The United Nations Mine Action Strategy 2024.
Significant progress made at global, national, and regional levels. The use of prohibited conventional weapons is increasingly stigmatized. Through the United Nations Security Council and United Nations General Assembly , Member States have repeatedly called for efforts to address the impact of mines, ERW and IEDs . Worldwide, mine action programmes continue to make progress in addressing risks associated with explosive ordnance . Mine action continues to be increasingly recognized as critical in resolving conflict, peacebuilding, sustaining peace, fostering development, strengthening food security and pursuing sustainable solutions for displacement. The enabling role of mine action is recognized in the Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament and in the Secretary-General’s policy brief, A New Agenda for Peace, which calls for action to reduce the human cost of weapons . The adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian C...