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Weapons Contamination: Addressing Key Challenges to Meeting Clearance Deadlines under the AntiPersonnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) and Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) www.maginternational.org Addis Ababa 5 – 7 March 2013 African Union / ICRC workshop on weapons contamination Presented by: Daan Redelinghuys Event Sponsored by: www.maginternational.org Overview of MAG HMA PSSM SALW AVR MRE www.maginternational.org MAG Global Projects www.maginternational.org IDENTIFY THE EXTENT OF MINE/CLUSTER MUNITIONS/UXO PROBLEM: SURVEY (Land Release) www.maginternational.org Overview of Chad • Three decades of conflicts has left vast stretches of Chad contaminated with ERW • MAG in Chad since 2004 (intermittently) • 1999-2001 Landmine Impact Survey (LIS) estimated 670km² of Suspect Hazardous Areas (SHAs) excluding the northern Tibesti region • The precise extent of contamination remains to be quantified • 2010 MAG starts nationwide Survey, to clearly define the mine/UXO problem in Chad, allowing the Government to make a comprehensive mine action plan • 2010 to 2012 MAG deployed Multi-Task Teams in Northern and Eastern Chad to verify, release SHA’s and clear the DA’s identified through the survey Survey Objectives www.maginternational.org • Primary Objectives: - Determination of source of contamination - Define and locate SHA’s - Collect technical data - Direct impact of contamination on surrounding areas - Save all information in the IMSMA database (GIS) • Secondary Objectives: - Strong coordination and comprehensive planning at national level are required, for completion to be achieved in a systematic and timely manner - Support the Chadian Government to set priorities in order to achieve the obligations of the Ottawa Treaty. Methodology www.maginternational.org • • • • • Interviews local authorities and traditional leaders Interview village leaders Collect information on accidents Confirmation of SHA’s by guides Confirmation or reduction of the perimeters (polygon) of areas through non-technical and technical surveys (Land Release) • Identify, to the highest possible accuracy, the location, exact ratios and characteristics of hazardous areas which then shall be decontaminated through future operations. • Mark and record boundaries of SHA, CHA and released land • Capture data on IMSMA (GIS) Impact www.maginternational.org • Qualitative: - Produce valuable and effective data - The database of the CND (mine action centre) is supplemented and reinforced - National priorities can be developed on this basis - The data of the project determine the priority areas for action • Quantitative: - All areas listed in the project have been evaluated - All reports and information captured on the IMSMA (GIS) database Survey Difficulties www.maginternational.org • • • • • • Practical use of IMSMA (GIS) Geographical difficulties Limited information Limited Security Resources etc. etc. etc. Key Achievements • 2010 to 2012 technical and non-technical surveys were completed www.maginternational.org - The teams marked 49,884,169m² of SHA, cleared 837,173m² of DA’s, destroyed 238 AP/AT mines, and destroyed 8,813 items of UXO; - and identified a further 55 new DA’s, 35 of which were cleared and completed. • The results from the surveys will be integral in assisting the Chadian government to define new national priorities for mine action. www.maginternational.org Recommendations • Continue survey operations in the other regions of Chad as well as the areas not yet covered by MAG; • Taking into account the definition of priorities, increase the effect of mine clearance programs for the most vulnerable populations of the North; • Define priorities in order to guide the establishment of a national strategy according to the needs on the ground. • Secondary recommendations at: - Project level (priorities identified by the survey project), - Program level (priorities for mine action in Chad). www.maginternational.org UXO Areas www.maginternational.org www.maginternational.org www.maginternational.org Mined Areas www.maginternational.org Contaminated Areas Area North www.maginternational.org East West Total Mined Area UXO Area (m²) (m²) Borkou 23,027,839 2,173,313 Ennedi 16,437,000 76,668 Tibesti 18,628,242 805,555 Ouaddi 0 10,840 Salamat 0 634 Sila 1,502 6,689 Wadi Fira 0 55,974 Hdjer Lamis 0 6,180 N’Djamena 0 707 58,094,583 3,136,560 Region www.maginternational.org Total Hazardous Areas www.maginternational.org www.maginternational.org Populated Areas Accident and Deaths Area Region Accidents Deaths North Borkou 2 2 Ennedi 0 0 Tibesti 15 21 Ouaddi 1 3 Salamat 0 0 Sila 0 0 Wadi Fira 1 3 Hdjer Lamis 0 0 N’Djamena 0 0 19 29 www.maginternational.org East West Total In Conclusion www.maginternational.org • How can the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) and Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) frameworks be better harnessed to provide adequate and appropriate support to national authorities? • How do we ensure that treaty frameworks support planning in states affected by mixed contamination (AP mines, CM, other ERW)? • What is the role that regional organisations have to play in supporting the achievement of completion objectives? www.maginternational.org The success of this mission was possible thanks to: The Japan-funded programme www.maginternational.org United Nations Development Programme Republic of Chad Ministry of Economy and the Plan Haut Commissariat National Demining National Mine Action Centre