mine action

But until now, we have not had a coherent overall approach to our mine action.

I alone am responsible for mine actions, and have no account to give to any one."

Between 1998 and 2005, Croatia spent €214 million on various mine action programs.

The US government has recently given some financial assistance for humanitarian mine action.

In doing this, we are responding to and building on the initiative of Parliament to create a specific budget line for mine action.

The funding of mine action from the geographic programmes and their budget lines will continue.

The UK is also one of the biggest donors for mine action.

The United Nation's mine action program lost 80 jeeps.

Between 2010 and 2013, the UK has committed more than £30million to mine action work.

Finally, the European Union is recognised as one of the leading contributors to mine action within the international community.

These include regulations on food aid, human rights and democratisation, mine action and rehabilitation.

Mine action is commonly represented as comprising five complementary groups of activities:

Australia is a significant contributor to international mine action, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

The fact might influence mine actions.

NPA has been involved in mine action since 1992.

In this context demining is one of the tools of mine action.

Countries wanting assistance need to prioritise mine action in their requests to the European Commission.

Christopher "Chris" Clark is a renowned mine action expert.

Humanitatian mine action is also linked to the development plans of the provinces, districts and communities.

Mine clearance and other forms of mine action are often a preliminary step to any sensible development programme.

This complements current efforts within the United Nations system to integrate a gender perspective throughout mine action projects.

For further information, check the Mine Action Centre.

In addition to this we have allocated significant additional funding for mine action work in Afghanistan and Libya.

To help governments take full responsibility for their National Mine Action Programmes.

Fourteen United Nations departments, programmes, agencies and funds are directly or indirectly involved in mine action.