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28.03.2023 Article

Humanitarian mine action

Landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) kill or maim countless people around the world each year. That is why Germany actively campaigns against the use, storage, production and transfer of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, and why it supports humanitarian mine action projects.

Humanitarian mine clearance on a mountain path in Parwan Province, Afghanistan
12.05.2021 Article

Mines – the dangerous legacy of war

Mines, booby-traps and unexploded ordnance prevent life from getting back to normal after a conflict. That’s why Germany is active worldwide in efforts to clear mines and munitions. One focal area of our work is Ukraine.
31.01.2020 Article

Working together to stop illegal arms trade in the Western Balkans

The impact of years of civil wars in the Western Balkan region can still be felt to this day, with up to six million small arms still in circulation. Germany and France have launched an initiative to curb the illegal arms trade and to bring arms under control.

Illegal arms trade – a security risk
24.01.2020 Article

Peace in Mozambique: German involvement in the process to disarm former combatants

Last year, the Government and the opposition in Mozambique signed a peace accord designed to stabilise the country in the long term. The large numbers of small arms from the many years of civil war threaten peaceful co-existence.

Fishing boats in the Maputo harbour

Press releases

  1. 07.11.2023 Press release

    Statement by the Federal Foreign Office on the suspension of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty)

  2. 04.04.2023 Press release

    Foreign Minister Baerbock on International Mine Awareness Day

  3. 16.09.2019 Press release

    Federal Foreign Office statement on amendment of the European Council Common Position defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment

  4. 12.11.2018 Press release

    Joint press release by the Federal Foreign Office and the Russian Foreign Ministry on the 13th plenary meeting of the German-Russian High Level Working Group on Security

  5. 04.04.2018 Press release

    International Mine Awareness Day (4 April)

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