GUINE- MINE ACTION CENTRE Meeting on Standing Committees on Mine Clearance, Mine Risk Education… Presented by Cesar de Carvalho

Geneva, May 10th, 2006

GUINEA BISSAU is located in West Africa -Bissau divided in two parts: Continental part and Island part Area : 36.125 km2; REPÚBLICA DA GUINÉ-BISSAU Population:-1.200.000 DIVISÃO ADMINISTRATIVA E SECTORIAL Language:- Creole, Portuguese Sectores BAFATA CONTUBOEL BAMBADINCA BE DAN DA Town: -Bissau; BI G EN E PITCHE BI SS AU BI SS ORA BO E BISSORA GAMAMUNDO SAO DOMINGOS BO L AMA BAFATA BU BA BU BA QU E BU L A CA CH EU CACINE CANGHUNGO MANSOA CA I O NHACRA CANGHUNGO BAMBADINCAGALOMARO CAIO CA RAV EL A (UN O ) SAFIM CA T IO QU INH AMEL CO N T UBO EL BISSAU BOE EMPADA PRABIS FARIM FULACUNDA TITE FULACUNDA XI TOLE GABU GALOMARO GAM AMUNDO MANSABA MANSOA QU EBO NHACRA EMPADA PIRADA PITCHE PRABIS () QUEBO QUINHAMEL BEDANDA SAFIM CATIO SAO DOMINGOS SONACO TI TE XITO LE CACINE

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1 Information - Mapping Bissau City Mines Area Location

Bissau City Location of Mined Areas

2 CLEARANCE NGO-HUMAID 44 DEMINERS NGO-LUTCAM 65 DEMINERS 9 Landmines 2.572 A/P 9 Landmines 67 A/T 9 Cleared Area 924,124.29 m2

General Summary – 2005

Clearance Productivity 2000-2005

906,060.59 1,000,000.00

800,000.00 600,000.00

400,000.00 2,572 200,000.00 67 70,101

0.00 De 2000-2005 m2 AP Mines AT Mines UXO

3 Operational Summary – 2005 Demining

Demining Productivity January-December 2005

119,464.47 120,000.00 100,000.00 80,000.00 60,000.00 29,722 40,000.00 26 3 20,000.00 0.00 ano 2005 m2 Minas AP Minas AT UXO

General Summary Nov 2000- March 2006 Year M2 AP Mines AT Mines UXO 2000 15,494.00 250 0 319 2001 145,839.33 1,579 50 91 2002 125,920.55 593 0 12,888 2003 283,470.39 84 0 1,130 2004 215,871.85 25 8 25,787 2005 119,464.47 26 3 29,722 2006 17.982,7 0 0 14 a) 15 6 164 Total 924,124.29 2,572 67 70,115 a) Mines and UXO handed over to CAAMI by the local population and military

4 Mechanical Methodology- MAXX

MAXX -- Mechanical Assistance for Demining Under an evaluation phase, the machine was brought to Guinea-Bissau by the US Department of Defense, within the framework of a tripartite agreement between: the US Government, the Government of Guinea-Bissau and UNDP.

Maxx Capacity

9Remotely controlled 9Can work safely inside minefield (anti-personnel mine threat) 9Vegetation Cutter 9 Excavation 9 Soil sifting 9Ground preparation

Expected Results

• Increase safety for deminers • Enhance speed and efficiency of clearance • Add new capacity to demining operations

5 ERW Problem

•Three main sources of the problem: - contamination during Liberation War and political- military conflict - Exploded ammunition storage areas - Abandoned, or improperly stored stockpiled ordnance

Although, we about to declare the capital, Bissau, free of landmines, the ERW contamination in Bissau and surrounding still constitutes a threat to the population.

6 Guinea-Bissau Landmine Impact Survey (LIS)

Objectives: Standartized and quantitative data about landmine & UXO impact into our communities arround the country;

Planning and privatization of scare resources;

Base line to measure the progress and achieve the Ottawa treaty convention obligations.

Period established for operations : March to December, 2006

Primary Constraints ¾ Mobilisation of funding for the project ¾ Urgent information requirements for planning purposes ¾ New contamination as a result of military action in the North of the country

Preliminary Opinion Collection ¾ Executed by CAAMI ¾ Process of information collection and analysis has begun ¾ New information from conflict area is being integrated

7 Mine Risk Education National programme for education and awareness prevention of accidents by mines and other explosive ordnance 9Educate to prevent 9Adopt behavior Integrated MRE (with clearance and victim assistance)

- Trained the following personnel during the MRE Programme * 10 NGO’s . 93 Activists – Bissau 140 Animators . 22 Activists – Regions 120 Animators

* National Education - 40 Teachers – Bissau 1400 Students - 41 Teachers – Regions 1200 Students

Training Teachers

Incentives and training for MRE activists with financial support from UNICEF

8 Varela township 2005

MRE at School

9 Implementing the Ottawa Convention

• Guinea-Bissau’s participation in Standing Committee Meetings in Geneva

• Representation at the 6th Meeting of States Parties in Zagreb

The process was transparent with The attendance of the Guinea-Bissau Government, civil society and the international Community.

Published at the international level by the media.

10 Landmine Stockpile Destruction Article 4th of the Convention •October 17 2005, Guinea-Bissau met the obligations of the Convention to destroy the last stock of 4,943 anti-personnel mines • The process was undertaken by the national army engineers in partnership with the Mine Action Centre (CAAMI), demining national NGOs (HUMAID and LUTCAM), with UNDP assistance, • Funded by Canadian Government through UNDP and by UNICEF.

Undertaking landmine/UXO risk Education into Isolated Areas

Thank four your attention We thank all our stakeholders and donor community

11 CAAMI’s vision is for a Guinea-Bissau Free of Landmines -- a Paradise

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