Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary
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"In June 1998, the International Campaign to Ban
Landmines established "Landmine Monitor," a
unique and unprecedented civil society based
reporting network to systematically monitor and
document nations? compliance with the 1997 Mine
Ban Treaty and the humanitarian response to the
global landmine crisis. Landmine Monitor
complements the existing state-based reporting
(external link) and compliance mechanisms
established by the Mine Ban Treaty..." Landmine Monitor Core Group:
Human Rights Watch ? Handicap International (Belgium)
Kenya Coalition Against Landmines ? Mines Action Canada
Norwegian People?s Aid
Source/publisher:
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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"Before the Monitor’s inception, there was no systematic monitoring and assessment of the international community’s response to the problem caused by landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war (ERW).
Preparation of Monitor research products entails extensive collection, analysis, and distribution of publicly available information. Although in some cases it does entail investigative missions, the Monitor is not designed to send researchers into harm's way and does not include hot war-zone reporting.
The Monitor’s key target audiences are governments, civil society, and international organizations, as well as media, academics, and the general public..."
Source/publisher:
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
Date of publication:
2020-01-22
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-22
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Geneva Call has been engaging NSAs in Burma/Myanmar in an AP mine ban since 2006. Dialogue with the political and military leaders of the NSAs is complemented by activities aimed at encouraging and supporting civil society organizations to undertake mine action activities, supporting efforts to create a change in the Myanmar government?s AP mine policy, and supporting the monitoring of the AP mine ban commitments made by NSAs. To date 6 NSAs have signed the Deed of Commitment banning AP mines:
Source/publisher:
Geneva Call
Date of entry/update:
2010-02-11
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"Geneva Call is an international humanitarian organization dedicated to engaging armed non-State actors (NSAs) to respect and to adhere to humanitarian norms, starting with the ban on anti-personnel (AP) mines. Geneva Call is committed to the universal application of the principles of international humanitarian law and conducts its activities based on the principles of neutrality, impartiality and independence.
Geneva Call provides an innovative mechanism for NSAs, who do not participate in drafting treaties and thus may not feel bound by their obligations to express adherence to the norms embodied in the 1997 anti-personnel mine ban treaty (MBT) through their signature to the "Deed of Commitment for Adherence to a Total Ban on Anti-Personnel Mines and for Cooperation in Mine Action" [PDF File]. The Government of the Republic and Canton of Geneva serves as the guardian of these Deeds.
Under the Deed of Commitment, signatory groups commit themselves:
• To a total prohibition on the use, production, acquisition, transfer and stockpiling of AP mines and other victim-activated explosive devices, under any circumstances.
• To undertake, to cooperate in, or to facilitate, programs to destroy stockpiles, clear mines, provide assistance to victims and promote awareness.
• To allow and to cooperate in the monitoring and verification of their commitments by Geneva Call.
• To issue the necessary orders to commanders and to the rank and file for the implementation and enforcement of their commitments.
• To treat their commitment as one step or part of a broader commitment in principle to the ideal of humanitarian norms.
Thirty-five armed groups in Burma, Burundi, India, Iran, Iraq, the Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey and Western Sahara have agreed to ban AP mines through this mechanism. The ultimate indicator of progress however, is not the number of Deeds signed but an effective ban and the practice of humanitarian mine action. Geneva Call is pledged to promote the implementation of humanitarian mine action programmes in mine-affected areas under NSA control, to assist signatory groups to fulfil their obligations under the Deed of Commitment and to monitor compliance."...See also the Resources section.
Source/publisher:
Geneva Call
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-27
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Arabic, English, Espanol (Spanish) Francais (French)
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Mine action topics...
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Mine action resources....."In a world where human security is still hindered by explosive hazards, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) works to eliminate mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war. To achieve this, the GICHD supports national authorities, international organisations and civil society in their efforts to improve the relevance and performance of mine action. Core activities include furthering knowledge, promoting norms and standards, and developing in-country and international capacity. This support covers all aspects of mine action: strategic, managerial, operational and institutional. The GICHD also works for mine action that is not delivered in isolation, but as part of a broader human security framework; this effort is facilitated by the GICHD?s new location within the Maison de la Paix in Geneva..."
