---------------------------- Documenting the global landmine and cluster munitions situation Deminer at work in the surroundings of Bashir, Iraq. © HI, 2019 Presentation outline OVERVIEW & OBJECTIVES COUNTRY PROFILES Q&A Handmade marking sign to inform the community of the presence of landmines in Colombia. © Luis Ayala/CCCM, 2019 Overview • Civil society initiative providing independent and factual research. • Reporting on the global landmine and cluster munition 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 Treaty 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, Yemen. © 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 Ukraine. © 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 Angola © Sean Sutton/MAG, 2019 Country Profiles Afghanistan Ecuador and Peru • 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: Armenia and Chad, Mali, Azerbaijan. Mauritania, Niger, and Sudan. • Impact profile updated in 2020 for Armenia, • Support for mine Azerbaijan, and action data available Nagorno Karabakh. on request. Cluster munition remnants photographed in Lebanon. © CAR, 2019 Thank you. ---------------------------------------------- • www.the-monitor.org | @MineMonitor • For further information, please contact: [email protected].