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INTERAMERICANINTERAMERICANDEFENSE BOARDDEFENSE BOARD
SECRETARIATSECRETARIAT
Humanitarian Demining Assistance Mission Humanitarian Demining Assistance Mission in South Americain South America
MARMINAS
1. Background:
The conflict at CENEPA’s Valley – Tiwinza War
Peace Agreement: January 14th 1995, “Definition of procedures agreed among the parts and the countries integrating the 1942 Rio de Janeiro Protocol (ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CHILE AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)”.
Commitment by Ecuador and Peru to the International Community for the removal of landmines.
1997 – Ottawa’s Treaty
1998 – Ecuador asks the GS/OAS a Program for Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines.
1999 – Peru asks the GS/OAS Program for Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines.
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1. Background :
19th March and 17th May 2001: Fremework Agreements: Equador/Peru and
GS/OAS.
April 2002 to april 2003: IADB deployed Interamerican Monitors employed in the
Assistance Mission for landmines removal in Centroamerica (MARMINCA) to support
the beggining of the demining work, through technical assistance and treinning of the
Ecuatorian and Peruvian Armies.
1st May 2003: IADB established the Assistance Mission for landmines removal in Soth
America (MARMINAS), to provide technical assistance to the OAS’s AICMA Program
(Counter Antipersonel Mine Integrated Action) in ECUADOR/PERU border.
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2. MARMINAS’s Mission:
MARMINAS‘s mission is to provide, both to Ecuador and to Peru, training, technical assistance and monitoring of the activities, in order to certify the mine-clearing operations are being conducted according to the international norms.
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3. MARMINAS’s Contributing Countries:
Brazil: 49 Interamerican Monitors (8 Mission’s Chief)Brazil: 49 Interamerican Monitors (8 Mission’s Chief)
Chile: 18 Interamerican MonitorsChile: 18 Interamerican Monitors
Honduras: 6 Interamerican MonitorsHonduras: 6 Interamerican Monitors
Nicaragua: Interamerican Monitors (2 Mission’s Chief)Nicaragua: Interamerican Monitors (2 Mission’s Chief)
4. Tasks assigned by the IADB to MARMINAS to accomplish its mission :
Transfer of the knowhow, through the IADB Humanitarian Demining Manual and
the experiences of the COSTA RICA’s Public Forces and HONDURAS’s,
NICARAGUA’s and GUATEMALA’s Armies;
Implementation of training courses, personal training and accreditation;
Inspection and evaluation of the material donated by AICMA;
participation in the planning of demining operations, and
preparation of special reports (danger reports), when safety rules are not in
accordance with national and international standards.
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MONITORING, CAPACITY, TRAINNING AND CERTIFICATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN DEMANING WORK.
MONITORING, CAPACITY, TRAINNING AND CERTIFICATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN DEMANING WORK.
Country Cleaned Area (m2) Antipersonal Mines Antitank Mines
EQUADOR 223.273,84 5.207 74
PERU 145.408,87 8.382 0
5. MARMINAS in brief
Work done in 12 years of presence of the IADB, through MARMINCA and MARMINAS in Ecuador-Peru border:
5. MARMINAS in brief
Work done in 12 years of presence of the IADB, through MARMINCA and MARMINAS in Ecuador-Peru border:
Work to be done up to 2017, in accomplish to the agreements signed by Ecuador and Peru:
Work to be done up to 2017, in accomplish to the agreements signed by Ecuador and Peru:
ECUADOR
Estimative
Area to be cleaned Mines to be removed
466 mil m² 15,595 minas
PERÚ 77 mil m² 16,895 minas
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6. Closure of MARMINAS
In May, 6th 2013, the AICMA/OAS Program Maneger informed the IADB Secretariat
the end of the Program in Ecuador y Peru.
The IADB Secretariat had informed the Delegations to the Board about the end of
the AICMA Program in Ecuador and Peru and began the plannings to the closure of the
Assistance Mission.
The Assistance Mission ended its work at december, 31st 2013.
The IADB Secretariat done Closure Ceremonies in Lima (January 15th 2014) and in
Quito (January 17th 2014);
Copies of the archives of MARMINAS’s documents were delivered to the
Governments of Ecuador and Peru and, also, there are copies of those archives in the
Demining Office in the IADB.
6. Closure of MARMINAS
In May, 6th 2013, the AICMA/OAS Program Maneger informed the IADB Secretariat
the end of the Program in Ecuador y Peru.
The IADB Secretariat had informed the Delegations to the Board about the end of
the AICMA Program in Ecuador and Peru and began the plannings to the closure of the
Assistance Mission.
The Assistance Mission ended its work at december, 31st 2013.
The IADB Secretariat done Closure Ceremonies in Lima (January 15th 2014) and in
Quito (January 17th 2014);
Copies of the archives of MARMINAS’s documents were delivered to the
Governments of Ecuador and Peru and, also, there are copies of those archives in the
Demining Office in the IADB.
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6. MARMINAS Closure Ceremonies6. MARMINAS Closure Ceremonies
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7. Conclusion
The AICMA/OAS Program and the IADB Assistance Mission held a unique
partnership for the benefit of the Humanitarian Demining: the prestige of the OAS in
obtaining lines of credit, from the international donor community, and technical capacity
and competence of the personnel involved, from IADB and AICMA Program, in
monitoring, training and certification of the work fronts
Synergistic results which has unparalleled in any other Demining Action: one of the
most successful Multinational Demining Programs;
Achievements:
- Improvement and development of techniques for removal of landmines in areas of difficult access and rugged terrain with dense vegetation cover;
- Extremely low rate of accidents and incidents, which proves the high level of the care provided, and
- The development of national, Ecuadorian and Peruvian, capabilities in conducting their own programs Demining.
7. Conclusion
The AICMA/OAS Program and the IADB Assistance Mission held a unique
partnership for the benefit of the Humanitarian Demining: the prestige of the OAS in
obtaining lines of credit, from the international donor community, and technical capacity
and competence of the personnel involved, from IADB and AICMA Program, in
monitoring, training and certification of the work fronts
Synergistic results which has unparalleled in any other Demining Action: one of the
most successful Multinational Demining Programs;
Achievements:
- Improvement and development of techniques for removal of landmines in areas of difficult access and rugged terrain with dense vegetation cover;
- Extremely low rate of accidents and incidents, which proves the high level of the care provided, and
- The development of national, Ecuadorian and Peruvian, capabilities in conducting their own programs Demining.
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