Source/publisher:
Geneva International Centre for Humanitatian Demining
Date of entry/update:
2014-10-09
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Description:
"The ICBL calls for:
An international ban on
the use, production,
stockpiling, and sale,
transfer, or export of
antipersonnel landmines
The signing, ratification,
implementation, and
monitoring of the mine
ban treaty
Increased resources for
humanitarian demining
and mine awareness
programs
Increased resources for
landmine victim
rehabilitation and
assistance."
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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Landmine Monitor annual reports since 1999, includes Cluster...Munition Monitor annual reports since 2010...Most but not all reports also in Burmese
Links below for each of the previous reports...
Landmine Monitor provides research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997 Nobel Peace co-Laureate)
Source/publisher:
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor
Date of entry/update:
2015-12-10
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English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Source/publisher:
Nonviolence International
Date of entry/update:
2003-06-03
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The government began national-level discussions on the much-delayed landmine-clearing programme, a senior disaster management official said.
Description:
"U Tun Zaw, deputy director general of the Department of Disaster Management, said the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Tatmadaw (military) are attending the talks. Thousands of people have been killed and maimed by landmines that litter the conflict-torn countryside.
Both the military and ethnic armed groups remain reluctant to give up the use of landmines despite appeals by international organizations. “We can’t do rescue work only. If landmines remain, victims will remain,” U Tun Zaw said. “It is better if there are no more landmines. We plan to form a national body for landmine clearing.”
U Tun Zaw said the meeting was held last week in Nay Pyi Taw and the discussions are still at the preliminary stage.
He said the discussions focused on the establishment of a National Mine Action Authority, and a mine action centre will be established under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.
There was also talk about the Ministry of Defence establishing state and regional level mine-clearing groups.
The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement vowed to provide K200,000 (US$137) and prosthetic limbs for each victim of landmine explosions.
U Tun Zaw said the government knows it would be difficult for internally displaced people to return to their homes as they face dangers from landmines..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
Date of publication:
2020-02-03
Date of entry/update:
2020-02-04
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Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary
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"Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor provides research for the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition. The International
Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) formed in 1992 to rid the world of the scourge of the
anti-personnel landmine. The ICBL is a network of over 1,300 non-governmental
organizations in 70 countries, and received the Nobel Peace Award in 1997. The Cluster
Munition Coalition is an international civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster
munitions, prevent further casualties from these weapons and put an end for all time to the
suffering they cause.
Landmine Monitor documents the implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention, or
the Mine Ban Treaty. Cluster Munition Monitor documents the implementation of the 2008
Convention on Cluster Munitions. Both Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor
assess the efforts of the international community to resolve the crisis caused by these
weapons.
As of 1 November 2019, 164 countries, over 80% of the world’s governments, have
ratified, or acceded to, the Mine Ban Treaty. 120 countries have signed, ratified, or acceded
to, the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Myanmar/Burma has not yet joined either
convention.
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor is not a technical treaty verification system or a
formal inspection regime. It is an effort by ordinary people to hold governments accountable
to non-use of antipersonnel landmines and cluster munitions. It is meant to compliment the
reporting requirements of countries which have ratified the treaties. Our reports seek to make
transparent the state of the landmine and cluster munition crisis, and government policies or
practices, in non-signatory states.
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor aims to promote and facilitate discussion within
human society in order to reach the goal of a landmine and cluster munition free world.
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor works in good faith to provide factual
information about the issue it is monitoring in order to benefit the world as a whole. It is
critical, but constructive in its documentation and analysis..."
