Mauritania
Mauritania is contaminated with anti-personnel mines and cluster munition remnants.
| Performance Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Understanding of contamination (20% of overall score) | 7 |
| National ownership and programme management (10% of overall score) | 5 |
| Gender (10% of overall score) | 3 |
| Information management and reporting (10% of overall score) | 4 |
| Planning and tasking (10% of overall score) | 3 |
| Land release system (20% of overall score) | 6 |
| Land release outputs and Article 4 compliance (20% of overall score) | 6 |
| Performance score | 5.3 |
Key Developments
Mauritania will not meet its Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) Article 4 deadline of 1 August 2024 and has requested a further two-year extension. Mauritania completed clearance of two contaminated areas in 2021–22 using national funding, but has still to secure international funding and operational support to initiate large-scale clearance of the remaining cluster munition remnants (CMR) contamination, estimated to cover a total of more than 14km2.
In 2022, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) secured Norwegian government funding to conduct capacity and needs assessments and to create a capacity development plan with the National Humanitarian Demining Programme for Development (Programme National de Déminage Humanitaire pour le Développement, PNDHD).
Recommendations for Action
- Mauritania should continue its efforts to mobilise the necessary international funds and operational support to enable it to fulfil its Article 4 obligations.
- Mauritania should report on its CMR contamination accurately, consistently, and in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS), including through submission of timely Article 7 reports.
- The PNDHD should update its national mine action standards (NMAS) to ensure they are in accordance with the latest IMAS.
- PNDHD should conduct technical survey prior to commencing clearance at each task and conduct clearance only where there is confirmed evidence of contamination.
Download the full 2023 report for Mauritania
Click here to download the full "Clearing Cluster Munition Remnants 2023" report for Mauritania.