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CONVENTION ON THE PROHIBITION OF THE USE, STOCKPILING, PRODUCTION AND TRANSFER OF

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AND ON THEIR DESTRUCTION

Report for Article 7

The Republic of South Sudan Transparency Report on Article 7 1 January 2015 — 31 December 2015

Contact person: Mr Jurkuch Barach Jurkuch

South Sudan National Mine Action Authority

Form A National implementation measures

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No additional legal, administrative and other measures were taken during the previous calendar year to

prevent and suppress any activity prohibited under the Convention.

Form B Stockpiled anti-personnel mines

Not applicable.

Form C Location of mined areas as of 31 December 2015

As of 31 December 2015, a total of 303 areas are suspected to contain anti-personnel (AP) mines and a

reported 98,403,022 square metres throughout South Sudan require clearance, as shown in Table 1,

below.

The slow progress in the national clearance plan for South Sudan is most likely due ot the lack of access

and continued insecurity in some parts of South Sudan, as well as the emerging need to clear explosive

ordnance disposal (EOD) spot tasks to support humanitarian work in conflict affected areas since the

conflict which began in 2013. Further focus on clearance is needed for South Sudan to meet the

obligations of the Ottawa Treaty.

Table 1. Summary of areas known, or suspected to contain anti-personnel mines, as of 31 December 2015

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State County

Number of areas known to contain anti-personnel mines

Number of areas suspected to contain anti-personnel mines1

Total number of areas known or suspected to contain anti-personnel mines

Amount of area known to contain anti-personnel mines (square metres)

Amount of area suspected to contain anti-personnel mines (square metres)

Total amount of area known or suspected to contain anti-personnel mines (square metres)

Central Equatoria

Juba 107 107 4,380,798 4,380,798 Kajo Keji 3 3 4,400 4,400 Lainya 11 11 94,725 94,725 Morobo 13 13 100,806 100,806 Terekeka 21 21 635,884 635,884 Yei 21 21 313,482 313,482 All counties 176 176 5,530,095 5,530,095

Eastern Equatoria

Budi 4 4 533,599 533,599 Kapoeta East 5 5 47,586 47,586

Kapoeta South 1 1 55,000 55,000

Lafon 5 5 930,048 930,048 Magwi 28 28 3,718,030 3,718,030 Torit 18 18 853,806 853,806 All counties 61 61 6,138,069 6,138,069

Jonglei

Akobo 3 3 5,366,256 5,366,256 Ayod 1 1 Bor South 4 4 199,000 199,000 Duk 2 2 20,000 20,000 Fangak 5 5 5,087,362 5,087,362 Khorflus 10 10 1,889,159 1,889,159 Nyirol 3 3 5,929,366 5,929,366 Pibor 2 2 Pochalla 1 1 7,942,260 7,942,260 Twic East 1 1 1 1 Wuror 1 1 4,238,267 4,238,267

1 All the open Hazardous Areas in South Sudan are Suspected Hazardous Areas as no technical survey has been performed on them; the columns for the number of known Hazardous Areas and the total area are therefore empty.

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All counties 33 33 30,671,671 30,671,671

Lakes

Cueibet 1 1 21,000 21,000 Rumbek East 1 1 12,037 12,037

Wulu 1 1 2,500 2,500 All counties 3 3 35,537 35,537

Northern Bahr El Ghazal

Aweil South 1 1

Aweil West 1 1 80,100 80,100

All counties 2 2 80,100 80,100

Unity

Abiemnom 1 1 13,252,144 13,252,144 Rubkona 3 3 16 16 All counties 4 4 13,252,160 13,252,160

Upper Nile

Fashoda 1 1 16,385 16,385 Longochuk 1 1 4 4 Maiwut 2 2 39,155,231 39,155,231 Malakal 1 1 Melut 1 1 253 252 Panyikang 2 2 1,540 1,540 All counties 8 8 39,173,413 39,173,412

Western Bahr El Ghazal

Jur River 1 1 Wau 2 2 2,827,433 2,827,433 All counties 3 3 2,827,433 2,827,433

Western Equatoria

Maridi 2 2 38,600 38,600 Mundri East 10 10 505,945 505,945

Mvolo 1 1 150,000 150,000 All counties 13 13 694,545 694,545

All States 303 303 98,403,022 98,403,022

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Map 1: Locations of Known, or Suspected Anti-Personnel Mines, as of 31 December 2015

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Map 2: Locations of Known and Suspected Hazards, as of 31 December 2015

NOTE: There are 903 suspected hazards including AP mines in South Sudan.

