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 was crucial in conflict and post conflict situations.

Mine clearance and rehabilitation programmes

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 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.

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.

All MOTAPM minefields emplaced during the conflict should be cleared as soon as possible upon cessation of the conflict.

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

As the data from the Mine Action Centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BHMAC) shows, 4,679 minefields were registered in Republika Srpska after the war.

Strengthening post conflict demining efforts is the ultimate and most effective way to address the humanitarian concerns caused by MOTAPM. The civilian and humanitarian organization casualties inflicted by MOTAPM mainly occur in the post conflict period.

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.

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,

At the Second Meeting of the States Parties, the decision was taken to merge the Standing Committee of Experts on Mine Clearance and the Standing Committee of Experts on Mine Action Technologies into the Standing Committee on Mine Clearance and Related Technologies.

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.

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.

Moreover, this small team together with, of course, you need the heavy vehicles and the manual de miners to follow up.

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.

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.

China holds the view that the biggest difficulty in post conflict demining operations is the clearance of the MOTAPM minefields emplaced by a State on foreign territory, as in most cases that foreign State where the minefields are located has little knowledge about the function of the MOTAPM emplaced as well as the most effective method to clear them.

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,