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Landmine Monitor Report 1999
Toward a Mine-Free World

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Executive Summary

Landmine Monitor Core Group
Human Rights Watch · Handicap International · Kenya Coalition Against Landmines · Mines Action Canada · Norwegian People’s Aid

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Human Rights Watch
1630 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20009, USA
Tel: (202) 612-4321, Fax: +1-202-612-4333, E-mail: hrwdc@hrw.org

350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY 10118-3299, USA
Tel: (212) 290-4700, Fax: +1-212- 736-1300, E-mail: hrwny@hrw.org

Handicap International
rue de Spastraat 67, B-1000 Brussels, BELGIUM
Tel: +32-2-286-50-59, Fax: +32-2-230-60-30

14 avenue Berthelot 69007 Lyon, FRANCE
Tel: +33-4-78-69-79-79, Fax: +33-4-78-69-79-94

Kenya Coalition Against Landmines
PO Box 57217, Nairobi, KENYA
Tel: +254-2-222-095, Fax: +254-2-225-390

Mines Action Canada
1 Nicolas Street, Suite 1210, Ottawa, ONT K1N 7B7, CANADA
Tel: +1-613-241-3777, Fax: +1-613244-3410

Norwegian People’s Aid
PO Box 8844, Youngstorget NO-0028, Oslo, NORWAY
Tel: +47-22-03-77-00, Fax: +47-22-20-09-40

International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Web Site Address: http://www.icbl.org

For a copy of Landmine Monitor Report 1999--Toward a Mine-Free World
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CONTENTS

ABOUT LANDMINE MONITOR

INTRODUCTION

BANNING ANTIPERSONNEL MINES
Universalization
Ratification / Entry into Force
Global Use of Antipersonnel Mines
Global Production of Antipersonnel Mines
Global Trade in Antipersonnel Mines
Global Stockpiles of Antipersonnel Mines

GLOBAL STOCKPILES OF ANTIPERSONNEL MINES
Estimated Global Total: More than 250 million Antipersonnel Mines in Stockpiles
Special Issues of Concern
Antivehicle Mines with Antihandling Devices
National Implementation Measures
Joint Operations
Stockpiling and Transit of Foreign APMs
Mines Retained For Training Purposes

HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION
The Mine Ban Treaty and Mine Action
The Numbers Issue
Numbers and the Real Impact
Humanitarian Mine Action: Features And Principles
Commercial Contracting And Humanitarian Mine Clearance
Funding For Humanitarian Mine Action
Technology, Research and Development, Funding and Humanitarian Mine Clearance
Lack of baseline data
Challenges For Humanitarian Mine Action
Mine Awareness

ASSISTANCE FOR LANDMINE SURVIVORS
The Mine Ban Treaty and Victim Assistance
Data Collection – Landmine Victims and “the Numbers Issue”
Landmine Survivors: Needs and Assistance
Addressing Survivor’s Needs

MINE ACTION FUNDING
Major Mine Action Donors
Demining Research and Development Funding
Major Mine Action Recipients

REGIONAL OVERVIEWS
AFRICA
AMERICAS
ASIA/PACIFIC
EUROPE/CENTRAL ASIA
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

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