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Form D Anti-Personnel Mines retained or transferred

The Republic of South Sudan does not retain or transfer anti-personnel mines for permitted purposes.

Form E Status of programmes for conversion or de-commissioning of AP mine production

facilities

Not applicable.

Form F Status of programmes for destruction of AP mines

All identified and discovered stockpiles of anti-personnel mines are destroyed utilizing the relevant

procedures outlined in the South Sudan National Technical Standards and Guidelines (NTSGs), by the

implementing partners on the ground. This activity is recorded for future information within the

Information Management System for Mine Action (IMSMA) database, including details of the types,

location, etc.

2. Status of programmes for destruction of AP mines in mined areas (Article 5)

From 1 January to 31 December 2015, a total of of 1,715 anti-personnel mines were destroyed; 27,395

unexploded ordnance (UXO) destroyed (including anti-tank mines); 13,991,096 square metres released;

1,130,074 square metres cancelled; 1,962 areas released; and 9,462,153 square metres cleared

throughout South Sudan, as reported in Table 2, below.

The 13,991,096 square metres released includes all explosive ordnance disposal, battle area clearance

(sub-surface and surface), battle areas released, cancelled, manual mine clearance, mechanical clearance,

explosive detection dogs, and mined areas released and canelled by Non-Technical Survey.

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Application of Land Release Standards:

All land release endeavours are implemented in line with the NTSGs, which are based on the most

current mine action standards.

Table 2: Summary of Area and Areas Released and Devices Destroyed, 1 January – 31 December

2015

State County

Cancelled area

(square meters)

Reduced area

(square metres)

Cleared area

(square metres)

Total area released (square metres)

Number of anti-

personnel mines

destroyed

Number of AT

destroyed

Number of areas

unexploded ordnance excluding

AT and AP

Number of areas

released

(Including UXO

Spots)

Central Equatoria

Juba 1,297,092 80,813 2,461,963 3,839,868 761 231 5,832 207

Kajo Keji 1,170 0 40,115 41,285 0 5 1,054 11

Lainya 103,029 0 5,653 108,682 0 0 30 19

Morobo 229,030 0 72,463 301,493 1 1 86 16

Terekeka 61,535 0 56,852 118,387 0 0 16 9

Yei 340,338 0 530,922 871,260 13 0 545 211

All Counties 2,032,194 80,813 3,167,968 5,280,975 775 237 7,563 473

Eastern Equatoria

Budi 0 0 113,241 113,241 2 0 75

Kapoeta East 0 0 39,119 39,119 0 1 0 2

Kapoeta South 918,777 0 591,101 1,509,878 4 83 170 6

Magwi 148,968 5,119 1,866,344 2,020,431 571 100 859 128

Torit 90,208 26,528 278,363 395,099 204 13 1,926 54

All Counties 1,157,953 31,647 2,888,168 4,077,768 781 197 3,030 190

Jonglei

Bor South 153,996 0 271,788 425,784 35 4 5,091 446

Duk 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1

Pibor 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,300 198

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Pochalla 1 0 3,914 3,915 0 0 3,079 14

Twic East 612,260 0 0 612,260 0 0 36 19

All Counties 766,260 0 275,702 1,041,962 35 4 11,506 678

Lakes

Rumbek Centre 0 0 113,813 113,813 0 0 2 0

Rumbek East 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0

Awerial 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Yiro West 0 0 2,116 2,116 0 0 0 1

All Counties 0 0 115,929 115,929 0 0 46 2

Northern Bahr El Ghazal

Aweil East 0 0 371,379 371,379 0 0 155 6

Aweil West 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Aweil Centre 1

All Counties 0 0 371,379 371,379 0 0 156 8

Unity

Abinmnom 250,000 0 9 250,009 0 0 6 3

Guit 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Koch 0 0 25,034 25,034 1 3 4 1

Leer 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2

Mayendit 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Mayom 0 0 264,453 264,453 105 11 540 15

Pariang 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1

Rubkona 11,788 0 182,542 194,330 0 3 1,049 64

All Counties 261,788 0 472,038 733,826 106 17 1,618 87

Upper Nile

Maban 0 0 3,832 3,832 0 0 3

Malakal 0 0 384,281 384,281 0 9 1,329 33

Manyo 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Melut 0 0 53,605 53,605 0 0 25 22

