Mine action

Key actors

• UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action (IACG-MA)

Network consisting of 12 UN bodies involved in mine action to develop or revise policies and strategies, set priorities among UN players, and share information

• United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Aims to ensure a coordinated response to the problems of landmines, explosive remnants of war, and cluster munitions

• Mine Action Area of Responsibility (MA AOR) within the Global Protection Cluster

Humanitarian mine action network contributing to coordination and policy at the global level, co-led by UNMAS and Humanity and Inclusion

• Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)

Working to reduce the impact of mines, cluster munitions, and other explosive hazards, in close partnership with mine action organizations and other human security actors

• Danish Demining Group

Humanitarian mine action unit in the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), providing community-oriented solutions to human security problems caused by landmines and other explosive remnants of war, as well as small arms and light weapons

• Mine Action Group (MAG)

Focused on the clearance of landmines, cluster munitions, and unexploded bombs in places affected by conflict, while also carrying out risk education, as well as arms management and destruction

• International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)

Global network of NGOs working towards a world free of antipersonnel landmines and the implementation of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty

Information tools

• Portfolio of Mine Action Projects (UN)

Dynamic compilation of over twenty country and territory portfolios, providing information on the current status of mine action in the country, project proposals, including the funding status

Key references

• International Mine Action Standards (IMAS)

International standards issued by the United Nations to guide the planning, implementation, and management of mine action programs

• Glossary of Mine Action Terms (UNMAS, 2014)

Glossary providing brief explanations of the terms, definitions, and abbreviations used in mine action

• A Guide to Mine Action and Explosive Remnants of War (GICHD, 2007)

Overview of key aspects of mine action and best practices for the five pillars of mine action: demining, advocacy and international law, mine risk education, victim assistance, and stockpile destruction