Source/publisher:
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
Date of publication:
2019-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-22
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"ပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်ခြင်း ဆိုင်ရာ နိုင်ငံတကာ စည်းရုံးလှုံ့ဆော်ရေးအဖွဲ့နှင့် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ အသုံးပြုတားမြစ်ပိတ်ပင်
ခြင်း ညွှန့်ပေါင်းအဖွဲ့အတွက် သုတေသနလုပ်ငန်းများ ဆောင်ရွက်ပေးသည်။ မြေမြုပ်မိုင်း အသုံးပြုမှု ပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်ခြင်း နိုင်ငံတကာ စည်းရုံး
လှုံ့ဆော်ရေးအဖွဲ့ (ICBL)အား ကမ္ဘာ့အဝှမ်းလူသတ်မိုင်းများ ရှင်းလင်းပပျောက်ရေးအတွက် ၁၉၉၂ခုနှစ်တွင် ဖွဲ့စည်းခဲ့သည်။ ICBL သည် နိုင်ငံ
ပေါင်း(၇၀) နိုင်ငံတွင် ရှိသော အစိုးရမဟုတ်သောအဖွဲ့အစည်းပေါင်း ၁၃၀၀ ကျော် ပါဝင်သော ကွန်ယက်တခုဖြစ်သည်။ ၁၉၉၇ခုနှစ်တွင် ငြိမ်းချမ်း
ရေး နိုဘယ်လ်ဆုရခဲ့သည်။ ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ အသုံးပြုမှုတားမြစ်ပိတ်ပင်ခြင်းညွှန့်ပေါင်းအဖွဲ့သည် ထပ်ဆင့်
ပေါက်ကွဲလက်နက်များ ဖျက်သိမ်းပေးရန်၊ ယင်းလက်နက်ကြောင့် နောက်ဆက်တွဲထိခိုက်သေကြေဆုံးရှုံးမှုများ မဖြစ်ပေါ်စေရေး အတွက်
ကာကွယ်ဟန့်တားရန်နှင့် ထိုလက်နက် များကြောင့် အတိ ဒုက္ခရောက်မှုများကို ထာဝရ အဆုံးသတ်စေရန် စသည်တို့အတွက် ရည်ရွယ်ကြိုးပမ်း
ဆောင်ရွက်နေသော နိုင်ငံတကာ စည်းရုံးလှုံ့ဆော်ရေးအဖွဲ့ကြီး ဖြစ်သည်။
မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းအသုံးပြုမှုစောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရေးအဖွဲ့သည် ၁၉၉၇ခုနှစ် အိုတာဝါ သဘောတူစာချုပ်မိုင်း အသုံးပြုမှုပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်ခြင်း
သဘောတူစာချုပ်အား အကောင် အထည်ဖေါ်ခြင်းနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ မှတ်တမ်းတင်သည်။ထို့အပြင် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသော လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ
စောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရေး အဖွဲ့ သည် ၂၀၀၈ခုနှစ်ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသော လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများဆိုင်ရာ သဘောတူချုပ် အကောင် အထည်ဖေါ်မှုကို
မှတ်တမ်းတင်သည်။ ၎င်းနှစ်ဖွဲ့စလုံးသည် ယင်းလက်နက်များကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည့် အကြပ်အတည်းများအပေါ် နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝန်းက
တုန့်ပြန် ဆောင်ရွက်ချက်များနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍လည်း စောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာသည်။
၂၀၁၉ခုနှစ် နိုဝင်ဘာလ (၁)ရက်နေ့အထိ ကမ္ဘာ့အစိုးရစုစုပေါင်း၏ ၈၀ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းဖြစ်သော နိုင်ငံပေါင်း ၁၆၄ နိုင်ငံက မြေမြုပ်မိုင်း
အသုံးပြုမှုတားမြစ်ပိတ်ပင်ခြင်း သဘောတူစာချုပ်အား သဘောတူလက်ခံခြင်း (သို့မဟုတ်) လက်ခံကျင့်သုံးခြင်းများပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည်။ နိုင်ငံပေါင်း
၁၂၀ က ထပ်ဆင့် ပေါက်ကွဲစေသောလက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ အသုံးပြုမှုတာမြစ်ပိတ်ပင်ခြင်းသဘောတူစာချုပ်အား လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးခြင်း (သို့မဟုတ်)
လက်ခံကျင့်သုံးခြင်းများများပြုလုပ်ခဲ့သည်။ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံသည် စာချုပ်နှစ်ခုစလုံးအား လက်မှတ်ရေး ထိုးခြင်း မပြုသေးပေ။
မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသောလက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများစောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရေးအဖွဲ့သည် စာချုပ်ပါ အချက်များ မှန်ကန်ခြင်း ရှိမရှိ
စစ်ဆေးသောအဖွဲ့မဟုတ်သကဲ့သို့ တရားဝင်စုံစမ်း စစ်ဆေးရေး အဖွဲ့လည်းမဟုတ်ပေ။ သက်ဆိုင်ရာအစိုးရများသည် လူသတ်မိုင်း ဆန့်ကျင်
တိုက်ဖျက်ရေးတာဝန်ရှိမှုအပေါ် လိုက်နာဆောင်ရွက်ခြင်းရှိမရှိလေ့လာသော သာမန်ပြည်သူများ၏ အားထုတ်ချက်တခုသာ ဖြစ်သည်။
စာချုပ်အားလက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးထားသော တိုင်းပြည်များအနေဖြင့် အစီရင်ခံ တင်ပြခြင်းစည်းကမ်းအား လိုက်နာလာစေရန် ရည်ရွယ်ခြင်း လည်း
