Guinea-Bissau
| Performance Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Understanding of anti-personnel mine contamination (20% of overall score) | 4 |
| National ownership and programme management (10% of overall score) | 4 |
| Gender (10% of overall score) | 4 |
| Information management and reporting (10% of overall score) | 3 |
| Planning and tasking (10% of overall score) | 7 |
| Land release system (20% of overall score) | 4 |
| Land release outputs and Article 5 compliance (20% of overall score) | 5 |
| Performance score | 4.4 |
Key Developments
Guinea-Bissau has not made progress in implementing its survey and clearance obligations under the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), although as at July 2023 it was planning to initiate a long-awaited national non-technical survey (NTS) of suspected hazardous areas (SHAs).
Recommendations for Action
- In order to comply with the APMBC, Guinea-Bissau should urgently conduct the national non-technical survey of all hazardous areas in order to confirm or deny the presence of anti-personnel (AP) mines, and accurately determine the location and extent of any contamination.
- Guinea-Bissau should reinforce its resource mobilisation efforts, both nationally and internationally, to enable the mine action activities necessary to fulfil its Article 5 obligations.
- Guinea-Bissau should adopt national mine action standards (NMAS) as soon as possible and ensure they are in line with the international mine action standards (IMAS).
- Guinea-Bissau should proceed with its efforts to establish a reliable Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database.
- Guinea-Bissau should adopt clear and efficient procedures for organisational accreditation process to allow for an efficient functioning of operators.
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