Budget year is from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007.

Mine action

Mine clearance

Audit of mine operations

Audit of demining operations

Mine clearance and rehabilitation programmes

Through the Programme for Demining Assistance in Central America (PADCA), the Organization of American States (OAS) is channeling and administering resources from donor communities to support Nicaragua's national humanitarian demining programme.

It had also provided training assistance for humanitarian demining in Sri Lanka, and would be contributing to the mine clearance operations in the Sudan.

There has been further progress in demining.

Assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of demining operations in the Mission area.

Field Liaison Officers may not be involved in mine clearance activity.

Clearance activities have been hindered by the lack of mine laying records.

Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,

Technologies which were the mainstays of clearance efforts when the Convention was established continue to be some of the most significant elements of the demining toolbox.

(d) Logistical support, including in the area of mine clearance

Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,

Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,

The focus of integrated demining operations is on minefields in the Shilalo region of Eritrea, in Sector West.

India is willing to contribute technical assistance and expertise for mine clearance and rehabilitation programmes in international demining efforts.

It continued to be a leader in humanitarian mine action throughout the world, allocating 89 million in 2004 for mine clearance, mine risk education, demining technology research and development and survivor assistance projects in 54 countries.

MOTAPM with anti handling devices (AHD) are a defensive weapon permissible according to international humanitarian law.

Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,

The clearing of mines in the buffer zone continued during the reporting period.

Requiring all MOTAPM to be detectable is an important measure to help mine clearance organizations locate and clear dangerous areas quickly and safely.

Mr. Ahmad (Pakistan) expressed the view that the discussion needed to be focused on humanitarian demining, including assistance in mine clearance and the rehabilitation of mine victims, as well as the raising of awareness and national capacity building in mine affected States with regard to modern demining techniques.

With regard to post war humanitarian demining, the quantity of metallic material in MOTAPM has little substantive effect on reducing the difficulty of demining operations.

The Kenyan deminers of the Force continued to train and work with the commercial contractors to implement an integrated approach to demining operations inside the Temporary Security Zone.

Furthermore, Japan was currently undertaking field evaluation tests on mine clearance machines and detectors that had been developed in Japan as part of its programme of assistance to mine clearance.

The mission's mine action component would lead a United Nations mine action programme in cooperation with the Government of National Unity and the government of southern Sudan.

In 2005, demining activities are expected to focus on the capital, Bissau.

The demining work itself is greatly hampered by a lack of funds.

Joint humanitarian mine clearance would unite and strengthen Peruvians and Ecuadorians.

We also urge that assistance be provided for landmine clearance operations and to rehabilitate the victims.

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For the above mentioned reasons, China is in favor of enhancing the efficiency of humanitarian demining efforts through developing advanced demining equipment and technology, instead of through modification of MOTAPM.

UNDOF continued to carry out operational mine clearance. Upon the request of the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, UNDOF supervised mine clearance work carried out by a civilian Syrian mine clearance company in two villages in the area of separation.

The funds would be used to finance a number of projects in the fields of demining, mine risk education, victim assistance and advocacy.

Mine clearance was crucial in conflict and post conflict situations.

The Croatian Mine Action Centre had been established, incorporating the Centre for Testing of Demining Machines and Equipment.

Ukraine had extensive experience in mine clearance techniques, which it stood ready to make available to other countries.

Concerned also at the limited availability of the technical, material and financial resources needed to meet the cost associated with mine clearance activities in mine affected countries,

Concerned also about the limited availability of the technical, material and financial resources needed to meet the cost associated with mine clearance activities in mine affected countries,

Stressing the need to convince mine affected States to halt new deployments of anti personnel mines in order to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of mine clearance operations,

(b) acknowledges the right of states to use such mines other than anti personnel mines in accordance with their obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law

The timely provision of geographic and technical information on MOTAPM to relevant humanitarian missions and to the database on mine action maintained within the UN system.