ဖြစ်သည်။ မိမိတို့ အစီရင်ခံစာသည် မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းနှင့် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်ကွဲစေသော လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ ပြဿနာ၏ အခြေအနေကို
ပိုမိုထင်သာမြင်သာဖြစ်လာစေရန်၊ လက်မှတ်ရေး ထိုးထားခြင်းမရှိသေးသော အစိုးရ၏မူဝါဒများ (သို့မဟုတ်)လုပ်ဟန်များကို ပိုမိုသိရှိ လာစေရန်
အတွက်ရည်ရွယ် သည်။..."
Source/publisher:
Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor
Date of publication:
2019-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2020-01-22
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The death of a German tourist in Shan State raises important questions over the government’s approach to landmines.
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"On Tuesday, 26 November, a German tourist was killed when the motorbike he was riding struck a landmine in Myanmar’s Shan State. The man was travelling between Pan Nyaung Village and Kun Hauk Village, near Hsipaw Township, with an Argentine woman, who was also injured in the blast.
The woman had gotten off the motorcycle when the road became too bumpy and was walking behind the vehicle when it struck the mine. The rider reportedly died at the scene after sustaining severe injuries to his legs, chest and midriff.
Hsipaw has seen intense fighting in recent months:
The region has been the site of intense fighting as ethnic armed groups fight for increased autonomy. In January, clashes broke out along the Hsipaw-Nam Lan road when troops from the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) exchanged fire..."
Source/publisher:
"ASEAN Today" (Singapore)
Date of publication:
2019-12-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-12-03
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Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Armed conflict in Shan State - general articles
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Myanmar is the only government whose security forces deployed landmines in the last year, according to a new report that flags “exceptionally high” global casualty numbers from mines and other explosives despite a widely adopted ban on the weapons.
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"The Landmine Monitor report, released last week, tallied nearly 6,900 casualties from landmines and other explosives in 2018, largely driven by conflicts in Afghanistan, Mali, Myanmar, Nigeria, Syria, and Ukraine.
It comes as countries who have signed on to a treaty banning landmine use meet in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, today for a summit aimed at reviewing eradication goals.
While global casualty figures are less than last year, they’re nearly double what was recorded in 2013 – continuing the reversal of a longer-term trend in falling casualties. The report – an accounting of casualties and global stockpiles, as well as on progress towards mine removal and victim assistance – is released annually by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The coalition of NGOs spearheaded the anti-mine movement, leading to the 1997 treaty that banned the weapon’s use.
The coalition says 164 countries have signed on to the treaty. But 33 others have not, including some of the world’s largest stockpilers of landmines: the United States, Russia, China, Pakistan, and India.
From mid-2018 to October 2019, government security forces deployed mines in only one country, Myanmar, underscoring the ongoing conflicts raging on multiple fronts in the Southeast Asian nation. Accused of widespread rights abuses, Myanmar’s army largely operates without civilian oversight..."
