MAG has been clearing cluster munitions worldwide since 1994, focusing on the most-affected countries, including Cambodia, Kosovo, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Sudan and Vietnam.
• See our Worldwide scourge of cluster bombs photo gallery
Cluster bombs, or cluster munitions, are weapons which can be dropped from the air or fired from the ground. They release numerous explosive fragments – bomblets, or submunitions.
Bomblets which fail to explode on impact pose the threat of death or injury long after conflict is over.
Their presence means a lack of access to safe land, limiting agricultural development, the reconstruction of vital infrastructure, and the work of relief and development agencies.
Through a unique combination of Community Liaison – to prioritise operations based on humanitarian need, manual clearance – and Battle Area Clearance, MAG has pioneered an impact-driven approach that is the benchmark for safe and efficient clearance.
Due to our successful track record and reputation for innovation, MAG is in an ideal position to provide donors and affected countries with cost-effective solutions that will help to meet the commitments issued under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (www.clusterconvention.org).
Photo [Sean Sutton/MAG]: A cluster bomblet in Lao PDR. More than 270 million 'bombies' were dropped onto the country between 1964 and 1973, with up to 30 per cent failing to detonate. See our
Worldwide scourge of cluster bombs
gallery.
See also:
PHOTO GALLERY: Worldwide scourge of cluster bombs
VIDEO: Cluster munitions and unexploded ordnance in Lao PDR
STATISTICS: The unexploded ordnance problem in Lao PDR
Other websites:
Cluster Munition Coalition
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor
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