REPUBLIC OF SERBIA CASE PRESENTATION ON ERW INTRODUCTION CCW - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Request for assistance

• f the Republic of Serbia

for clearing the ERW in the framework of Protocol V of CCW

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA CASE PRESENTATION ON ERW

CCW PROTOCOL V ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR

Under ratification Procedure

INTRODUCTION

All tasks related to ERW are being done under:

Law on Emergency Situations

adopted in 2009.

Defence Act of Republic of Serbia International Standards Military Standards and Manuals

INSTITUTIONAL SET UP

Responsibility for solving ERW problems lies with Ministry of Defence and Ministry of

• Interior. The obligations by law are met in

cooperation with following organizational units of Ministries and the institutions of Republic of Serbia:

MoI Sector for Emergency Situations SAF Mine Action Centre Domestic and foreign commercial

companies

INSTITUTIONAL SET UP

Several Wars were waged in XX century:

Great quantity of explosive remnants

• f war (ERW)

Different construction, size, origin Unexploded cluster bomblets and

aerial bombs

Ammunition depots explosion

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION

Locations contaminated by unexploded cluster munitions 17.000.000 m2 Unexploded aerial bombs, rockets and projectiles about 100 locations Different kinds of UXO – total area of 22.000.000 m2 on 12 locations The Danube River, Đerdapska Gorges – sank war ships with armament from WWII (22 ships) Mine suspected area Cleared mine fields , 6.197.791 m2 Area cleared from unexploded cluster munitions, 4.319.655 m2 + 1.200.000 m2 Aerial bombs and rockets – (7 + 120 +19) Total of 146 bombs and rockets removed Area cleared from different kinds of UXO (819.906 m2)

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION

Cluster munitions– 16 municipalities: City of Niš – municipalities Medijana and Crveni Krst, Kraljevo, Brus, Preševo, Bujanovac, Kuršumlija, Raška, Gadžin Han, Leposavić, Sjenica, Čačak, Vladimirci, Knić, Stara Pazova i Sopot Cluster munitions - cleared

• Systematic survey
• General Survey on 11.961.971 m2
• General Survey is ongoing on

remained suspected area 12.015.924 m2

• Estimated risk area to be cleared

17.000.000 m2

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION - CLUSTER MUNITIONS

Specific approach

Additional training Special armored

machines

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION - CLUSTER MUNITIONS

• Cleared

4.319.655m2 + 1.200.000 m2

• Funding
• Government of USA,

Czech Republic, Ireland through ITF

• Russian Federation
• Tobacco Factory in

City of Nis

• Construction

Direction in Raska Municipality

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION - CLUSTER MUNITIONS

Suspected areas: Bujanovac Preševo Kuršumlija Municipality

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION - MINE FIELDS

Ground Safety Zone

Cleared

Along the border with Croatia 6.197.791 m2

Funding – donations through ITF Donors: Germany, USA, Norway,

Spain, Czech , Canada, EU

AP mines are not produced in

Serbia

All AP mines are destroyed

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION - MINE FIELDS

About 100 suspicious locations with more than 180 unexploded aerial bombs, rockets and projectiles

Defuzed, removed and destroyed 146 aerial bombs from WWII and NATO intervention

• Difficulties
• Multidisciplinary approach
• Specific equipment
• Very expensive works
• Data from NATO
• General Survey of the Sava and

the Danube River

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION – AERIAL BOMBS

• The Danube River
• Destroyed and damaged bridges
• The Sava River
• Damaged bridges
• City of Belgrade
• Former China Embassy building
• Former MoI building
• Former MoD and GS building
• City of Subotica
• Part of Palic Lake
• Military locations
• 53 locations, 120 aerial bombs
• 19 WWII aerial bombs removed
• Searched 3.900.000 m2
• Funding
• European Agency for

Reconstruction

• USA

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION – AERIAL BOMBS

• 23.000.000

square meters contaminated

• 12 locations

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Ammo depots location map

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION – AMMO DEPOTS EXPLOSION

• 6 Locations
• No survey has

been done

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA Combat act. location map

CONTAMINATION EXTENSION – COMBAT ACTIVITIES IN WWI AND WWII

Operational capacities for ERW clearance:

MoI specialized Teams SAF specialized Teams Commercial companies registered for

humanitarian demining

CLEREANCE

Before the implementation of ERW Projects it is necessary to develop an overall Study

• ERW Projects intend to clear whole territory of Republic of Serbia from

ERW

• Exact size of contaminated area is unknown
• Exact number of ERW is unknown
• General Survey hasn’t been conducted on all locations
• Lack of money
• The first stage
• Situation assessment
• General survey
• Development of Projects documentation
• The second stage
• Clearance
• Destruction of ERW
• Estimated costs of ERW Projects is

70.000.000 EUR

• Technical assistance and capacity building assistance is

also needed

REQUEST FOR NEEDS ANALYSIS

Removal of explosive remnants of war in the function of development

Removing explosive remnants of war will create the conditions for

increasing human security, environmental protection, intensive agricultural production, forest exploitation, drainage channel maintenance, reconstruction and construction of tourist and industrial buildings.

The problems related to removing the explosive remnants of war in

Serbia are numerous and Serbia alone without the help of the international community and donors can not resolve them within a reasonable time

REQUEST FOR NEEDS ANALYSIS

THANK YOU