Update of Mine Clearance From Ethiopia /Progress Report For The 8MSP/ Prepared based on the questioners distributed from the President Designated of the Eighth Meetings of the States Parties and ISU . November 2007 Dead Sea - Jordan Ethiopian Mine Action Office 1 1 The State’s plan for the destruction of AP mines in mined areas. • The Government has established and support Ethiopian Mine Action Office as a humanitarian focal point to alleviate Landmine problem in its jurisdiction. • The office with government contribution, loan & international support has built its capacity to address the problem. • Currently the office has organized & deployed six skilled manual deming companies (consisting of more than 700 professionals), Six Mechanical deming teams, 12 MDD teams & Five technical survey/ rapid response teams/, working in prioritized regions of identified mined areas. • Strategic plan for mine clearance & Mine risk education program has been developed for the destruction of anti personnel mines & other mines around the identified mined area before the obligation deadline. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 2 2 Progress on the national demining program. • Six manual demining companies, twelve MDD team, six mechanical demining teams have conducted integrated mine clearance activities on those prioritized areas of Tigray, Afar & Somali regions. • After the update provided in the last standing committee meeting, more than 2.85 million sq. meters of mine infested areas are cleared, 1 263 AP mines, 99 AT mines and 2 535 UXO are found and destroyed (since 30th September 2007) • Five technical survey teams are deployed on mine suspected areas of Tigray, Oromya, Somalia, Amhara and Dredaw regions. • Consequently over 37.46 million sq. meters of suspected mined areas are technically verified and released for the community use. • These figures does not include those destroyed mines which are collected through community reports. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 3 Clearance & demolition of mines & UXO’s. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 4 3 Remaining works to destroy AP mines in mined areas. • The Technical survey teams are currently verifying those identified mined areas by the ELIS, and up to the mid 2008 they are expected to come up with actual perimeter and size of the mine fields. • Those collected data will assist for better estimation of the reaming works around the mined area. • We expect mine clearance to speed up with the existing momentum & destruction of anti personnel mines from high prioritized areas to be completed up to 2010 & the remaining suspected mined area before the deadline. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 5 Mine Suspected Weredas To Be Verified By Technical Survey (TS) Team 32° 34° 36° 38° 40° 42° 44° 46° 48° N 14° Ti gra y 14° Afar 12° 12° Benesha ngul Gumuz Amhara 10° 10° Dire Dawa Harari Addis Ababa 8° 8° Gambella Somali Oromiya SNNPR 6° 6° Legend Ethiopia Regional Boundary 4° Areas To Be Verified By Technical Survey 4° Scale 1:5500000 The Delineation of International and Other 300 0 300 Kilometers Boundaries on This Map Must Not Be Considered Authoritative 32° 34° 36° 38° 40° 42° 44° 46° 48° Ethiopian Mine Action Office 6 Suspected Mined Areas In Somali Region As Per The ELIS and EMAO General Survey of 2001-2004 40° 41° 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° N 11° 11° Ayisha Erer Shinile Afdem Shinile 10° 10° DembelAwbere Miesso Jijiga Jijiga Babile Hareshen 9° 9° Kebribeyah Meyumuluka Degehabur Degehabur Aware Misrak Gashamo Fik Degehamedo 8° 8° Danot Fik Hamero Gerbo Boh Segeg Shekosh Dihun Warder 7° 7° Korahe Kebridehar Gudis Denan Warder Geladin Guradamole East Imi Gode Shilabo Elkere Debeweyin West Imi Gode 6° 6° Goro Baqaqsa Adadle Kelafo Mustahil Ferfer Afder Bare Chereti Afder 5° 5° Legend Somali zone Dolo Odo Dolobay Mine Suspected Weredas 80 0 80 160 Kilometers The delineation of international and other boundaries on this map Mined areas must not be considered authoritative. 4° 4° 40° 41° 42° 43° 44° 45° 46° 47° 48° 49° Ethiopian Mine Action Office 7 4 Prospective end-date to implement as per article 5 • Currently we don’t think any circumstances that may impede mine clearance in our jurisdiction, except resource limitation. The obligation deadline for Ethiopia is 2014 but as per the existing effort & progress shown we don't anticipate extension request to meet the obligation. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 8 5 Financial & technical means dedicated to ensure fulfillment of article 5 obligation. • The lion share of national mine clearance activity is currently financed by the Government of Ethiopia in collaboration with EU and UNDP. • The Ethiopian Mine Action Office, which is humanitarian Governmental focal point for mine clearance and MRE activity has built its technical competence through Government and other Internationals assistance. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 9 6 National Ownership & capacity development • NPA & other International agencies has positively contributed to create national demining competency in having technical demining professionals & other resource mobilization to address the land mine problem in Ethiopia. • But mostly the Mine Action Activity in Ethiopia, especially mine clearance & MRE, from the beginning is conducted by national organization. With some technical & training assistance from UN & Other International agencies. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 10 7 External assistance to fulfill Article 5 obligation • Binge the heavily mine contaminated country, with difficult topography & conditions for mine clearance, the demand of external assistance to tackle the landmine problem is mandatory. • Considering the above facts, the national demining strategic plan states that external assistance in resource mobilization is unavoidable to fulfill article 5 obligations. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 11 Integrated Mine clearance deployment in Ethiopia Ethiopian Mine Action Office 12 To look the ongoing mine clearance implementation further, you may collect copy of other slides print out on the documentation area. we strongly like to express our gratitude to the countries, International organizations, & donors who have extended valuable assistance for mine clearance Activity in Our country. Ethiopian Mine Action Office 13 Contact Address Ethiopian Mine Action Office [email protected] Or [email protected] Ethiopian Mine Action Office 14.