterday telecoms regulator Ofcom announced a deal has been secured to speed up frequency clearance timetables for spectrum that is due to be auctioned at the start of next year — thereby shortening EE's competitive advantage.
A joint venture has also now been set up by the four main carriers to speed up spectrum clearance in the 800MHz band — currently used for TV broadcasts — and ensure any TV signal interference is resolved.
Asked whether Ofcom is being pressured to speed up the clearance of the spectrum frequencies it will be auctioning next year — which O2 and Vodafone plan to use to build their LTE networks in the U.K. — an Ofcom spokesman provided the following statement: "It has always been our objective to make 4G spectrum available as soon as possible so that consumers can start to enjoy its benefits.
As well as lobbying governments and the UN to speed up the clearance of mines and unexploded ordnance, Oxfam is helping communities by providing vital aid, including clean water and grants so people can rebuild their businesses.
Also, the absence of the vitreous gel would increase the transport of cytokines, such as VEGF, from the retina into the vitreous cavity, and the absence of ILM would further speed up this clearance of cytokines from the retina [ 8].
Adding MB to ACT may thus be an option to further speed up the rapid parasite clearance conferred by the artemisinin derivatives [4], [6] [8].
State Department officials say they are working with other government agencies to speed up security clearances.
Candor is often in short supply at congressional hearings, but not at yesterday's Senate session on efforts to speed up security clearances for new federal workers and private contractors.
In its current form, the Secure Elections Act would streamline the way the Department of Homeland Security shares cyberthreat information with state and local election offices, speed up security clearances for state election officials and set voluntary guidelines for voting equipment and post-election auditing.
