Landmine Free South Caucasus

The campaign, Landmine Free South Caucasus, is a collaborative effort by organisations from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia working with international partners to raise awareness of landmine issues in the region.

In the South Caucasus, the problem of landmines and other unexploded remnants of war remains a serious issue across the region. Over the last months, since the end of the 44-day Karabakh War, the problem has become more acute as efforts are made to rehabilitate territories that were until recently in the conflict zone. Most of these territories are heavily mined. Problems also remain in other areas on both the Armenian and the Azerbaijani sides of the line of contact and the international border.

The newsletter is an activity of LINKS Europe in collaboration with partners across the region.

The 33-year-old woman has three young children.

Regional meeting agrees to intensify efforts to raise awareness of the problem of landmines and to improve understanding of the provisions of the Ottawa Convention

"The decision by the United States Government to re-authorise the use of anti-personnel mines by US military forces outside of the Korean Peninsula undermines the global norm against anti-personnel mines", said the EU in a statement

The publication highlights the activities held in April 2019 as part of a regional campaign in support of a landmine free South Caucasus

A region-wide awareness campaign “Landmine free South Caucasus” is taking place from 4-10 April 2019. Events are being held in a number of cities and districts of the region, and the campaign features information material in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian and English. Commonspace.eu supports the campaign for a landmine free South Caucasus #landminefreeSC

In the Tavush District, 14,170 residents live in 9 villages close to a mine infected area. In Paravakar village, a concert was held for young people, and gifts were presented to families affected by demining incidents