The Sri Lanka National Mine Action Strategy Stakeholder Workshop (for drafting 2023-2027 strategy) organized by the National Mine Action Centre (NMAC) in collaboration with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), successfully concluded on the 30th of June 2022, at the Galle Face Hotel.

The three day, interactive workshop saw different stakeholders including demining operators (Sri Lanka Army Humanitarian Demining Unit, The HALO Trust, MAG, DASH and SHARP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Health and the Sri Lanka Campaign to Ban Landmines; come together, to discuss Sri Lanka's final National Mine Action Strategy.

During the workshop, Sri Lanka's mine action story was praised as a success story, with clearance completion expected in the year 2027. During the workshop, it was brought to the attention of the participants, the importance of collaboration and dialogue between key stakeholders of the mine action community as a means of overcoming that lie ahead of Sri Lanka's journey to becoming a mine-free nation. The approved National Mine Action Strategy 2023-2027 will be launched end of this year by the Government of Sri Lanka with the support of GICHD. 

In light of the rise in incidents of gun violence across Sri Lanka, the FDD encourages Sri Lanka to become a party to the Arms Trade Treaty, and re-engage with the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA). Further, it is crucial that we amend outdated local legislation and re-establish the National Commission Against the Proliferation of Illicit Small Arms (NCAPISA) for coordinating the approaches related to small-arms related problems in Sri Lanka.

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