What are the current challenges and successes of the Mine Ban Treaty?
• Ensuring full compliance with Article 5 clearance deadlines is the greatest challenge facing the Mine Ban Treaty as a total of 19 states have now requested Article 5 clearance deadline extensions indicating that they will be unable to meet their clearance deadlines. • Failure of three states to meet stockpile destruction deadlines is the first major violation of the Mine Ban Treaty. • Numbers of recorded casualties continued to decrease in 2007, however data collection continued to be inadequate, meaning that many unrecorded casualties exist. • In 2008, international funding increased, and was the highest level of funding recorded. National funding decreased slightly in 2008. Significant support for mine action will continue to be needed for many years if the Mine Ban Treaty is to be fully implemented—especially for demining as well as for assistance to survivors.
