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Documenting the global landmine and cluster munitions situation

Deminer at work in the surroundings of Bashir, . © HI, 2019 Presentation outline

OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES

COUNTRY PROFILES

Q&A

Handmade marking sign to inform the community of the presence of landmines in . © Luis Ayala/CCCM, 2019 Overview

• Civil society initiative providing independent and factual research.

• Reporting on the global landmine and problems and solutions since 1999 and 2010 respectively.

• Monitor system at a glance:

Reports on Contributions from Features two universalization and a global network of annual reports, implementation of researchers and online country the Mine Ban three editorial profiles, and maps. and Convention on teams. Cluster Munitions.

3 This 10-year old boy was injured during an airstrike near a market in Sanaa, . © ISNA Agency/HI, 2019 Objectives

Through extensive collection, analysis, and distribution of publicly available information, the Monitor aims at:

• Providing a global overview of the international community’s response to the landmine, cluster munition and ERW problem;

• Acting as a reliable one-stop hub of latest developments on all aspects of mine action;

• Promoting and advancing discussion on mine-, cluster munition-, ERW- related issues;

• Complementing transparency reporting;

• Contributing to efforts toward a mine and cluster munition free world.

Woman deminer searches a mine-contaminated 4 agricultural field in . © Oleksandr Batushnvak/DDG, 2019 Country Profiles

• In 2020, more than 250 online country profiles produced.

• Ban Policy: use, universalization efforts, production, stockpiling, transparency reporting.

• Impact: contamination, casualties, clearance, risk education, and victim assistance.

• Support for mine action: international and national funding.

A MAG team marking off a known dangerous area in © Sean Sutton/MAG, 2019 Country Profiles

Afghanistan Ecuador and

• All four thematic areas • Impact profiles updated in 2020. updated in 2020.

South Caucasus Sahel

• Cluster ban policy • Impact profiles update in 2020: updated in 2020: and , Mali, . , Niger, and . • Impact profile updated in 2020 for Armenia, • Support for mine Azerbaijan, and action data available Nagorno Karabakh. on request.

Cluster munition remnants photographed in . © CAR, 2019 Thank you.

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