Attachments
This guide seeks to provide a
basic grounding to the diplomat, donor, lawyer, practitioner or scholar
in the key aspects of mine action, in order to assist in decision-making,
programme planning and research.
Each chapter, listed below,
are designed to stand alone, in order to readers to select the topics most
relevant to their particular needs or interests.
- Introduction to mines and
unexploded ordnance
- History of mine action
- History of landmines and
unexploded ordnance under international law
- Anti-Personnel Mine Ban
Convention
- Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons
- Humanitarian demining
- Mine risk education
- Victim assistance
- Stockpile destruction
- Coordination of mine action
and capacity development
- Socio-economic approaches
to mine action
- Information management in
mine action
The guide is intended to reflect
current realities in a fast-developing humanitarian concern. Although focused
on efforts to alleviate problems caused by landmines and unexploded ordnance,
many of the techniques and approaches that have been developed within mine
action also have broader relevance to relief and development efforts.