Source/publisher:
"The New Humanitarian" (Geneva)
Date of publication:
2019-11-25
Date of entry/update:
2019-11-26
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Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar, Politics and Government - global and regional - general studies, strategies, theory
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''Official aspirations for landmine removal in Karen State are occurring alongside deeply- held community anxieties that their removal will increase the presence of militarised actors. Such tensions reflect a contrast between national/international efforts to promote humanitarian mine action and community fears that such actions are part of strategies to remove a line of defence and deterrence. The continued presence of militarised actors in ceasefire areas threatens to result in these actors further expanding their networks of militarised power over areas of community controlled resources.
Given the fact that parties to the ceasefire have not progressed significantly towards an agreement on security governance reform, it should not come as a surprise that, as a primary issue related to security, agreement on the removal of landmines has been delayed. As a part of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signed in October 2015 between the Union Government and nine Ethnic Armed Organisations (EAOs, three of which are present within Karen State), negotiation on security sector reform, termed, “security reintegration processes,” was noted by commentators and those party to the ceasefire early in negotiations as a difficult subject to discuss.
While such difficulties have not yet reached the position of a negative peace, they underline the patience that is required to negotiate and unravel preferences for security sector reform in the peace process. Despite the differing viewpoints held by parties to the ceasefire, this article seeks to highlight the potential role of mine action as a crucial link between security governance and political dialogue, one that might revitalise negotiations by identifying potential commonalities within the political dialogue...''
Source/publisher:
Teacircleoxford
Date of publication:
2019-02-20
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-20
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Individual Documents
Category:
Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies)
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English
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coastal areas due to scale limitations..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Information Management Unit (MIMU)
Date of publication:
2018-12-13
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2018-12-13
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"Chin State in western Burma borders India and Bangladesh and, though receiving little attention from international media or rights groups, continues, like much of the rest of Burma, to suffer the effects of poor governance and on-going conflict. Chin Free Burma Ranger teams have reported incidents of civilian landmine victims and displacement from fighting in just the last two months.
On 20 September Mrs. Daw Phit Leik (28) of Nga Tein Village, Paletwah Township, and five friends went into the jungle to pick vegetables. Whilst doing so, she stepped on a mine and was killed. An 18-year old woman, Miss Tein Tin, was also injured by the blast, according to Chin Rangers.
On 29 Oct, at 11:00 a.m., Mr. U Hwe Htan, aged 35 and the father of six from Rat Chaung Village, Paletwah Township, stepped on a mine and was severely hurt. He was taken to Paletwah Hospital, but the extent of his injuries means that he will need to transfer to the main hospital in Sittwe..."
Source/publisher:
Free Burma Rangers
Date of publication:
2018-11-09
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-13
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Burma: Internal displacement/forced migration of several ethnic groups., Discrimination against the Chin (Zo) -- websites and reports, Chin State
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English
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This entry contains an html file in English and the English and Burmese 2018 reports..... ''Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor provides research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) formed in 1992 to rid the world of the scourge of the anti-personnel landmine. The ICBL is a network of over 1,300 non-governmental organizations in 70 countries, and received the Nobel Peace Award in 1997. The Cluster Munition Coalition is an international civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions, prevent further casualties from these weapons and put an end for all time to the suffering they cause. Landmine Monitor documents the implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention, or the Mine Ban Treaty. Cluster Munition Monitor documents the implementation of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Both Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor assess the efforts of the international community to resolve the crisis caused by these weapons. As of 1 November 2018, 164 countries, over 80% of the world’s governments, have ratified, or acceded to, the Mine Ban Treaty. 120 countries have signed, ratified, or acceded to, the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Myanmar/Burma has not yet joined either convention...''
