The IMAS — the International Mine Action Standards — are standards issued by the United Nations to guide the planning, implementation and management of mine action programmes. They have been developed to improve safety and efficiency in mine action. The IMAS cover a wide range of issues from the accreditation of mine detection dogs to medical support for demining platoons, from safety and occupational health to survey, from sampling of cleared land to the storage and transport of explosives. The IMAS also provide more general information to the mine action community on existing regulations and treaties which affect mine action, particularly those referring to international humanitarian law, clearance requirements, hazard marking and general safety issues. As the IMAS can sometimes be complex, this handbook is intended to explain the purpose of the IMAS and what each of the different standards says.
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