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Strengthening mine action through synergies with the women, peace and security agenda: Recommendation brief for national mine action authorities and national mine action centres
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and the mine action sector share certain common goals: peace, recovery, and the act of advancing human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings. However, the strategic and...
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GICHD insights | Integrating mine action into the women, peace and security agenda: recommendation brief for governments in explosive ordnance-affected contexts
The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and the mine action sector share common goals: peace, recovery, and advancing human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings. However, the strategic and operational alignment between...
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GICHD Annual Report 2017
In 2017, GICHD staff visited and supported 68 countries to improve mine action globally and locally. Over the 40 training sessions and workshops that were delivered, we had the opportunity to reach out to 850 course participants....
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The State of Play in Safe and Secure Management of Ammunition
The recognition of the dual threat of poor management of conventional ammunition in terms of uncontrolled proliferation and devastating explosions has placed the safe and secure management of ammunition (SSMA) ever more firmly on...
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الوضع الراهن للإدارة الآمنة والمأمونة للذخيرة | The State of Play in Safe and Secure Management of Ammunition (Arabic)
إن الاعتراف بالتهديد المزدوج للإدارة السيئة للذخيرة التقليدية من حيث الانتشار غير الخاضع للرقابة والتفجيرات المدمرة قد وضع الإدارة الآمنة والمأمونة للذخيرة بجدية أكبرعلى جدول الأعمال السياسي والمعياري الدوليوعملياً ، يتزايد كل من...
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Обзор текущего состояния безопасного содержания боеприпасов | The State of Play in Safe and Secure Management of Ammunition (Russian)
Признание двойной угрозы некачественной системы управления обычными боеприпасами в условиях неконтролируемого распространения и разрушительных взрывов укрепило тематику безопасного и безопасного управления боеприпасами (Safe and...
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État d'avancement de la gestion sûre et sécurisée des munitions
La reconnaissance de la double menace d'une mauvaise gestion des munitions conventionnelles en termes de prolifération incontrôlée et d'explosions dévastatrices a de plus en plus renforcé l'importance de la gestion sûre et...
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Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti-Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2017
This report presents and analyses AVM incident data from 2017. It follows up on and compares findings with earlier reports published by the GICHD and SIPRI examining AVM incidents in 2015 and 2016.
Data in this report stem from...
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Lessons from the Past: The Rapid Clearance of Denmark's Minefields in 1945
The clearance of the vast majority of Denmark’s minefields during 1945 was remarkable. In just under five months, a force ranging between 750 and 2,600 German prisoners of war (POW) under the supervision of 250–350 Danish officers...
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Zimbabwe National Mine Action Strategy 2018-2025
This National Mine Action Strategy, the first of its kind in Zimbabwe, presents the overall vision, mission, goals and objectives of Zimbabwe’s mine action programme for the period 2018-2025. The strategy’s timeline corresponds to...
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The Challenge of Long term Risk Management in Mine Action
This article briefly explores how states affected by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) are faced with a number of difficult decisions when they establish their mine action program.
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The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD)
This article briefly explores The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD) that has been in existence since 2015. A database of over 5,000 entries detailing a wide range of explosive ordnance.
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