The news portal of the Foreign Policy Association, headquartered in New York, U.S. has published an article by Rachel Avraham, an Israeli political analyst and journalist, CEO of the Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy, headlined “Azerbaijan: A Center for Demining.”

“Recently, the Third International Conference on Mine Action titled “Mitigating Environmental Impact of Landmines: Resource Mobilization for Safe and Green Future” was held in Azerbaijan. It was critical to host this conference ahead of the COP29 Conference in Azerbaijan due to the role that landmines play in raising the threat of climate change,” the article said.

“New casualties from cluster munitions were recorded in nine countries—Azerbaijan, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Syria, Ukraine, and Yemen—in 2023. In 2023, 101 casualties from cluster munition remnants were recorded in Azerbaijan, Iraq, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Yemen, and Ukraine,” the author mentioned citing the Cluster Munition Monitor’s report.

“The Azerbaijani National Agency for Mine Action and the United Nations Development Program established the Center for Excellence for mine action training in Azerbaijan. It is set to become a vital platform for exchanging demining experience and technologies with other countries experiencing similar problems,” the article mentioned.

“Azerbaijan last year declared humanitarian demining the 18th National Sustainable Development Goal and signed a document with UNDP, highlighting the global importance of international cooperation in the field of demining. Azerbaijan hopes to continue to share its experience with demining with the global community,” the author emphasized.

The full text of the article is available via the following link:

https://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2024/09/17/azerbaijan-a-center-for-demining/