Mine Ban Policy Mine Action Casualties and Victim Assistance Support for Mine Action

Mine Ban Treaty Status  80% of the world’s nations have joined the Mine Ban Treaty: 156 States Parties  No new accessions since Palau in 2007  US students celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty's entry into force. © Nora Sheets/WVCBL/PSALM, March 2010

 39 countries remain outside the Mine Ban Treaty, including some major stockpilers, producers, or users of antipersonnel mines: China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States  Most are in de facto compliance with many of the treaty’s provisions Mine Ban Treaty Holdouts © HI-B, 1 March 2010  Belgian campaigners meet with representatives of the US Embassy in Brussels.

In 2009:  No confirmed use of antipersonnel mines by States Parties  Lowest recorded level of mine use  Only 1 government was confirmed as a user of antipersonnel mines: Myanmar Landmine Use by Governments  Demining demonstration in France to raise awareness about the dangers and impacts of mines/ERW. © Marco Pesce/HI, 26 September 2009

 Non-state armed groups used mines in 6 countries:  3 States Parties: Afghanistan, Colombia, Yemen  3 s tates not party: India, Myanmar, and Pakistan  Down from 7 in 2008  Lowest recorded number Landmine Use by Non-State Armed Groups © ICRC, 30 September 2009  A young boy who lost his leg after stepping on a mine in Dir district, Pakistan with a nurse at a hospital in Peshawar.

In 2009:  12 producers—lowest recorded total  3 confirmed active producers:  India, Pakistan, and Myanmar  Nepal removed from list of producers Landmine Production  UXO, mines, and scrap metal recovered by the Thailand Mine Action Center in Mae Hong Son province. © Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan/MAC, 8 March 2010

 86 states have completed stockpile destruction  Over 45 million mines destroyed  Belarus, Greece, Turkey, and Ukraine missed stockpile destruction deadlines and are in serious violation of the Mine Ban Treaty Landmine Stockpiling & Stockpile Destruction  One of the first landmine casualties in Turkey, injured crossing the Turkey-Syria border between 1956 and © Ali Balıkçı/İzmir Dokuz Eylül University /IMFT, 23 May 2010

There is mine contamination in:  66 states  7 areas Contaminated area is estimated to be:  less than 3,000km 2 Landmine & ERW Contamination  Mined areas are cleared in Iraq. © Sean Sutton/MAG, May 2010

Note: Other areas are indicated by italics. States not party to the Mine Ban Treaty are indicated in black. *Argentina and the UK both claim sovereignty over the Falkland Islands/Malvinas, which still contain mined areas. Landmine Contamination Mine-affected states and other areas as of September 2010

 In 2009 an area over 5 times the size of Paris was cleared  Highest annual total recorded  198km 2 of mined areas cleared of:  255,000 antipersonnel mines  37,000 antivehicle mines  359km 2 of battle areas cleared of:  2.2 million explosive remnants of war Mine Action Clearance in 2009 © February 2009  Deminer in Casamance, Senegal.

In :  80% of clearance recorded in: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Iraq, and Sri Lanka  Clearance programs were declared complete in:  6 States Parties: Albania, Greece, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Tunisia, and Zambia  1 state not party: China Mine Action Clearance Programs  Mechanical clearance in Iraq. © Sean Sutton/MAG, May 2010

 Article 5 of the Mine Ban Treaty requires clearance within 10 years  22 States Parties have requested or been granted extensions of their clearance deadlines Mine Ban Treaty Clearance Deadline Extension Requests  Deminers at work in Casamance, Senegal. © February 2009  Many States Parties granted extensions have since made disappointing progress

 Mine/ERW risk education (RE) was conducted in many affected locations  New projects in Algeria and Pakistan  RE provision is decreasing in line with decreased threat Mine Action Risk Education in 2009  Residents of a village near Hargeisa, Somaliland, participate in a risk education session. © Benoît Darrieux/HI, July 2009

 Afghanistan (859) & Colombia (674) had the most casualties  Due to incomplete data collection, the actual number of casualties was certainly higher than recorded  3,956 new recorded casualties in 2009  1,041 people killed  2,855 injured  60 casualty status unknown  Lowest annual total recorded; 28% lower than 2008 Landmine & ERW Casualties in 2009  A survivor undergoing physical rehabilitation in Colombia. © Giovanni Diffidenti, November 2009

Landmine & ERW Casualties 58 states and six areas where new casualties were identified in 2009 States with 100 or more new casualties in 2009 Note: Other areas are indicated by italics. States not party to the Mine Ban Treaty are indicated in black.

Landmine & ERW Impact in 2009

 Victim assistance provision:  improved in 11 states/areas  declined in 9 states/areas  Data on numbers and needs of survivors was lacking in most states  Survivors participated in victim assistance implementation in less than 50% of states Landmine & ERW Victim Assistance in 2009  A mine survivor at an orthopaedic center in Herat, Afghanistan learns to play sports. © ICRC, 2010  Only 9% of international funding was for victim assistance

In 2009:  There were US$622 million in national and international contributions to mine action recorded  $173 million in national support reported by 24 states  $449 million in international support to 54 countries/areas Support for Mine Action  A mine survivor and his wife opened a store in their home with NGO support. © Ángela Sanabria González/CCCM, 4 June 2010

International Support for Mine Action in 2009  In 2009, international support was at the 3 rd highest level ever  It was the 4 th consecutive year that international funding exceeded $400 million

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