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Landmine Monitor Report 2008

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Presentation of

Landmine Monitor Report 2008

1) Ban Policy

2) Mine Action

3) Casualties4) Risk Education

5) Victim Assistance

6) Support for Mine Action

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Status of the

1997 Mine Ban Treaty

156 States Partiesover 2/3 of the world

Palau is the latestcountry to join thetreaty

Campaigners and landmine survivors share experiences attenth anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty event in Norway.

HIThailand,

27Februa

ry2008

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Mine Ban Holdouts

39 countries remain outside theMine Ban Treaty

Notable holdouts include some

major stockpilers, producers orusers of antipersonnel mines:

China, India, Myanmar,Pakistan, Russia, and the United

StatesF.Gruyer/HI,September200

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French child adds a shoe to a pilesymbolizing the limbs and liveslost to landmines.

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Landmine Use

No evidence of use ofantipersonnel mines byStates Parties

Two governments

continued to useantipersonnel mines:Myanmar and Russia

Non-state armed groupsused antipersonnel minesor IEDs in at least ninecountries

Nico

leVera/OAS,

14April2008

Emergency humanitarian demining operations in Colombia.

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Production

Mines stored in villagers homes in Cambodia.

13 countries produce (orreserve the right toproduce) antipersonnel

mines:China, Cuba, India, Iran,Myanmar, Nepal, NorthKorea, Pakistan, Russia,

Singapore, South Korea,the United States andVietnam

CambodiaCBL,

10March2

008

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Trade

Near total global banon trade inantipersonnel mines

Low level of illicit andunacknowledged

transfers

Nepalese campaigners celebrate the tenthanniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty

N

epalCBL,

February2008

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Stockpile Destruction

States Parties havedestroyed more than 42million stockpiledantipersonnel mines

During this reporting period: 500,000 antipersonnel mines

were destroyed

3 States Parties completedstockpile destruction

3 States Parties missed theirstockpile destructiondeadlines

ICBL mission to Turkishstockpile destruction facility.

T

urkishMinistryofForeignAffairs,

May2008

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Mines Retained for Training

Approximately 216,000antipersonnel mines areretained by 71 StatesParties for research andtraining

5 States Parties havereduced the number ofmines retained

15 States Parties havevoluntarily reported on theintended and actual use ofretained mines

Nepalese Army deminingdemonstration.

N

epalCBL,

1October2007

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Landmine Problem and Mine Clearance

70 countries and sixother areas arebelieved to be mine-affected

In 2007, 122km2 ofmined areas and

412km2 of battleareas were cleared

Female deminer in DR Congo.

MarcVaillant/DCA,

April2008

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Challenges in Meeting Clearance

Deadlines

15 of 26 StatesParties with 2009

Article 5 mineclearancedeadlines haveasked forextensions

Deminers at work in northern Chile.

CNAD,

June2007

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Landmine Casualties

In 2007:

Data collection remainedinadequate

At least 5,426 newcasualties recorded in 64states and 6 areas

Majority of casualties

were civilian

Half of civilian casualtieswere childrenCambodian landmine survivor tends a home garden.

CambodiaCBL,

September2007

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Risk Education

8.4 million people receivedmine/ERW risk education(RE) in 61 countries in

2007 2007 saw the highest level

of RE ever recorded byLandmine Monitor

RE was inadequate in over

30 countries, including inseven of the 10 with themost recorded casualties

Children read risk education leaflets in Kenya

S.Bo

uko/HI,December2007

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Victim Assistance

Hundreds of thousands ofmine and ERW survivorsaround the world

Assistance to victims ofmines and ERW remainsinadequate

Community-basedrehabilitation, mental health

and economic reintegrationprograms continued to beneglected in 2007

A landmine survivor physiotherapist treats a child inAfghanistan

M.

Kokic/ICRC

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Support for Mine Action

In 2007:

International mineaction funding totaled

US$431 million, thesecond highest level offunding to date

Top donors: US,

Norway, Canada, EC Top recipients:

Afghanistan, Iraq,Cambodia, and Sudan

Landmine survivor and

barber at work in Albania

JosephWenkoff,

April2008

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