Source/publisher:
''Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor"
Date of publication:
2018-12-12
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2018-12-13
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"စည်းရုံးလှုံ့ဆော်ရေးအဖ ွဲ့နှင့် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်က ွဲစေသော စစ်လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ အသုံးပြုတားမြစ်ပိတ်ပင်ခြင်း ညွှန့်ပေါင်း အဖ ွဲ့အတ ွက်
သုတေသနလုပ်ငန်းများ ဆောင်ရ ွက်ပေးသည်။ မြေမြုပ်မိုင်း အသုံးပြုမှု ပိတ်ပင်တားမြစ်ခြင်း နိုင်ငံတကာ စည်းရုံးလှုံ့ဆော်ရေးအဖ ွဲ့ (ICBL)အား
ကမ္ဘာ့အဝှမ်းလူသတ်မိုင်းများ ရှင်းလင်း ပပျောက်ရေးအတ ွက်၁၉၉၂ ခုနှစ်တ ွင်ဖ ွဲ့စည်းခ ဲ့သည်။ ICBL သည်နိုင်ငံပေါင်း(၇၀) နိုင်ငံတ ွင်ရှိသော
အစိုးရမဟုတ်သော အဖ ွဲ့အစည်း ပေါင်း ၁၃၀၀ ကျော်ပါဝင်သော က ွန်ယက်တခုဖြစ်သည်။ ၁၉၉၇ခုနှစ်တ ွင်ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး နိုဘယ်လ်ဆုရခ ဲ့သည်။
ထပ်ဆင့် ပေါက်က ွဲစေသော စစ်လက်နက် ပစ္စည်းများ အသုံးပြုမှုတားမြစ် ပိတ်ပင်ခြင်း ညွှန့်ပေါင်းအဖ ွဲ့သည်ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်က ွဲ လက်နက်များ
ဖျက်သိမ်းပေးရန်၊ ယင်းလက်နက်ကြောင့် နောက်ဆက်တ ွဲထိခိုက်သေကြေဆုံးရှုံးမှုများ မဖြစ်ပေါ်စေရေး အတ ွက် ကာက ွယ်ဟန့်တားရန်နှင့်
ထိုလက်နက် များကြောင့် အတိ ဒုက္ခရောက်မှုများကို ထာဝရ အဆုံးသတ်စေရန် စသည်တို့ အတ ွက် ရည်ရ ွယ်ကြိုးပမ်း ဆောင်ရ ွက်နေသော
နိုင်ငံတကာ စည်းရုံး လှုံ့ဆော်ရေး အဖ ွဲ့ကြီး ဖြစ်သည်။
မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းအသုံးပြုမှုစောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရေးအဖ ွဲ့သည် ၁၉၉၇ခုနှစ် အိုတာဝါ သဘောတူစာချုပ် သို့မဟုတ် မိုင်းအသုံးပြုမှုပိတ်ပင်
တားမြစ်ခြင်း သဘောတူစာချုပ်အား အကောင်အထည်ဖေါ်ခြင်းနှင့် ပတ်သက်၍ မှတ်တမ်းတင်သည်။ ထို့အပြင် ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်က ွဲ စေသော
လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများ စောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာရေးအဖ ွဲ့ သည် ၂၀၀၈ခုနှစ်ထပ်ဆင့်ပေါက်က ွဲစေသော လက်နက်ပစ္စည်းများဆိုင်ရာ သဘောတူချုပ်
အကောင်အထည်ဖေါ်မှုကို မှတ်တမ်းတင်သည်။ ၎င်းနှစ်ဖ ွဲ့စလုံးသည် ယင်းလက်နက်များကြောင့် ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာသည့် အကြပ်အတည်းများအပေါ်
နိုင်ငံတကာအသိုင်းအဝန်းက တုန့်ပြန်ဆောင်ရ ွက်ချက်များနှင့်ပတ်သက်၍ လည်း စောင့်ကြည့်လေ့လာသည်။..."
Source/publisher:
''Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor"
Date of publication:
2018-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-13
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Individual Documents
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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''Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor provides research for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munition Coalition. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) formed in 1992 to rid the world of the scourge of the anti-personnel landmine. The ICBL is a network of over 1,300 non-governmental organizations in 70 countries, and received the Nobel Peace Award in 1997. The Cluster Munition Coalition is an international civil society campaign working to eradicate cluster munitions, prevent further casualties from these weapons and put an end for all time to the suffering they cause. Landmine Monitor documents the implementation of the 1997 Ottawa Convention, or the Mine Ban Treaty. Cluster Munition Monitor documents the implementation of the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Both Landmine Monitor and Cluster Munition Monitor assess the efforts of the international community to resolve the crisis caused by these weapons. As of 1 November 2018, 164 countries, over 80% of the world’s governments, have ratified, or acceded to, the Mine Ban Treaty. 120 countries have signed, ratified, or acceded to, the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Myanmar/Burma has not yet joined either convention...''
