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Comprehensive Action against Anti-personnel Mines (AICMA) Activities in 2008 Secretariat for Multidimensional Security Department of Public Security Office of Humanitarian Mine Action MINES

Mandates l AG resolutions (the most recent):  AG/RES (XXXVII-O/07) Support for Action against Antipersonnel Mines in Ecuador and Peru  AG/RES (XXXVII-O/07) The Americas as an Antipersonnel-Land-Mine-Free Zone l Document of the PC of the OAS GT-PDCA-7- 97, “The OAS Mine-Clearing Assistance Program in Central America: Responsibilities of Participants” of September 1997 l Framework Agreements between the GS/OAS and each beneficiary country

Participants Donors Australia Brazil Canada Denmark European Union France Germany Italy Japan Norway Holland Russian Federation South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom United States Contributors Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua United States Venezuela Beneficiaries Nicaragua Colombia Ecuador Peru Chile Finalized Argentina Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Suriname

Status of the program Peru Began Ecuador Began Costa Rica Suriname 2005 Nicaragua Began Guatemala Honduras Finalized Active Chile Began Colombia Began Argentina 2003 (only stockpiles)

Mine-Clearing Advances l Colombia  Formation, equipping, and training of three more squads for mine- clearing operations  Start of humanitarian emergency operations  Clearing of 15% of minefields under military jurisdiction l Ecuador-Peru  Start of mine-clearing operations in Chiqueiza (Peru)  Agreement No. 5 among commanders of mine-clearing units  Use of TEMPEST (minesweeper equipment) l Nicaragua  154,437 mines destroyed and certified out of the 169,029 sown  Clearing of 95% of the areas mined

Further Achievements l Assistance of victims  Physical and psychological rehabilitation  Care for 1,050 survivors in Nicaragua (97%)  Identification of 47 survivors in Honduras, all of whose rehabilitation or medical care needs were met  Care for 26 survivors in Colombia and 11 in Ecuador  Vocational training  217 survivors in Nicaragua  35 survivors in Colombia currently being incorporated l Preventive education  Campaigns in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Ecuador l Destruction of ammunition and firearms  Destruction of approximately 500 tons of deteriorated ammunition in Nicaragua  Preparation of 18,000 light weapons (demobilized) for destruction in Colombia in December 2007

Activities 2008

l Mine-clearing units  2 MF squads  2 HEA squads  41 sappers per squad l Minefields (34)  5 cleared  6 to be cleared l Emergency zones (12)  1 cleared  6 to be cleared Captions Military minefield Cleared field Mine emergency zone Cleared zone DA E E DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA DADA Campanario Cerro Piojo Montezuma Gualy Alguacil La Maria DADA E Ricaulde Dabeiba E E Guadalupe Caracoli E E E Samaná E Corcorná E E E Bajo Grande Demining - Colombia

l Santiago sector of the Cordillera del Condor l Coordinated operations  Ecuador: 60 mine-clearers  Peru: 60 mine-clearers Santiago Area of operations 2008 Achuime sector Cenepa sector Cordillera del Condor Demining - Ecuador & Peru

DA F5 F1 F3 F4 F2 l Mine-clearing units  5 operations fronts  460 mine-clearers Demining - Nicaragua l l Departments of Nueva Segovia and Jinotega l l 41 mined areas l l 15,000 mines

Emergency phase Emergency phase Physical rehabilitation Physical rehabilitation Skills improvement Reintegration into society Reintegration into society Accident Psychological care Community Mine-clearing units Ministry of Health AICMA-OAS   Date gathering   Medical care Rehabilitation center Training centers Diagnostic evaluation Psychological care Training Medical follow-up Salary Accommodation Transportation Training materials AICMA-OAS AICMA-OAS: Support for microenterprise Post-training assistance AICMA-OAS Assistance of Victims Projects scheduled: ColombiaColombia EcuadorEcuador NicaraguaNicaragua PeruPeru

Ammunition and weapons l Destruction of ammunition  Nicaragua Phase II (approx. 1,000 tons) l Evaluation, development, and planning  Guatemala  Ecuador l Regional training  Advanced course – destruction of ammunition

Final considerations l The AICMA Program continues to facilitate achievement of the objectives of member states affected by mines. l Both donors and beneficiaries need to strengthen their commitments.