INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MINE CLEARANCE TECHNOLOGY
Elsinore, Denmark, 2-4 July 1996
Report of the International Conference on Mine Clearance Technology


CONTENTS

I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE



II. PRESENTATION OF PRESENT PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES IN MINE CLEARANCE



III. STANDARDS FOR HUMANITARIAN MINE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS



IV. TECHNOLOGY FOR MINE CLEARANCE OPERATIONS



V. CLOSURE OF THE CONFERENCE


ANNEXES


  1. Opening statement by the President of the Conference

  2. Message of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

  3. Address by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

  4. Concluding statement by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

  5. Closing statement by the President of the Conference


ABBREVIATIONS

AT
APERS
EOD
GFR
GPS
IED
IR
MEDDS
MPV
RDX
SFF
SOP
UXO
anti-tank
anti-personnel
Explosive ordnance disposal
Ground penetrating radar
Global positioning system
Improvised explosive devices
Infra-red
Mechem explosive and drug detection systems
Mine protected vehicles
Rapid demolition explosives
Self-forming fragment
Standard operating procedures
Unexploded ordnance