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UNMAS - UNITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE
"MINE BAN" CONVENTION ("THE OTTAWA CONVENTION")

The need of additional conventions prohibiting or limiting the use of certain methods and means of warfare was emphasized in the resolutions of the International Red Cross Conference of 1965 and of the International Conference on Human Rights of 1968 as well as in Resolution 2444 (XXIII) of the United Nations General Assembly of 1968
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
[OTHER LANGUAGES]
DATE: Opened for signature at Ottawa 3-4 December 1997 / Entered into force, 1 March 1999
Member State Reports - DEPARTMENT FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS - DDA
Links to States Parties Reports by Country Name
Update - This treaty page provides the text of the MineBan Treaty in English and other languages as well as information on who has joined and not yet joined and implementation news
Stockpiles Destruction and the Convention - Select "Policy" for this information
Related Documents - On Mine-Ban Treaties, including reporting forms and other information

PROTOCOL ON MINES
Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices:
Amended Protocol II
This Protocol relates to the use on land of the mines, booby-traps and other devices, defined herein, including mines laid to interdict beaches, waterway crossings or river crossings, but does not apply to the use of anti-ship mines at sea or in inland waterways.
DATE: Opened for signature at Ottawa: 3-4 December 1997 (Entered into force on 1 March 1999)

MINE ACTION
UNITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE - UNMAS
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International Mine Action Standards - IMAS -- A Directory, (some documents in other languages)
Technical Notes for Mine Action -- Advisory Principles, Advice and Information relevant to a specific IMAS / technical subject
Victim Assistance Standards & Guidelines -- UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS --- State-based Reporting

MINE CLEARANCE
UNITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE - UNMAS
International Standards for Humanitarian Mine Clearance Operations - Page includes links to documents, projects, investments and contacts
Documents on Mine Clearance

UNITED NATIONS POLICY
UNDP - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Mine Action and Effective Coordination: The United Nations Policy
GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A/RES/53/496 of 1998

UNMAS - UNITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE
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Mine Awareness
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Technology, Research and Development
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Victim Assistance Standards & Guidelines
FINANCE
Investment / Donor Reports - UNMAS investment and donor information

Maputo Declaration - From Convention held in Maputo, Mozambique on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
Final Report - From the Maputo Convention, the Final Report of the First Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
DATE: 7 May 1999
International Standards for Humanitarian Mine Clearance Operations - Page includes links to documents, projects, investments and contacts
Stockpiles Destruction
Documents on Stockpiles Destruction

UNICEF - UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND

International Guidelines for Landmine and Unexploded Ordinance Awareness Education[ PDF FORMAT ] - UNICEF has been appointed as the United Nations Focal Point for mine awareness education and has prepared these guidelines to introduce program planners and program managers to issues which are central to Mine/UXO awareness

OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PROGRAMMES
Humanitarian Issues - See documents under "Landmine Awareness"

DDA - DEPARTMENT FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS
United Nations Register of Conventional Arms - Database of Arms throughout the world. Includes information booklets and reporting forms
Anti-Personnel Mines - Links to the Final Report of the Second Meeting of the State Parties to the Mine-Ban Convention

CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS - CCW
Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Excessively Injurious or To Have Indiscriminate Effects

GENERAL ASSEMBLY A/49/703 of 28 November 1994
Opened for signature at New York: 10 April 1981
Includes four Protocols, dating to 1998
Documents related

WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Small Arms and Landmines

Guidance on surveillance of injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance - A standardised tool for information gathering on mine/UXO victims; Help on using use this tool
The Berne Manifesto - The socio-economic, health and development challenges faced by mine-affected communities
The Kampala Declaration - Assistance to victims of trauma and violence