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United Nations Mine Action Service

NAOC Annual Meeting

• Mr. Paul Heslop, UNMAS Chief of Programme Management

N Y k 20 N b 2013 New York, 20 November 2013

UNMAS Origins: Landmine and UXO Clearance

• Established by GA

Resolution 53/26 (1998) as the UN entry point for Mine Action

• Initial UNMAS activities

in support of UN Missions then focused l l L d i / solely on Landmine/ UXO clearance and Risk Education

UNMAS Today: Essential Explosive Hazard Threat Management

Ammunition Storage Management Ammunition Storage Management Small Arms Light Weapons disposal Counter Counter‐IED IED Weapons and Stockpile Management Weapons and Stockpile Management

Mandates & Responsibilities

International Frameworks for Mine Action International Frameworks for Mine Action

UNMAS Responsibilities

• Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, its

Amended Protocol II and Protocol V

• Anti–Personnel Mine Ban Convention
• Convention on Cluster Munitions

C i h Ri h f P i h Di bili i

• Save lives.
• Facilitate deployment of UN missions and

the delivery of humanitarian assistance.

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light

Weapons

• Protect civilians.
• Protect international personnel and assets.
• UNSC and GA Resolutions
• Member State requests

H it i Additional Legislative Mandates Additional Legislative Mandates

• Support voluntary return of IDPs and

refugees.

• Enable humanitarian and recovery
• Humanitarian emergency responses
• UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security

activities.

• Advocate for international humanitarian

and human rights law.

Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures (cont.)

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