Panyikang 0 0 0 0 0 0 79

Renk 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

All Counties 0 0 441,718 441,718 0 9 1,443 56

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Warrap

Gogrial East 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

Gogrial West 8,000 0 0 8,000 0 0 556 174

Tonj South 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1

Twic 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 17

All Counties 8,000 0 0 8,000 1 0 724 193

Western Bahr El Ghazal

Jur River 0 0 793,909 793,909 8 7 374 79

Raja 2

Wau 0 0 191,685 191,685 0 1 248 23

All Counties 0 0 985,594 985,594 8 8 622 104

Western Equatoria

Mundri East 111,808 7,636 590,145 709,589 9 0 615 153

Mundri West 46,035 24,809 153,512 224,356 0 1 67 12

Tombura 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1

Maridi 5

All Counties 157,843 32,445 743,657 933,945 9 1 687 171

Total 4,384,038 144,905 9,462,153 13,991,096 1,715 473 27,395 1,962

Summary of projections for the the amount of area (square metres) known, or suspected to

contain anti-personnel mines, to be released between 2015-2019.

The South Sudan National Mine Action Strategic Plan 2012-2016, will need to be revised and updated

in 2017 to take into account the known hazardous areas, current and projected resources available to the

mine action sector, and the realistic operational and security environment within the different regions of

the country.

All progress will be recorded in alignment with the annual South Sudan Article 7 Report, including the

number of anti-personnel mines destroyed, cleared, and the number remaining. Detail on clearance

projections will be estimated with yearly targets.

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Form G Anti-personnel mines destroyed after entry into force

Article 4

Not applicable.

Form H Technical characteristics of each type produced/ owned, or possessed

Already reported.

Form I Measures to provide warning to the population

All suspected hazards are surveyed and marked by mine risk education (MRE) teams or clearance teams

with international signs and are located in the map and recorded in IMSMA. While a Landmine Impact

Survey was completed in 2008, as well as other surveys covering smaller areas within South Sudan

since then, the current extent of contamination is unknown, particularly in the Greater Upper Nile region

(inclusive of Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity), which was most affected by the conflict that commenced in

December 2013. Even with the signing of the Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan

(ARCSS) in August 2015, residual fighting in that region, as well as sporadically in the rest of the

country, has meant insecurity and lack of access for mine action teams to implement survey and

clearance. It is expected that when the security conditions improve and permit, survey of the Greater

Upper Nile region, and other areas affected by the conflict, will need to be conducted.

However, through non-technical and technical survey, land has been either cancelled or prioritized for

clearance. All cleared minefields are marked “cleared” in the map to promote activities such as

livelihoods (land cultivation, markets, etc.), infrastructural development, road construction, etc.

Throughout South Sudan, MRE targets civilians at the community level by age and gender; specifically,

locations of internally displaced persons (IDPs)and returnees, as well as schools are prioritized. The

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National Mine Action Authority (NMAA), in conjunction with the United Nations Mine Action Service

(UNMAS), train and accredit all MRE staff according to the NTSGs. During deployment of the MRE

teams, the NMAA and UNMAS conduct joint field visitions for Quality Assurance. The data on the

number of beneficiaries receiving MRE is gathered and disaggregated for gender and age, as shown in

Table 3, below.

MRE is provided to communities and at-risk populations throughout South Sudan by international and

national non-governmental organizations, contracted companies, and community-based organizations.

The organizations that delivered MRE in 2015 are: Christian Missionaries Initiative, Community in

Need Aid, Danish Church Aid, Danish Demining Group, Dynasafe Mine Tech International, G4S,

Malakal Media Theatre Team, MECHEM, Mine Advisory Group, The Development Initiative, Sudan

Integrated Mine Action System, and UNMAS.

In 2015, MRE was included in the national primary school curriculum. The Ministry of Education,

Science, and Technology, in collaboration with UNICEF, developed and launched teacher’s guidebooks

to be utilized in all public and private primary schools, as well as teacher training colleges to inform

children on the hazards of landmines and ERW, as well as mitigating behaviour to protect themselves.

