AXO abandoned explosive ordnance

BAC battle area clearance

CCW 1980 Convention on Conventional Weapons

CMC Cluster Munition Coalition

EOD explosive ordnance disposal

ERW explosive remnants of war

EU European Union

GICHD Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

HI Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International)

ICBL International Campaign to Ban Landmines

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

IED improvised explosive device

IMAS International Mine Action Standards

ISU Implementation Support Unit

NGO non-governmental organization

NSAG non-state armed group

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNGA United Nations General Assembly

UNMAS United Nations Mine Action Service

UXO unexploded ordnance