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Conflict-related trauma and operational safety in Ukraine’s mine action response
Ukraine’s mine action sector is expanding rapidly in response to widespread explosive ordnance contamination and the demands of national recovery. At the same time, its workforce continues to evolve, shaped by the realities of...
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Improvised explosive devices in the Sahel: Humanitarian responses and current capacities
Over the past five years, the Sahel region has seen a steady rise and geographical spread in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), a term used to describe an explosive device placed or fabricated in an improvised...
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The Sustainable Development Outcomes of Mine Action in Cambodia
The study comprehensively maps the sustainable development outcomes of mine action activities in Cambodia, using the SDGs as an analytical framework. It analyses and illustrates with concrete examples the impact of mine action...
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Review of New Technologies and Methodologies for EORE in Challenging Contexts | Russian Version
21/01/2022
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Review of New Technologies and Methodologies for (EORE) in Challenging Contexts | Arabic Version
13/01/2022
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Linking Mine Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Insights from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lao PDR
Through case studies in two countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Lao PDR, this study examines the extent to which mine action efforts have been incorporated into national development planning. Likewise, it analyses the experience...
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Chapter 5 of the IED Clearance Good Practice Guide, “Basic Chemistry of Explosives and Hazards of Home-Made Explosives and Chemical Precursors"
The GICHD has developed this Chapter with the aim of improving the safety of mine action personnel as a first priority, but also ensuring that mine action programmes are dealing with this particular threat effectively to keep...
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GUIDE TO EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE POLLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Mine action survey and clearance operations have always focused on the contamination that can be seen. Whether it is anti-personnel (AP) mines, anti-vehicles (AV) mines, or explosive remnants of war (ERW), our efforts focus on...
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AMAT Insights Issue 2 Version 3 of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG)
In 2011, the United Nations released the first version of the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) providing states with voluntary guidance on best practices and international standards in ammunition management to...
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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Land Release and Stockpile Destruction Operations – Notes on a New Technical Note for Mine Action | The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction. Issue 25.1
The purpose of this article is to set out why the Technical Note for Mine Action (TNMA) was developed and explain certain aspects of its content, particularly those where prolonged debate was necessary in order to achieve...
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