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Afghanistan is severely contaminated by anti-personnel mines, which pose major physical, social and economic threats to repatriating refugees. Fortunately, mine action - a multidimensional effort to address these problems through survey, detection, clearance, mine awareness, and victim assistance - is well developed in Afghanistan, with the Afghan Mine Action Program a model of good practice. That said, mine action faces ongoing challenges, of which those originating in the realm of politics are the most troubling. ; L'Afghanistan est profondément infesté de mines anti-personnelles, et ces dernières représentent un danger physique, social et économique majeur pour le rapatriement des réfugiés. Fort heureusement, ce que l'on pourrait nommer l'action au déminage (mine action) est très bien développé en Afghanistan. Il s'agit d'un effort multidimensionnel visant à traiter ce problème par le biais de fouilles sur le terrain, détection, élimination, conscientisation des populations face au danger représenté par les mines, et aide aux victimes. Le programme d'action au déminage afghan apparaît comme un modèle du genre. Cependant, l'action au déminage fait face à des remises en question importantes, au nombre desquelles celles se dégageant des arcanes de la politique ne sont pas les moins troublantes.

This document outlines the 5-year strategic plan for the Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan from 2008 to 2013. It includes an overview of the landmine and explosive remnants of war contamination in Afghanistan as it stands in 2008 and outlines the Afghan Government's strategic plan to achieve identified targets in remediating contaminated land.

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Joint Evaluation of the Mine Action Sector in Cambodia to the Royal Cambodian Government and the donor Technical Working Group on Mine Action. The objectives of this evaluation are to provide an independent assessment of the achievements and challenges of the mine action sector in Cambodia; to present strategic recommendations for the orientation of future donor support to the sector, taking into account the need to strengthen the linkages between the mine action sector and national development plans and programmes; and to provide a common basis for a renewed donor-government partnership in the mine action sector with improved national leadership and ownership.

This report examines the options for transition from a United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) to one under national government management. The report was commissioned by the UNDP Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery in February 2003. It discusses four options for transition, and provides background to the conclusions and recommendations.

Cambodia's landmine problem is the result of a protracted sequence of internal and regional conflicts that affected the country from the mid 1960s until the end of 1998. The nature of landmine and ERW contamination in Cambodia is highly complex. The northwestern regions bordering Thailand are heavily affected, while other parts of the country (mainly the East) are considered moderate to low impact, affected mainly by ERW. Mines and ERW have caused an unacceptable number of casualties, both military and civilian and have hindered national development. Mine clearance started along the Cambodia-Vietnam border by the company of women soldiers of the Cambodian People's Revolutionary Army in 1979 with thousands of hectares of land cleared and thousands of mines/ERWs destroyed to provide safe resettlement and agricultural land despite the lack of substantial financial, technical and modern equipment support. The inception of official humanitarian mine clearance in Cambodia dates back to 1992.

The Government of Yemen is developing a national mine action capacity capable of planning, co-ordinating and managing all aspects of mine action activities in the country. The National Demining Committee (NDC) Chaired by the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, is the central body responsible for policy formulation, resource allocation and National Mine Action Strategy.

Discusses the 1997 Landmine Convention, political context of campaign to ban landmines, HMA's role in peace-building and postwar reconstruction, involvement of affected communities in Afghanistan, Angola, and Cambodia in demining operations, and current state of impact assessment in mine action; 11 articles. Contents: The convention banning anti-personnel mines: applying the lessons of Ottawa's past in order to meet the challenges of Ottawa's future, by Kerry Brinkert; "Emailed applications are preferred": ethical practices in mine action and the idea of global civil society, by J. Marshall Beier; Humanitarian mine action and peace building: exploring the relationship, by Kristian Berg Harpviken and Bernt A. Skåra; Balancing risk: village de-mining in Cambodia, by Ruth Bottomley; Risky business or constructive assistance? community engagement in humanitarian mine action, by Bernt A. Skåra; Acting as one? co-ordinating responses to the landmine problem, by Kjell Erling Kjellman, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Ananda S. Millard, and Arne Strand; Mine smartness and the community voice in mine-risk education: lessons from Afghanistan and Angola, by Neil Andersson, Aparna Swaminathan, Charlie Whitaker, and Melissa Roche; Measure for mines: approaches to impact assessment in humanitarian mine action, by Kristian Berg Harpviken, Ananda S. Millard, Kjell Erling Kjellman, and Bernt A. Skåra; Crisis, containment and development: the role of the Landmine Impact Survey, by Bob Eaton; Making analytical tools operational: task impact assessment, by Belinda Goslin; Ideological and analytical foundations of mine action: human rights and community impact, by Christopher Horwood.

Discusses some of the challenges & opportunities related to coordination & policy development in mine action for the UN, nongovernmental organizations, & local governments & political actors. Attention is given to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS). How the mine action issue is relevant to peacekeeping operations is delineated, & how the UNMAS fosters of effective relations with its partners briefly addressed. The most immediate tasks awaiting the UN in the field of mine action include a review of its 5-year strategy, finalizing a Rapid Response Plan, new program support & extant program review, & studying international-national transfer of mine action program ownership. J. Zendejas