E-MINE (Electronic Mine Information Network) is a web-based information gateway designed to support both the planning and coordination of global mine action efforts by making available to all partners reliable information on mine action programmes, issues, best practices and technologies.
The project builds on other mine action databases, information systems, and websites, including:
- The Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) developed by the GICHD to support the management of mine action programmes in the field;
- The Database of Mine Action Investments, initially developed by the Government of Canada to provide information on the resources made available worldwide for international mine action assistance;
- The website managed by JMU and the GICHD for UNMAS to provide up-to-date information on the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS);
- The database developed by the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs (DDA) to manage the reports submitted by States Parties to the AP Mine Ban Treaty under its article 7;
- The databases established by UNMAS to manage documents and projects related to mine action, as well as lists of experts, expert agencies and national points of contact on mine action;
- The Landmine Monitor initiative of the ICBL.
E-MINE was launched in September 2001, at the Third Meeting of States Parties to the AP Mine Ban Convention, and replaced the original landmines database established by the UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) in 1995. In December 2002, in its annual Resolution on Assistance in Mine Action (A/57/159), the UN General Assembly requested UNMAS to develop it further
| "as a user-friendly repository of mine-related information and as a means for mine-action programmes to circulate on a regular basis to donors and other partners standard reports on the scope and impact of the mine problem, available mine-action resources and capacities and the progress achieved in the field." |
All Member States and regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations are encouraged to contribute to E-MINE. In this respect, it should be noted that under both the amended protocol II to the CCW Convention, and the AP Mine Ban Treaty,
| "Each State Party undertakes to provide information to the database on mine clearance established with the United Nations System, especially information concerning various means and technologies of mine clearance, and lists of experts, expert agencies or national points of contact on mine clearance." |
E-MINE was made possible by financial and in-kind contributions received from the Governments of Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom.
In December 2002, the project was awarded a UN 21 award for its innovation and creativity.
E-MINE is best viewed with Internet Explorer.
Please address queries, suggestions or complaints to e-mine@un.org
Site manager:
Milena Sonnenberg, e-mail: sonnenberg@un.org
UN Mine Action Service Information Unit Staff:
Aaron Buckley, e-mail: buckleya@un.org
Milena Sonnenberg, e-mail: sonnenberg@un.org
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