Methodology for the Protection of Civilian Populations from Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) Agns Marcaillou Director, UNMAS

9 April 2013

. . . Eliminating, Educating, and Enabling

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and UNMAS programs

Syria Afghanistan

Mali* Somalia Colombia Kenya

Eliminating . . . Threats
Nations are affected by:
Landmines Explosive Remnants War Improvised Explosive Devices Other explosive ordnance

Facilitates IED removal and destruction Removed and destroyed over 590 abandoned IEDs in Afghanistan
Contributed to a 40% reduction in civilian victims

Educating . . . United Nations

IED Awareness / IED Response & Reporting Training

Libya United Nations staff Sudan/South Sudan Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mission (in the context of UNISFA) UN Headquarters Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions United Nations Department of Safety and Security

Educating . . . Peacekeepers

IED Awareness training

Somalia

African Union Mission in Somalia Somali Police Force United Nations African Union Police Africa Contingency Operations Training & Assistance

Kenya

Kenyan Police Force

Mali

African-led International Support Mission to Mali

Enabling . . . Capacity

Explosive Ordnance Disposal / Improvised Explosive Device Disposal Training

Somalia Uganda People's Defense Force Burundian National Defense Forces Mali Malian Defense Forces

UNMAS has responded to nations requests to developing IED disposal capacity, enabling the states to take control of their own security

Enabling . . . Security
Post Blast Analysis Training
Somalia African Union Mission in Somalia EOD troops Somali Police Force In 2012 police in Mogadishu have been able to systematically respond to explosive threat callouts for the first time identifying and securing over 900 items so far including over 100 IEDs