Yemen

The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre – Internationally Recognised Government, Aden (YEMAC-IRG, also known as YEMAC South) and the Yemen Mine Action Coordination Centre – IRG (YMACC-IRG, also known as YEMAC North) maintained essential coordination, planning, tasking and information management in the face of acute shortages of funding. The Yemen Executive Mine Action Centre – De Facto Authorities, Sana’a (YEMAC-DFA) signed memorandums of understanding with Humanity & Inclusion (HI) and Danish Refugee Council (DRC), providing for international NGO engagement in Houthi-controlled areas for the first time, although only HI was operational there at time of writing. Nearly two years after the emergency mine action programme managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ended, the UN country team endorsed a roadmap for UN support to mine action in Yemen that foresees UNDP leading its support to the development of national mine action capacity.

• All parties to the armed conflicts should halt use of mines and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

• The United Nations, YEMAC-IRG, and YEMAC-DFA should engage constructively to develop a framework for mine action that can facilitate a resumption of international donor funding.

• YEMAC-DFA should separate its roles of regulator and operator.

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