COVER PAGE OF THE ANNUAL ARTICLE 7 REPORT

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1 COVER PAGE OF THE ANNUAL ARTICLE 7 REPORT NAME OF STATE [PARTY]: SWEDEN REPORTING PERIOD: 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 Form A: National implementation measures: Form B: Stockpiled anti-personnel mines: Form C: Location of mined areas: Form D: APMs retained or transferred: X changed unchanged Form E: Status of conversion programmes: Form F: Programme of APM destruction: Form G: APM destroyed: Form H: Technical characteristics: Form I: Warning measures: Form J: Other Relevant Matters: X changed unchanged

2 CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION Reporting Formats for Article 7 STATE [PARTY]: POINT OF CONTACT: SWEDEN Ministry for Foreign Affairs Department for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation SE STOCKHOLM, Sweden Phone: , fax: , ud-nis@gov.se (Name, organization, telephone, fax, ) (ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION)

3 Form D Article 7.1 APMs retained or transferred "Each State Party shall report to the Secretary-General... on: d) The types, quantities and, if possible, lot numbers of all anti-personnel mines retained or transferred for the development of and training in mine detection, mine clearance or mine destruction techniques, or transferred for the purpose of destruction, as well as the institutions authorized by a State Party to retain or transfer antipersonnel mines, in accordance with Article 3" State [Party]: SWEDEN reporting for time period from 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 1a. Compulsory: Retained for development of and training in (Article 3, para.1) Institution authorized by State Party Type Quantity Lot # (if possible) Supplementary information Armed Forces Truppmina In 2012: 25 mines were used for training of personnel. No mines have been used for development of mine clearance techniques. Armed Forces Trampmina m/49b 4403 In 2012: 124 mines were used for training. No mines have been used for development of mine clearance techniques. SAAB Bofors Test Center Trampmina m/49b SAAB Bofors Test Center Truppmina In 2012: No mines have been used for development of new demining techniques or any other purpose. In 2012: No mines have been used for development of new demining techniques or any other purpose

4 Armed Forces PMR 2A MRUD Foreign antipersonnel mines. In 2012: 4 PMR 2A and 11 MRUD were used for training. No mines have been used for development of mine clearance techniques. TOTAL b. Voluntary information (Action #54 of Nairobi Action Plan) Objectives Activity / Project Supplementary information (Description of programs or activities, their objectives and progress, types of mines, time period if and when appropriate ) NOTE: Each State Party should provide information on plans and future activities if and when appropriate and reserves the right to modify it at any time Form D (continued) 2. Compulsory: Transferred for development of and training in (Article 3, para.1) Institution authorized by State Party No mines have left Sweden for such purposes TOTAL Type Quantity Lot # (if possible) Supplementary information: e.g. transferred from, transferred to 3. Compulsory: Transferred for the purpose of destruction (Article 3, para.2)

5 Institution authorized by State Party No mines have left Sweden for such purposes Type Quantity Lot # (if possible) Supplementary information: e.g. transferred from, transferred to TOTAL

6 Form J Other relevant matters Remark: States Parties may use this form to report voluntarily on other relevant matters, including matters pertaining to compliance and implementation not covered by the formal reporting requirements contained in Article 7. States Parties are encouraged to use this form to report on activities undertaken with respect to Article 6, and in particular to report on assistance provided for the care and rehabilitation, and social and economic reintegration, of mine victims. State [Party]: SWEDEN reporting for time period from 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 International Co-operation and Assistance During the period covered by this report (2012), Sweden has contributed SEK to mine actions, mostly channelled through the International Development Agency (). For details, see the attached table 1. The Civil Agency (MSB) is operational in the field of mine action in support of primarily UNMAS and the ICRC. MSB has an EOD rapid response capacity, as well as expertise in fields such as Mechanical Clearance, Quality Assurance (QA), Mine Detection Dogs (MDD) and IMSMA. In the reporting period, Humanitarian Mine Action activities has been carried out by the MSB, through ICRC and UNMAS, in the Republic of Congo, Libya, Palestine and towards the situation in Syria. Sweden has also supported MRE activities in Mali, through seconded expertise from MSB to UNICEF. During the period covered by this report, MSB has conducted technical training and exercises within Mine Action. In 1997, Sweden established SWEDEC. SWEDEC is the country s focal point on technical matters, development, education and training. Today SWEDEC is focused on education and training of individual officers and military units on Conventional Munitions Disposal (CMD) and Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) as well as related research and development. Sweden is lead nation in the user group for EOD IS where SWEDEC offers an important contribution. Also SWEDEC contributes to relevant IT (IMSMA) development for UNMAS through GICHD.

7 Table 1: Development Cooperation in Mine Action (including Cluster Munitions/ ERW) in 2012 Sector 1 Recipient Country Recipient Organization/ Institution Amount in donor currency Donor Government Agency/ Department COUNTRY Based Allocation Clearance Afghanistan Danish Demining Group, DDG SEK International Development Agency () Stockpile destruction Democratic Republic of the Congo Mines Advisory Group, MAG SEK Mine Action Iraq 1) DDG 2) MAG SEK Mine Action Somalia DDG SEK Mine Action South Sudan DDG SEK In sector classification the definition of Mine Action used includes the following elements: i) Mine awareness (measures to make people aware of and to inform people of the risks of mines and unexploded ammunition), ii) Demining (survey, mapping, marking, clearence), iii) Victims assistance (support to victims of mines, including rehabilitation and reintegration), iv) Advocacy (efforts to exert an influence in respect of limitation on the use of stock). If Mine Action is indicated it implies a contribution integrating all the elements in the definition stated. If specific elements in the definition are indicated it implies that x contribution focuses on the indicated elements.

8 Global Program Allocation Awareness/ Advocacy Misc. Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) SEK Awareness/ Advocacy Misc. Geneva Call SEK Awareness/ Mine Risk education Misc. UNICEF SEK Approximate budget estimation as only part of contribution is related to Mine Action. 3 Approximate budget estimation as only part of contribution is related to Mine Action.

9 HUMANITARIAN Aid Support 4 Mali Republic of the Congo Libya Libya Libya Palestine South Sudan Agency, MSB SEK Agency, MSB/ UNMAS SEK Agency, MSB Agency, MSB/ UNMAS Agency, MSB/ UNMAS Agency, MSB/ UNMAS Agency, MSB/ UNMAS SEK SEK SEK SEK SEK Based on the Rapid Response Mechanism as established with the Agency, MSB. 5 Approximate budget estimation as only part of contribution is related to Mine Action.

10 Demining Syria Agency, MSB/ UNMAS SEK Syria Agency, MSB SEK Syria Agency, MSB SEK Other Support Clearance Awareness/ Advocacy Cambodia Misc. Cambodian Mine Action Centre, CMAC APLC, Implementation Support Unit, ISU SEK SEK Ministry for Foreign Affairs, MFA Ministry for Foreign Affairs, MFA Total SEK