Source/publisher:
''Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor"
Date of publication:
2018-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Reports and maps covering anti-personnel landmines and Burma/Myanmar
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"Country is third on the list of total victims over the last decade and one of only two governments worldwide to use the weapon in 2016... Only country listed every year?
?Myanmar is the only country on the planet which has the unfortunate distinction of being listed every year for its use of mines, both by the government and non-state armed groups, since 1999 when the Landmine Monitor began its work,” the campaigner said.
Myanmar?s military, the Tatmadaw, has been fighting armed ethnic groups around the country for about 70 years. But even with the push for peace since the previous military-dominated Thein Sein regime, more than 1,000 people have been injured or killed by mines.
Over the past decade, Myanmar is third on the list of total victims, behind only Afghanistan and Colombia ? and that ranking is based on figures that Moser-Puangsuwan said were ?not even close to accurate”, partly because the government still does not record mine casualties..."
Source/publisher:
"Asia Times"
Date of publication:
2017-12-15
Date of entry/update:
2017-12-16
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Individual Documents
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English
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Mine Ban Treaty / Status: non-signatory...
Convention on Cluster Munitions / Status: non-signatory...
Convention on Conventional Weapons / Status: Not joined...
Convention on Conventional Weapons / Amended Protocol II: n/a...
Convention on Conventional Weapons / Protocol V: n/a...
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Status: Acceded...
2017 UNGA Resolutions: 72/40 (landmines) -- 72/41 (cluster munitions)
Source/publisher:
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Date of publication:
2017-12-14
Date of entry/update:
2017-12-15
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Individual Documents
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English
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"RANGOON — The Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor has revealed that over 400 civilians had been killed and another 3,300 injured by landmines over the past 17 years, adding that these figures likely underestimate the true extent of damage and lives lost.
Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwa, a research coordinator and editor at the monitor, said that most of the victims were uncompensated ordinary citizens, injured or killed by anti-personnel landmines produced by the government and rebel groups. He said that soldiers had not been accounted for in the death toll.
?We estimate that since 1997, most of the people included in the figures are civilians. But we don?t have any idea as to the exact number of dead or a potential maximum estimate,” Moser-Puangsuwa said..."
Moe Myint
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of publication:
2015-11-25
Date of entry/update:
2015-11-26
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Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Updated Content: Mine action
Source/publisher:
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Date of publication:
2014-10-09
Date of entry/update:
2014-10-09
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LAND RIGHTS
AND MINE ACTION
IN MYANMAR -
DO NO HARM:
PROPOSALS FOR A SET
OF EIGHT CORE PRINCIPLES AND A
14-STEP SEQUENCING PROCESS FOR
LAND RIGHTS-SENSITIVE MINE SURVEY
AND CLEARANCE IN MYANMAR.....
"Vast areas of land in Myanmar are currently contaminated by landmines and other explosive
remnants of war (ERW) as a legacy of decades of armed conflict between the national
government and a wide range of ethnic armed groups. However, the political climate in
Myanmar has been rapidly changing, peace talks have been progressing, and plans are being
developed to commence demining of contaminated lands. Programme and policy formulation
by mine action related organisations in Myanmar is currently underway, and landmine and ERW
survey and clearance operations are expected to commence in the near future. In addition, the
Myanmar Mine Action Center (MMAC) is about to be established under the Myanmar Peace
Centre (MPC) and, once it has been activated, will be expected to play the key governmental role
in mine action efforts.
2.
Mine action is a vital component of broader strategies to secure sustainable peace in countries
emerging from conflict and instability. At the same time, mine action is inextricably linked to
broader land rights questions because demining frees land that was previously unusable and/or
difficult and dangerous to access. If managed poorly or if carried out purely on a technical basis
without taking land rights questions into account, de-mining can re-ignite or create new land
conflicts, facilitate land grabbing for resource extraction or other large-scale business activities,
lead to forced displacement, serve to reinforce or exacerbate economic inequalities, and trigger a
range of other undesirable outcomes. It is thus vital that demining efforts in Myanmar be subject
to policies and agreements that can prevent such outcomes. It is essential, in other words, that
the landmine survey and clearance efforts
Do No Harm..."
