On 16 December 2021, UNMAS Geneva hosted a side event on “Improvised Explosive Devices Threat Mitigation: Looking Back to Move Forward” at the 6th Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. See below the event flyer, agenda, presentations and statements, and a short video extract from the event.
Event Agenda
Event Flyer
Event Presentations and Statements
Improvised Explosive Devices Threat Mitigation: Looking Back to Move Forward
Political, technical, and financial support provided by States Parties to the UN IED threat mitigation approach and to the UN Mine Action Strategy
- Colombia Statement - Ms. Diana Esperanza Castillo Castro, Coordinator of the IED Group of Experts of the Amended Protocol II to CCW, Colombia
- France Statement - Colonel Pascal Levant, Coordinator of the IED Group of Experts of the Amended Protocol II to CCW, France
Main achievements, challenges and lessons learnt in countries where the UN is supporting or leading IED threat mitigation
- IED Threat Mitigation in Peacekeeping from Policy to Capacity - a Reality Check - Mr. Jean-Guy Lavoie, Chief of Mine Action Programme, UNMAS Mali
- Somalia: IED Threat Mitigation - Mr. Justin Orin Smith, Head of Policy & Analysis, UNMAS Somalia
- EHM Partnership Grants - Mr. Mark Wilkinson, Senior Operations Manager, UNMAS Iraq
Progress made at the strategic level with the adoption of a UN whole-of-system approach to IED
- A Whole-of-System Response to IEDs - Ms. Maria Vardis, Team Leader, UNMAS Policy
Relevant international mine action standards developed in the past five years
- IED Standards - Mr. Raymond Kemei, Programme Officer, UNMAS Mobile Training Team