Table 3: Civilians (disaggregated by gender and age) receiving MRE from 1 January - 31 December 2015

State Boys Girls Men Women Total Western Bahr El Ghazal 9,102 6,445 2202 1956 19,705 Western Equatoria 1176 1147 800 939 4,062 Upper Nile 17,142 16,159 7,742 12,883 53,926 Lakes 7,618 5,508 1369 924 15,419 Northern Bahr El Ghazal 1,293 1006 533 923 3,755 Warrap 3,975 2,680 2,031 2,140 10,826 Eastern Equatoria 18,094 14,484 10,393 8,402 51,373 Unity 21,855 18,299 14,814 16,582 71,550 Jonglei 66,904 60,493 38,810 43,486 209,693 Central Equatoria 23,603 19,342 19,312 14,205 76,462 Total 170,762 145,563 98,006 102,440 516,771

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ACHIEVEMENTS

A total of 516,771 people in South Sudan received MRE in 2015, an increase of 200 per cent on the

previous reporting year. Primarily, this was due to the embedding of Community Liaison Teams with

clearance teams in order to directly engage with the local community and deliver MRE. Special focus

was also made to target girls for MRE. Furthermore, UNICEF integrated MRE into child protection

activities throughout South Sudan.

Form J Other relevant matters

From 1 January to 31 December 2015, there were 75 recorded new victims of anti-personnel mines and

ERW in eight areas. Fifty-eight people were injured and 18 were killed, as shown in the table below.

This increase in accidents from 2014 was most likely due to population movement; MRE was increased

accordingly.

The NMAA, the Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare, the Ministry of Health, civil society

organizations, the ICRC, UNMAS, Handicap International, and the Victim Assistance Disability

Organization work together to deliver medical, physical rehabilitation, psychological support, and socio-

economic services to mine victims and other persons with disabilities. A coordination forum is chaired

by the Director General for Victim Assistance, Ministry of Gender and co-chaired by the Director of

Victim Assistance, NMAA. Despite these interventions, there has been no nationwide needs assessment

conducted for victims in South Sudan.

CHALLENGES

A primary challenge has been the lack of funding to support projects targeting, specifically, landmine/

ERW victims and people with disabilities, in general, as it is not a priority of donors. Victim Assistance

is also outside the mandate for UNMAS in South Sudan. Furthermore, during the reporting period, the

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Parliament did not sign the draft national disability policy to protect the rights of all persons with

disability. South Sudan has challenges that hinders the implementation of the Maputo Action Plan.

Table 4: Number of Victims from 1 January - 31 December 2015

State Accident Injured Killed Victims West Bahr El Ghazal 1 3 0 3 West Equatoria 1 6 0 6 Upper Nile 2 5 0 5 Warrap 3 4 4 8 East Equatoria 2 1 1 2 Unity 10 27 9 36 Jonglei 1 1 0 1 Central Equatoria 6 10 4 14 Total 26 57 18 75

NOTE Annex I. The table, below, shows the areas known and suspected to contain anti-personnel mines in

South Sudan.

In addition, the clearance work is always directed towards the humanitarian areas of need and this may

hinder AP mine clearance in other non-humanitarian areas.

The funding channelled to the South Sudan Mine Action Programme is directed through UNMAS and

other NGOs. This makes projection on a clearance completion date a challenge. The NMAA can not,

therefore, make a projection on when the clearance will be completed in South Sudan.

Annex II. The maps, below, show the hazards cleared and/or closed, both for the reporting period and

culmination to end of reporting period.

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Annex I: Areas suspected to contain anti-personnel mines as of 31 December 2015, and the estimated date of completion

Record Number State County Longitude Latitude

Area (square metres) know to contain

anti-personnel

mines

Area (square metres)

suspected to

contain anti-

personnel mines

Estimated date of

completion (year-end)

1 Central Equatoria Juba 31.55871 4.97822



4 Central Equatoria Juba 31.19053 4.888028 8,526




8 Central Equatoria Juba 0 0







15 Central Equatoria Juba 31.7845 4.524528 521



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108 Central Equatoria Kajo Keji 31.69089 3.853917 3,500

109 Central Equatoria Kajo Keji 31.50532 4.006952 900

110 Central Equatoria Kajo Keji 31.51226 4.09255

111 Central Equatoria Lainya 30.98364 4.243944 6,153


113 Central Equatoria Lainya 30.96004 4.223892


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122 Central Equatoria Morobo 30.88164 3.652583 83,741


124 Central Equatoria Morobo 30.86361 3.743528 758

125 Central Equatoria Morobo 30.79104 3.688883









134 Central Equatoria Morobo 0 0 3

135 Central Equatoria Terekeka 31.72452 5.193986 60,000






141 Central Equatoria Terekeka 31.06364 5.659806











152 Central Equatoria Terekeka 31.05015 5.34195 100



155 Central Equatoria Terekeka 31.08924 5.37819 20

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156 Central Equatoria Yei 30.60259 4.126565 12,895





