.
Source/publisher:
Displacement Solutions
Date of publication:
2014-02-00
Date of entry/update:
2014-10-08
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Mine Clearance in Burma/Myanmar, Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary
Language:
English
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"Decades of ethnic conflict have left south eastern Myanmar one of the most landmine-ridden regions in the world. Few landmine victims get the treatment they need inside the country, formerly known as Burma, and so spend days travelling to neighbouring Thailand for medical support.
The Mae Tao Clinic provides healthcare to more than 150,000 displaced people every year, from vaccinations, to eye surgery and emergency operations on gunshot wounds. In the clinic?s prosthetics department, where many of the staff are themselves former landmine victims, more than 250 prosthetic limbs are fitted each year.
Nidhi Dutt travels to the border town of Mae Sot to meet the people making tailored prosthetics from the simplest of tools for whoever needs them, no matter which side of Myanmar?s civil conflict they are on..."
Nidhi Dutt
Source/publisher:
Al Jazeera (The Cure)
Date of publication:
2014-06-24
Date of entry/update:
2014-06-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Injuries caused by landmines, Health of Burmese refugees and migrants
Language:
English
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"No one knows how many people have been affected by landmines in Burma, the only state to consistently lay mines since 1997. Some who step on mines die immediately, but most will survive to live with severely disabling injuries. For the latter there is little in the way of immediate or long-term medical assistance available from the country?s impoverished medical system.
Hope is on the horizon, however. On Friday last week the UN announced the accession of Burma to the Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (CRPD). This rights-based document could bring about a significant improvement in the quality of life for landmine victims and other people living with disabilities in the country. For that improvement to happen in the lifetime of current survivors, the convention needs to be implemented, meaning Burma must focus on generating necessary services in the areas where survivors live – given that landmines are mostly laid in the country?s remote border regions whose development has never taken place, this will be no easy feat..."
Yeshua Moser Puangsuwan
Source/publisher:
Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB)
Date of publication:
2011-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary, Rights of people with disabilities
Language:
English
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"Myanmar Accedes to the international Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (CRPD)...The ICBL had previously been informed by Foreign Ministry officials that the legal review of this convention had been completed, but that the Convention would have to forwarded to the new Parliament for debate and approval.
On 9 December, the United Nations received the accession from Myanmar, which will go into effect 6 January 2012. Myanmar?s adherence to the CRPD will be significant for increasing assistance to the countries landmine, and other, disabled..."
Source/publisher:
International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL)
Date of publication:
2011-12-12
Date of entry/update:
2012-07-03
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Category:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Anti-Personnel Landmines - Specialist organisations and commentary
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English
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Abstract:
Since the launch of Geneva Call in 2000, significant progress has been made. 34 NSAs from Burma/Myanmar, Burundi, India, Iraq, the Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Turkey and Western Sahara have signed the ?Deed of Commitment”, an innovative mechanism that enables NSAs, which by definition cannot accede to the 1997 Ottawa Convention, to subscribe to its norms. Signatory groups have, by and large, complied with their obligations, refraining from using anti-personnel mines and cooperating in mine action with specialized organizations. In addition, nine other NSAs have pledged to prohibit or limit the use of anti-personnel mines, either unilaterally or through a ceasefire agreement with the government. In some countries, the signing of the ?Deed of Commitment” by NSAs facilitated the launch of much-needed humanitarian mine action programs in areas under their control, as well as the accession by their respective States to the Ottawa Convention. Of course, many challenges remain, notably the continued use of anti-personnel mines by non-signatory groups, the lack of technical and financial resources to support implementation of the ?Deed of Commitment” and insufficient cooperation from some concerned States. Yet, this report illustrates how NSA engagement can be effective in securing their compliance with international humanitarian norms.
Source/publisher:
Geneva Call
Date of publication:
2007-11-00
Date of entry/update:
2010-07-28
Grouping:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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