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Mine Ban Treaty Status  80% of the world’s nations have joined the Mine Ban Treaty: 158 States Parties  Tuvalu and South Sudan recently joined  March for a mine-free world held in Eritrea. © Dawit Azmera/UNICEF, 4 April 2011

 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  Campaigners in Korea encourage the US to join the Mine Ban Treaty. ©Korean Campaign to Ban Landmines, 17 April 2011

In 2010 and 2011:  No confirmed use of antipersonnel mines by States Parties  There was confirmed use of antipersonnel mines by 4 governments: Israel, Libya, Myanmar, and Syria Landmine Use by Governments  Monitor researcher conducts an interview during a field mission along the Thailand/ Myanmar border. © Anitra Moser-Puangsuwan, March 2011

 Non-state armed groups used mines in 4 countries:  2 States Parties: Afghanistan and Colombia  2 s tates not party: Myanmar and Pakistan  Down from 6 in 2009  Lowest recorded number Landmine Use by Non-State Armed Groups © Luis Paniagua/OAS AICMA, May 2011  Deminer at work in Colombia.

In 2010:  12 states listed as producers of antipersonnel mines  Active production by as few as 3 countries: India, Pakistan & Myanmar  Production by NSAGs in Afghanistan, Colombia, India & Myanmar Landmine Production  A child survivor in Pakistan. © Hafeez/SPADO, 3 January 2011

 87 states parties have completed stockpile destruction  Over 45 million mines destroyed  Belarus, Greece, Turkey & Ukraine missed stockpile destruction deadlines and are in serious violation of the Mine Ban Treaty Landmine Stockpiling & Stockpile Destruction  A contaminated area in Cambodia. © Kasia Derlick/ICBL, April 2011

 It is estimated that 35 states not party, including China and Russia, possess stockpiles of over 160 million antipersonnel mines  In 2010 non-state armed groups in 5 countries were reported to posses stocks of antipersonnel mines  Most non-state armed groups no longer have access to factory-made antipersonnel mines due to reduced availability of the weapons under the Mine Ban Treaty Landmine Stockpiling by states not party and NSAGs

There is mine contamination in:  72 states  7 areas  13 states have contamination of 100km 2 or more Landmine & ERW Contamination © Sean Sutton/Mines Advisory Group, February 2011  Female deminers at work in Sri Lanka.

Mine-affected states and other areas as of August 2011 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 AfricaAmericasAsia-PacificEurope and CISMiddle East-North Africa AngolaArgentina*AfghanistanArmeniaAlgeria BurundiChileBhutanAzerbaijanEgypt ChadColombiaCambodiaBiHIran DjiboutiCubaChinaCroatiaIraq DRCEcuadorIndiaCyprusIsrael EritreaPeruNorth KoreaDenmarkJordan EthiopiaVenezuelaSouth KoreaGeorgiaLebanon Guinea-BissauLao PDRGermanyLibya MauritaniaMyanmarGreeceMorocco MaliPalauKyrgyzstanOman MozambiquePakistanMoldovaSyria NamibiaPhilippinesMontenegroYemen NigerSri LankaRussiaPalestine Republic of the CongoThailandSerbiaWestern Sahara SenegalVietnamTajikistan SomaliaTaiwanTurkey South SudanUnited Kingdom* SudanUzbekistan UgandaAbkhazia ZimbabweNagorno-Karabakh SomalilandKosovo 20 states and 1 area7 states15 states and 1 area18 states and 3 areas12 states and 2 areas

 In 2010 an area over 5 times the size of Paris was cleared  Highest annual total recorded  200km 2 of mined areas cleared of:  388,000 antipersonnel mines  27,000 antivehicle mines  460km 2 of battle areas cleared of:  1.2 million items of UXO  Almost 3,000 items of AXO Mine Action Clearance in 2010 © Adrian Gregorich, 5 April 2011  Demining demonstration in Cambodia.

 In 2010, 80% of clearance recorded in: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, Iraq, and Sri Lanka  Clearance programs were declared complete in in:  3 States Parties: Nigeria, Gambia & Nicaragua  1 state not party: Nepal Mine Action Clearance Programs  Detonation of explosives during clearance operations in the DR Congo. © Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/UNMACC, April 2011

 Of the 22 States Parties granted extensions, only Nicaragua has completed clearance & only 6 are on track to meet extended deadlines  Article 5 of the Mine Ban Treaty requires clearance within 10 years  26 States Parties have requested or been granted extensions of their clearance deadlines Mine Ban Treaty Clearance Deadline Extension Requests  A warning sign is replaced near a mined area in Ecuador. © OAS AICMA, April 2011

 Emergency risk education (RE) is needed in Colombia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Somalia, as well as newly- contaminated Libya  Provision of mine/ERW RE continued to decrease as clearance reduced threat in many states & areas Mine Action Risk Education in 2010 © Gwenn Dubourthoumieu/UNMACC, 4 April 2011  Risk education workshop in the DR Congo.

