Abstract
In 2003, the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Mine Action Coordination Center (MACC) implemented a revised work plan that focused on mandate-specific activities and UNMEE Peacekeeping Force (PKF) demining assets. The novel and successful integration of the Force Mine Action Centre (FMAC) with the MACC represents a first in UN peacekeeping history, as Force demining assets are now coordinated by a single body and they work to International Mine Action Standards (IMAS). Unanticipated national events in mine action in Eritrea in 2002 prompted an opportune moment for the UNMEE MACC to demonstrate the key role that military demining components can play in humanitarian mine action, when effectively integrated.
Recommended Citation
Kudyba, Bob and Poelling, Andrea
(2004)
"The Military in Peacekeeping Operations,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 8
:
Iss.
1
, Article 2.
Available at:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol8/iss1/2
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