CL - Community Liaison
How MAG gathers, analyses and disseminates information in order to identify and implement the most effective solutions to the obstacles and dangers caused by remnants of conflict.
CWMD - Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal
MAG uses the term Conventional Weapons Management and Disposal (CWMD) to more accurately reflect the range of munitions it encounters in support of stockpile management, as in many of its projects items outside of the small arms and light weapons (SALW) definition are dealt with, such as aircraft bombs, large calibre artillery, mortar ammunition and rockets.
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EOD - Explosive ordnance disposal
The safe removal and controlled destruction of unexploded, abandoned and other ordnance.
ERW - Explosive remnants of war
Any type of explosive weapons, including ammunition, but not including landmines.
IDP - Internally displaced person/people
People who've been forced to move to other areas of their own country due to conflict.
MANPADS - Man-portable air defence systems
Portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems.
MAT - Mine Action Team
Specially trained multi-skilled teams who detect and remove the remnants of conflict.
Mine action
The field we work in relating to the clearance of the remnants of conflict.
MRE - Mine Risk Education
Life-saving information we provide to those immediately at risk.
NGO - Non-governmental organisation
Remnants of conflict
MAG uses this term to describe all items recovered and destroyed as part of its humanitarian disarmament activities, which include anti-personnel and anti-vehicle mines, explosive remnants of war (ie. any type of explosive weapons, including ammunition, but not including landmines), abandoned and unexploded ordnance, and SALW. This term has been developed to reflect more accurately the broad range of clearance activities undertaken by MAG.
SALW - Small arms and light weapons
Small arms include revolvers, self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machine guns, assault rifles, light machine guns. Light weapons include hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers, heavy machine guns, portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, recoilless rifles, portable launchers of anti-tank missile and rocket systems, portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS), mortars of less than 100mm calibre.
UXO - Unexploded ordnance
Unexploded bombs, rockets, missiles, mortars, grenades and more.
