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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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Clearing the way forward: Women, peace, and security in Ukraine’s mine action response
Mine action is not only about removing explosive ordnance, it is about restoring fundamental human rights, including the rights to life and security, freedom of movement, access to land and livelihoods, as well as full...
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GICHD Annual Report 2018
In 2018, GICHD staff visited and supported 61 countries to improve mine action globally and locally and delivered over 30 training sessions and workshops. To carry out this work, our staff grew. As of the end of 2018, the GICHD is...
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Minefield Clearance and Casualties - Holland 1945
In June and July 1945, two Royal Canadian Engineer officers, on their own initiative, carried out a review of the ongoing minefield clearance in Holland. The local military authorities deemed the review to be of significant value...
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Critical Path Guide to the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines
Inadequately-managed ammunition poses the dual risk of accidental explosions of ammunition sites and diversion to illicit markets, resulting in humanitarian disasters and contributing to armed conflict, terrorism and crime.
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Utilizing the IATG in Conflict-Affected and Low-Capacity Environments
Inadequately-managed ammunition poses the dual risk of accidental explosions of ammunition sites and diversion to illicit markets, resulting in humanitarian disasters and contributing to armed conflict, terrorism and crime.
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A Guide to Developing National Standards for Ammunition Management
Inadequately-managed ammunition poses the dual risk of accidental explosions of ammunition sites and diversion to illicit markets, resulting in humanitarian disasters and contributing to armed conflict, terrorism and crime.
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GICHD Strategy 2019-2022 (English)
“A world in which communities thrive, free from risks from explosive ordnance.” This is the vision that guides the GICHD 2019-2022 Strategy. Its four Strategic Objectives: Supporting the Conventions, Protecting communities from...
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Enhancing Humanitarian Mine Action in Angola with High-Resolution UAS Imagery
The peaceful use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) increases significantly when their cost and complexity are reduced. Fully autonomous, ultralight unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are now commercially available. There are numerous...
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Stratégie Nationale de Lutte Antimines 2018 - 2019
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Une République Démocratique du Congo où fin 2019 la menace posée par les mines est éradiquée et celle posée par les REG réduite, où une capacité nationale de gestion de la contamination résiduelle est en place, où la prise...
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Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining | Twenty Years of Supporting Mine Action
This book was published on the anniversary of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining's 20th anniversary. In 1997, at the adoption of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), Switzerland announced its...
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Gender Mainstreaming in Mine Action | Powerful linkages for progress across the SDGs
Mine action comprises a set of activities aimed at reducing the risks from landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war. By returning safe land, housing and infrastructure to people and assisting victims, it...
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