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++ República de Moçambique Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Instituto Nacional de Desminagem CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF

1 ++ República de Moçambique Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação Instituto Nacional de Desminagem CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION Article 7 Report for the Secretary General of the United Nations STATE Republic of Mozambique DATE OF ISSUE CONTACT Instituto Nacional de Desminagem /2 (tel) (fax) info@ind.gov.mz

2 Form A National implementation measures Each State should provide a report... on: a) The national implementation measures referred to in Article 9. (According to Article 9, Each State should take all legal, administrative, and other appropriate measures, including the imposition of penal sanctions, to prevent and hinder any activities prohibited by the Convention performed by people or in the territory under their jurisdiction or control. ) State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st December 2005 Measures Informação adicional No legal measures were taken within the period under consideration. In the fulfillment of the Ottawa Convention, especially in respects to article 9, the proposed law on this matter has been submitted to the Parliament for appraisal. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 1

3 Form B Stock of landmines b) The total stock of landmines belonging to the Estate or possessed by her, or under her jurisdiction or control, distinguished by type, quantity, and if possible, the lot number of each type of the existing landmines. State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st December 2005 INFORMATION Mozambique has concluded the destruction of the stock of landmines in February 2003, as reported in the previous reports of Mozambique on article 7 of the Ottawa Convention. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 2

4 Form C Location of the mined areas c) As much as possible, the location of all mined areas, or suspected of being mined, under her jurisdiction or control, including the maximum of information on the type and quantity of landmines for each mined area and the time at which they were laid. State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st December Mined areas The information provided does not differentiate the mined areas from the areas suspected to be mined. 2. Areas suspected to be mined as of 31st December 2005 Provinces Affected villages Population Quantity Suspected areas Area (in m²) Quant % Quant % Quant % Quant % Niassa ,00 - C. Delgado 1 0, ,71 1 0, ,38 Nampula 2 1, ,22 2 0, ,67 Zambézia 3 1, ,77 2 0, ,91 Tete 17 9, , , ,01 Manica 34 19, , , ,88 Sofala 33 18, , , ,29 Inhambane 32 18, , , ,84 Gaza 19 10, , , ,83 Maputo 33 18, , , ,19 Total Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 3

5 Remarks: The tabel above contains preliminary data. The variation of the prevailing impact presented in the present report compared to the information provided in the previous report results from the works of research, classification cancellation and clarification of the areas carried out throughout Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 4

6 Form D Detained or transferred landmines d) The types, quantities, if possivel, the number of the lots of all landmines retained or transferred for purposes of development and detection training, removal or landmines destruction techniques, or transfer for destruction purposes, as well as the institutions duly authorized by the State Parte to retain or transfer landmines, according to Article 3. State: Mozambique Report to the period of : 1st January 2005 to 31st December Detained landmines for purposes of development and training (Article 3, paragraph 1) TYPE OF LANDMINE FADM HT H.I RONCO TOTAL AUPS Type 72A 00 PMD PMN PMN GYATA 00 VALMAR POMZ-2M POMZ OZM PPMISR MON GYATAS OZM MON M M TOTAL Key: FADM Armed Forces of Defense of Mozambique HT Halo Trust H.I Handicap International RONCO Ronco Consulting Corporation Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 5

7 2. Transferred Anti-personnel mines for destruction purposes (Article 3, paragraph 2) 151 landmines belonging to PAD have been destroyed, as the Accelerated Demining Program ended in June Form E Current situation of the programs for the conversion or non-utilization of the landmines production infrastructures. Each signatory State should provide a report on: e) The current situation of the programs for transformation or the non-utilization of the infrastructures of production of Anti-personnel mines. State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st Dec Indicate conversion or nonutilization State (indicate ongoing or concluded ) Additional information Landmines have never been produced in Mozambique that is why there are no any infrastructures for this affect. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 6