 Afghanistan (1,211) & Colombia (512) had the most casualties  Due to incomplete data collection, the actual number of casualties was certainly higher than recorded  4,191 new recorded casualties in 60 states/areas  1,155 people killed  2,848 injured  188 casualty status unknown  Similar to 2009 when 4,010 casualties identified Landmine & ERW Casualties in 2010  Rehabilitation at the National Orthopedic Centre in Tajikistan. © Loren Persi Vicentic /Monitor, May 2011

States with 100 or more new casualties in states and 6 areas where new casualties were identified in 2010 Note: Other areas are indicated by italics. States not party to the Mine Ban Treaty are indicated in black. Landmine & ERW Casualties in 2010 AfghanistanGeorgiaMozambiqueTurkey AlbaniaGermanyMyanmarUganda AlgeriaGuinea-BissauNepalUkraine AngolaIndiaNicaraguaVietnam ArmeniaIranNigerYemen AzerbaijanIraqPakistanZimbabwe BelarusIsraelPanama BiHJordanPeruAbkhazia CambodiaKenyaPhilippinesKosovo ChadSouth KoreaRussiaNagorno-Karabakh ColombiaKuwaitSenegalPalestine DRCLao PDRSomaliaSomaliland CroatiaLebanonSri LankaWestern Sahara EgyptLibyaSudan EritreaMalawiTajikistan EthiopiaMauritaniaThailand State No. of casualties in 2010 Afghanistan1,211 Colombia512 Pakistan394 Cambodia286 Myanmar274 Iran158 Somalia154 Lao PDR117

Landmine & ERW Casualty Demographics 2010 By civilian/military status By age By sex Male 74 %

Landmine & ERW Casualty Demographics 2010 Casualties by item

Landmine & ERW Impact in 2010 Region Mine-affected states/ areas in region No. of states/areas in region with reported casualties No. of new reported casualties in region Asia-Pacific15 states/ 1 area122,477 Africa20 states/ 1 area17531 Americas7 states3524 Middle East & North Africa 12 states/ 2 areas13427 Europe & CIS 18 states/ 3 areas15232

 increases in armed violence affected accessibility of services in several states with significant numbers of survivors Positive developments included:  Focus on service accessibility & availability  Efforts to combine implementation of Mine Ban Treaty, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Convention on Cluster Munitions Negative developments included:  Only 9% of international was for victim assistance funding Landmine & ERW Victim Assistance in 2010  Human development workshop in Colombia. © Camilo Villegas/Campaña Colombiana contra Minas, August 2010

 There were US$637 million in national & international contributions recorded:  $157 million in national support reported by 24 states  $480 million in international support from 31 donors to 57 states/areas  Additional $81 million in assessments from the UN General Assembly for mine action operations within peacekeeping operations Support for Mine Action in 2010  A mine survivor in Azerbaijan who received a micro-credit loan. © Hafiz Safikhanov/Azerbaijan Campaign to Ban Landmines, 25 April 2010

 Croatia, Angola, Colombia, and BiH accounted for 70% of all reported national contributions  Chile, Denmark, and Venezuela only mine-affected states that receive all of their mine action funding from national sources  The mine action programs in Azerbaijan and Croatia receive over 80% of their funding from national sources National Support for Mine Action in 2010 Year No. of states reporting national contributions National contributions ($ million)

 In 2010, international support was at the highest recorded level  International funding exceeded $400 million for a 5 th consecutive year International Support for Mine Action in 2010 Top DonorsTop Recipients United States ($119 million)Afghanistan ($102.6 million) Norway ($50.3 million)Angola ($45.7 million) European Commission ($49.8 million)Iraq ($37.2 million) Japan ($46.8 million)Sudan ($27 million) Canada ($30.1 million)Sri Lanka ($26.3 million) Provided 64% of total international fundingReceived 55% of total international funding

 Of the total $480 million in mine action support, $20 million went towards cluster munition specific activities. International Support for Mine Action By Sector in 2010 SectorNo. of donors No. of recipients Total contribution ($ million) Percentage Clearance/risk education Victim assistance Various17Mainly global Advocacy16Mainly global Stockpile destruction Total

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