Article 4 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) requires that signatories undertake to destroy or ensure the destruction of all stockpiled anti-personnel mines it owns or possesses, or that are under its jurisdiction or control, as soon as possible but not later than four years after the entry into force of the MBT for that State Party. The existing APM stockpiles tend to be large in quantity, but relatively small in terms of weight and net explosive content (NEC); however, the destruction of these stockpiles can be a complex logistic operation. The physical destruction techniques available range from the relatively simple open burning and open detonation (OBOD) techniques to highly sophisticated industrial processes. The GICHD has assisted national authorities to identify and resolve the technical and logistic issues involved in APM stockpile destruction; (there are so many inter-relational factors involved in APM stockpile destruction that it is not possible to provide “template solutions"). Operational assistance and advice has been provided to Albania, Balkans (Stability Pact), Belarus, Mozambique, West Bank/Gaza regions, Ukraine, Yemen and Bangladesh. Standards on APM stockpile destruction
Assistance activities
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention page on Stockpile Destruction |