8 Form F Current situation of the programs for destruction of landmines f) The current situation of the programs for destructions of landmines reported in Articles 4 and 5, providing details on the methods to be used for distruction, the location of all destruction sites as well as the security measures and protection of the invironment reported. State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st Dec Statute of the programs for destruction of the stored landmines (Article 4) The Armed Forces of Defense of Mozambique (FADM) have concluded the process of destruction of the stock of landmines on 28 February Statute of the programs for destruction of landmines in the mined areas (Article 5) Description of the programs statutes Destruction lacations (see Form G) Methods Destruction of landmines in the demining areas is generally done by detonation of explosive charge. Security measures The security measures taken in the landmine destruction programs are in line with the stated in the document Normas Nacionais de Desminagem Humanitária em Moçambique Environment protection measure The destruction of the landmines is done in such a way that it does not affect the existing infrastructures and the environment in general, in accordance with the Normas Nacionais de Desminagem Humanitária em Moçambique. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 7

9 Form G Landmines destroyed after the enforcement of the Convention g) The types and quantities of all landmines destroyed after the enforcement of the Convention, including the quantity per each type of landmine destroyed, according to Articles 4 and 5 respectively, and, whenever possible, the numbers of the lots of each type of landmines in the case of destructions done according to Article 4. Signatory State: Mozambique Report to the period of: 1st January 2005 to 31st December Destruction of stored landmines (Article 4) Type Quantity Nº of lot Addition Information Mozambique has concluded the destruction of the stocked landmines in Fev Destruction of landmines in the mined areas all over the country (Article 5) Type Quantity Additional information N/A 43,223 At National level M/966, M/969, PMN, POMZ-2,POMZ-2M, OZM-4, DESCONHECIDAS PMD-6,PMN, POMZ-2, GYATA-64, TYPE 72, OZM-4, M/966, M/969, DESCONHECIDAS 36,610 GYATA-64, POMZ-2, MON-50, OZM-4, OZM-72, PMD-6, PMN, TM-62, PMN-2, POMZ-2M, PT-MI-BA III; AND PRACTICE, BT-MI BA III, TM- 46 & TMN-46; AND TRAINING, UITM-46, DESCONHECIDAS Total 79,833 Total at national level Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 8

10 Form H Technical characteristics of each type of landmines produced or possessed h) The technical features of each type of landmines produced, as much as possivble, and belonging to the State, considering that this type of information may facilitate the identification and removal of of landmines; at least, this information should include the dimension, the size, the explosive content, colour photographs and other data that can help to facilitate the demining Signatory State: Mozambique Report to the period of : 1st January 2005 to 31st Dec Technical features of each type produced Landmines have never been produced in the Republic of Mozambique 2. Technical features of each type possessed (detained for training or that are found during demining operations) Type Dimensions Fusing PPM-2 VALMARA 69 GYATA OZM-72 OZM-4 Diam: 145 mm Height: 61 mm Diameter: 130 mm Height: 205 mm Diameter: 90 mm Height: 210 mm Diameter: 69 mm Height: 145 mm Diameter: 90 mm Explosive content Type grams Metallic Content Color photo attached Supplementary information to facilitate mine clearance. Pressure TNT 300 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine Pressure or tension to tripwire Pressure or tension to tripwire 2, 4, 6 TNT/RDX 576 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine TNT 700 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine Traction TNT 500 g Yes No Mine body is normally above Traction TNT 170 g Yes No Mine body is normally above Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 9

