Mine action

Mine Action Office Macedonia
as at 15:00 January 28th, 2002
 

ITF planned return to clearance
Government participation in MA Programme
         - Mine Action Senior Management
         - Database operators
         - Civil Protection Training
         - Commitment to International Programme
Geneva assistance to database training
New equipment and database upgrade
Planned recess with ICRC
Mine Awareness update

1.The ITF teams will be informed about the current situation in Macedonia and, as soon as the weather conditions allow, they are expected to return and resume the clearance operations. The priority list would be prepared by the Government.

2.In that context, the Government is taking a greater interest in developing the Mine Action programme. A national representative was sent to Slovenia to attend the Senior Mine Action Management Course and the two database clerks will be supllied by mid-March so that they can be trained in April.

3.Regarding the training of the Macedonian teams, 18 Civil Protection members would be trained in Slovenia from the 15^th of March until the beginning of May. It is also expected that the international clearance teams would be deployed on the ground by the end of February.

4.The new equipment consisting of plotters, server, database set up of the IMSMA system is due to arrive the following week.

5.In co-ordination with ICRC the Mine Action Office planned a field trip to gather information on suspected borderlines in Debar and Gostivar area.

The next Mine Action co-ordination meeting will be held on the 11^th February, 2002, at 15:00h in the premises of UNMAO.

For further detail please contact Mr. Sandy Powell, Program Manager of the Mine Action Office, tel: 02 467 866; 070 252 157.

Previous reports

January 14, 2002
November 19, 2001