This is the seventh Landmine Monitor report,
the annual product of an unprecedented initiative by the International
Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) to monitor and report on implementation
of and compliance with the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, and more generally, to
assess the international community's response to the humanitarian crisis
caused by landmines.
Landmine Monitor Report 2005 contains
information on 112 countries and areas with respect to landmine ban policy,
use, production, transfer, stockpiling, mine action funding, mine clearance,
mine risk education, landmine casualties, and survivor assistance. While
Landmine Monitor reports issued between 1999 and 2004 reported on every
country in the world, Landmine Monitor Report 2005 focuses on mine-affected
countries, States Parties with continued treaty implementation obligations,
and non-States Parties. Information on mine action donor countries is included
in a funding overview. Appendices with information from key players in
mine action, such as UN agencies and the International Committee of the
Red Cross, are also included.