United Nations Mine Action Service NAOC Annual Meeting Mr. Paul - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

United Nations Mine Action Service NAOC Annual Meeting Mr. Paul Heslop, UNMAS Chief of Programme Management N New York, 20 November 2013 Y k 20 N b 2013

UNMAS Origins: Landmine and UXO Clearance • Established by GA Resolution 53/26 (1998) as the UN entry point for Mine Action • Initial UNMAS activities in support of UN Missions then focused solely on Landmine/ l l L d i / UXO clearance and Risk Education

UNMAS Today: Essential Explosive Hazard Threat Management Ammunition Storage Management Ammunition Storage Management Small Arms Light Weapons disposal Counter Counter ‐ IED IED Weapons and Stockpile Management Weapons and Stockpile Management

Mandates & Responsibilities UNMAS Responsibilities International Frameworks for Mine Action International Frameworks for Mine Action • Save lives. • Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, its Amended Protocol II and Protocol V • Facilitate deployment of UN missions and • Anti–Personnel Mine Ban Convention • Convention on Cluster Munitions the delivery of humanitarian assistance. • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities C i h Ri h f P i h Di bili i • UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light • Protect civilians . Weapons • Protect international personnel and assets. • Support voluntary return of IDPs and Additional Legislative Mandates Additional Legislative Mandates refugees. • UNSC and GA Resolutions • Member State requests • Enable humanitarian and recovery • Humanitarian emergency responses H it i • UNSC Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security activities . • Advocate for international humanitarian and human rights law.

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