177 East Equatoria Budi 33.48596 4.2279 500,000

178 East Equatoria Budi 33.49786 4.253344

179 East Equatoria Budi 33.49786 4.253344

180 East Equatoria Budi 33.3486 4.38268 33,599

181 East Equatoria Kapoeta East 33.50293 4.2599 11,250





186 East Equatoria Kapoeta South 33.6614 4.75334 55,000

187 East Equatoria Lafon 32.93016 4.53479 83,835





192 East Equatoria Magwi 31.86681 4.407833 45,765



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199 East Equatoria Magwi 32.1902 4.28147 400


201 East Equatoria Magwi 31.99173 4.12959





206 East Equatoria Magwi 0 0










216 East Equatoria Magwi 31.9814 4.023008 2,860,000


218 East Equatoria Magwi 32.00908 4.276722 13


220 East Equatoria Torit 32.48197 4.403662 0

221 East Equatoria Torit 32.64698 4.31989 29,515




225 East Equatoria Torit 0 0

226 East Equatoria Torit 32.47997 4.65453




230 East Equatoria Torit 0 0






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238 Jonglei Akobo 32.99999 7.932986 1,978,079

239 Jonglei Akobo 32.28006 8.178219 3,388,152

240 Jonglei Akobo 33.00464 7.785028 25

241 Jonglei Ayod 31.43333 8.116667

242 Jonglei Bor South 31.5725 6.257139 39,000



245 Jonglei Bor South 31.73194 5.892222

246 Jonglei Duk 31.41506 7.459764 20,000

247 Jonglei Duk 31.41667 7.461111

248 Jonglei Fangak 31.15858 9.408694 812,181

249 Jonglei Fangak 31.1561 9.40905 20,000

250 Jonglei Fangak 30.88446 9.069444 3,526,564

251 Jonglei Fangak 31.15089 9.411361 18,382

252 Jonglei Fangak 31.15542 9.407306 710,235

253 Jonglei Khorflus 31.15139 9.410556

254 Jonglei Khorflus 31.2121 9.171833 850,000









263 Jonglei Nyirol 32.14975 8.179611

264 Jonglei Nyirol 32.12079 8.179653 5,866,366

265 Jonglei Nyirol 32.15514 8.17889 63,000

266 Jonglei Pibor 34.46388 6.168067

267 Jonglei Pibor 33.11066 6.77836

268 Jonglei Pochalla 34.08452 7.167261 7,942,260

269 Jonglei Twic East 31.40503 7.164167 1

270 Jonglei Wuror 31.87719 7.903636 4,238,267

271 Lakes Cueibet 29.18198 7.03163 21,000

272 Lakes Rumbek East 29.74584 6.72286 12,037

273 Lakes Wulu 29.52572 6.058222 2,500

274 North Bahr El Ghazal

Aweil South 30.48384 6.544528

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275 North Bahr El Ghazal Aweil West 27.36764 8.77434 80,100

276 Unity Abiemnom 28.91592 9.332589 13,252,144

277 Unity Rubkona 29.78476 9.23557 4

278 Unity Rubkona 29.76582 9.234682 12

279 Unity Rubkona 28.95172 9.122639

280 Upper Nile Fashoda 31.88864 9.86742 16,385

281 Upper Nile Longochuk 33.97303 9.209897 4

282 Upper Nile Maiwut 33.57133 8.500686 4,683,615

283 Upper Nile Maiwut 33.78335 8.383342 34,471,616

284 Upper Nile Malakal 31.66926 9.490263

285 Upper Nile Melut 32.26661 10.31228 253

286 Upper Nile Panyikang 31.54353 9.36647 1,427

287 Upper Nile Panyikang 31.3891 9.33 113

288 West Bahr El Ghazal Jur River 28.00983 7.50428

289 West Bahr El Ghazal Wau 27.94263 6.8033 2,827,433

290 West Bahr El Ghazal Wau 27.94278 6.803318

291 West Equatoria Maridi 29.47838 4.923359 38,600

292 West Equatoria Maridi 29.495 4.924722

293 West Equatoria Mundri East 30.44625 5.33996 2

294 West Equatoria Mundri East 30.72247 5.51356 5,006









303 West Equatoria Mvolo 30.03547 6.085929 150,000

Total 98,403,022

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Annex II: Maps of Hazards Cleared/Closed in South Sudan Map 3: Suspected AP Hazards Cleared/Closed from January to December 2015

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Map 4: AP Suspected Hazards Cleared/Closed as of December 2015

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Map 5: Suspected Hazards Cleared/Closed from January to December 2015

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Map 6: Suspected Hazards Cleared/Closed as of December 2015

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