11 Height: 140 mm PMD-6 Rectangular 191 X 89 X 64 mm PMN Diameter: 112 mm Height: 56 mm PMN-2 Diameter: 125 mm Height: 54 mm POMZ-2 Diameter: 60 mm Height: 130 mm POMZ-2M Diameter: 60 mm Height: 107 mm PP Mi-Sr II Diameter: 102 mm Height: 152 mm AUPS Flat cylinder Pressure or tension Compos. B 50/50 RDX/TNT Pressure TNT 200 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine Pressure TNT 200 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine Pressure TNT/RDX 100 g Yes No Readily detectable with a mine Tension to tripwire TNT 75 g Yes 2000 g Tension to tripwire TNT 75 g Yes 1500 g Pressure or tension TNT 325 g Yes 2800 g 109 g Yes 0,5 g No No No No Mine body is normally above Mine body is normally above Readily detectable with a mine Difficult to detect with a mine. Underwater operational. M/969 Cubic Tension to tripwire Yes No Mine body is normally above M966 Cubic Tension to tripwire Yes No Mine body is normally above MON-50 Rectangular Tension to tripwire or command detonation MON Circular Tension to tripwire or command detonation Pentrita 700 g Yes No Mine body is normally above TNT 1790 g Yes 3400 g No Mine body is normally above Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 10

12 Form I Artigcle 7.1 Measures taken to inform the population i) Measures taken for immediate and effective publication of the information to the population about all the identified areas in paragraph 2 of the Article 5. ( According to Article 5, paragraph 2: Each State must do whatever possible to identify the mined areas, or suspected to be mined, under its jurisdiction or control, and ensure that they are delimited, supervised and interdicted in order to exclude the presence of civilians until when all the landmines are destroyed. The demarcation should obey the criteria defined in the Protocol on the Prohibition or restrictions of the use of landmines and other artifice, as amended on 3rd of Mya 1996, attached to the Convention on the prohibition or the restrictions of use of conventional storage considered highly dengeraous or with undistiguishable effects. ) State: Mozambique Report to the period of : 1st January 2005 to 31st Dec Civic Education Activity and Sensitization about the danger of landmines is carried out by sensitization agents linked to NGO s and it s integrated in the demining activity. Thus, in 2005, 49 deminers from the operator Handicap International and 81 sensitization agents were trained together with the communities in the districts of Manica, in Manica Province and Chibabava in the Province of Sofala. Apart from training, sensitization talks were carried out in the districts of Chibabava and gorongoza in the Province of Sofala, which enabled the sensitization of a little more than 7,800 people and in the districts of Cahora Bassa, Magoé and Chifunda in Tete has benefited 4,000 people and a total of 310 teachers and students in the district of Manica in the Province of the same name. The component of sensitization about the danger of landmines, in 2005, proved to be of great importance taking into account the big number of accidents reported during the year, compared to the previous year, and the indications of coverage of new mined areas enhances the need for major efforts for sensitization in schools and in the contaminated areas, recently discovered. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 11

13 Form J Other relevant issues The States may use this form for voluntarily provide information on other relevant issues, including issues related to the compliance and implementation not covered by the formal requirements of the Article 7. The States are encouraged to report on activities carried out on fulfillment of Article 6, in particular in what respects the assistance provided for caretaking, rehabilitation and the social and economic reintegration of the victims of the landmines. State: Mozambique Report to the period of : 1st January 2005 to 31st Dec Support to the landmines victims and survivors is still being considered as one of the priorities of the Government, and in 2005 the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Action assisted 12 victims of landmines in the provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, and Zambézia. Still in the same context of the Government and its partners efforts in the assistance to the victims, the Landmine Survivor Network based in the province of Zambézia, has given support for social and economic reintegration to 168 victims of landmines, with distribution and/or reparation of mobility devices, availability of construction material, school material, clothes, medical and medicinal assistance and support in income generation activities, 39 survivors have benefited from planning and management of small enterprises courses, 19 trained in carpenter courses and 10 received support to start own business. Notwithstanding the Government and its partners efforts, the area of assistance to the victims is still the weakest component of the mine action program in the country, due to limitations of financial resources. Mozambique Report from the Article 7 (January 2005/December 2005) 12

MOZAMBIQUE UPDATE ON DEMINING COMPLETION

MOZAMBIQUE UPDATE ON DEMINING COMPLETION Meeting of the MASG By Hans Risser and Justus Okoko New York, 18 Octoberr 2013 1 Background Mozambique landmine problem was once one of the most severe in the world,