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GICHD Insights | Towards The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)

The Fifth Review Conference of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) will open in Siem Reap- Angkor, Cambodia, on 25 November 2024. To contribute to preparations for this event, the GICHD is launching a series of issue...

21/08/2024
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Annual Report 2023

Every year and across the world, explosive ordnance (EO) threatens the lives of millions of people. Lives are lost; survivors and their families struggle with the physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences of EO...

28/06/2024
Annual Report 2023
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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...

18/05/2018
État d'avancement de la gestion sûre et sécurisée des munitions
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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...

07/05/2018
Global Mapping and Analysis of Anti-Vehicle Mine Incidents in 2017
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  • GICHD and Sipri

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...

30/04/2018
Lessons from the Past: The Rapid Clearance of Denmark's Minefields in 1945
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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...

12/03/2018
Zimbabwe National Mine Action Strategy 2018-2025
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  • Zimbabwe National Mine Action Centre
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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.

12/12/2017
The Challenge of Long term Risk Management in Mine Action
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  • Robert White
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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. 

12/12/2017
The Collaborative ORDnance Data Repository (CORD)
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  • Roly Evans
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Improvised Explosive Devices and the International Mine Action Standards

 This article briefly explores how improvised explosive devices (IED) are not new in mine action; they have contributed to explosive ordnance contamination in post-conflict settings since the advent of humanitarian demining almost...

12/12/2017
Improvised Explosive Devices and the International Mine Action Standards
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  • Guy Rhodes
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GMAP Annual Report 2017
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National Capacities And Residual Contamination | Albania

 This case study forms part of a broader GICHD study on national capacities and residual contamination. The purpose of this report is to document Albania’s experience of developing national systems and capacities to address...

24/11/2017
National Capacities And Residual Contamination | Albania
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Prioritisation Policy, Procedures and Practices Relating to UXO Clearance in Lao PDR

 This report maps the current prioritisation system in Lao PDR, including UXO policies and related development policies of the Government of Lao PDR (GOL), standard operating procedures of UXO operators, and actual prioritisation...

17/11/2017
Prioritisation Policy, Procedures and Practices Relating to UXO Clearance in Lao PDR
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