Tajikistan
| Performance Criterion | Score |
|---|---|
| Understanding of anti-personnel mine contamination (20% of overall score) | 5 |
| National ownership and programme management (10% of overall score) | 7 |
| Gender (10% of overall score) | 7 |
| Information management and reporting (10% of overall score) | 6 |
| Planning and tasking (10% of overall score) | 6 |
| Land release system (20% of overall score) | 6 |
| Land release outputs and Article 5 compliance (20% of overall score) | 7 |
| Performance score | 6.2 |
Key Developments
Tajikistan released just over 1.13km2 through survey and clearance in 2022,Email from Muhabbat Ibrohimzoda, Director, Tajikistan National Mine Action Centre (TNMAC), 11 April 2023; and Article 7 Report (covering 2022), Form F. a notable increase on the 0.55km2 released in 2021.Email from Muhabbat Ibrohimzoda, TNMAC, 19 June 2022. This increase was predominantly due to refocusing efforts on clearing anti-personnel (AP) mined areas.Email from Muhabbat Ibrohimzoda, TNMAC, 11 April 2023. Having been moved away from heavily mined areas in Khatlon region due to insecurity along the border with Afghanistan and redeployed elsewhere to focus on battle area clearance (BAC) from August to November 2021,Emails from Muhabbat Ibrohimzoda, TNMAC, 19 June 2022; Melissa Anderson, Country Director, Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), 1 July 2022; and Saodat Asadova, National Programme Officer, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 3 June 2022. demining teams were able to return to Khatlon in the spring of 2022 to conduct mine clearance.Emails from Saodat Asadova, OSCE, 3 June 2022; and Melissa Anderson, NPA, 1 July 2022. In June 2023, Tajikistan stated that, given the lack of additional resources secured and the continuing discovery of previously unrecorded minefields each year, it expects to submit a further extension request beyond its 2025 deadline.Statement of Tajikistan on Article 5 Implementation, APMBC Intersessional Meetings, Geneva, 19–21 June 2023.
Recommendations for Action
- Tajikistan should explore all possible ways to increase national capacity to the levels needed to fulfil its Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC) Article 5 commitments, including training and deploying further Border Guard forces on the Afghan border as deminers.
- The Tajikistan National Mine Action Centre (TNMAC) should expedite planning and prioritisation of accelerated survey to reach a clear national baseline estimate of contamination, as outlined in the information supporting Tajikistan’s last Article 5 deadline extension request.
- Tajikistan should work with key stakeholders to address a projected shortfall in funding in order to try to meet its 2025 Article 5 deadline.
- TNMAC should continue to develop plans for establishing sustainable demining capacity to tackle residual contamination identified after completion.
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