The 2022 Intersessional Meetings took place in Geneva 20-22 June with over 300 participants from more than 80 countries. Delegates discussed the state of mine clearance, and assistance to victims among others. Photos free of copyright for media purposes. All others must courtesy the AP Mine Ban Convention or Ottawa Convention.

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P4 anti-personnel mine peaks through the leaf litter at Habasweyne minefield

Formation des forces armées centrafricaines (FACA) et gendarmes sur la destruction des armes avec la cisaille hydraulique. Un programme de UNMAS en partenariat avec l’ONG britannique HaloTrust. Bangui Mars 2014. Photo BINUCA/Balepe Mokosso Dany

Formation des forces armées centrafricaines (FACA) et gendarmes sur la destruction des armes avec la cisaille hydraulique. Un programme de UNMAS en partenariat avec l’ONG britannique HaloTrust. Bangui Mars 2014. Photo BINUCA/Balepe Mokosso Dany

A booby trapped M75 Yugoslav hand grenade found close to a house 2006

Deminer marks metal signals in an area of high contamination along the road that abuts the Hargeisa Airport East minefield.

Mechanical clearance of urban areas in Jaffna town using an armoured front loader

A local girl collecting water from a spring beside Goden minefield

HALO supervisor Hasan Madobi conducts survey at Boroma graveyard.

A new home owner paints his house in Rabo Rabo following HALO's completion of the minefield once visible behind him

Community liaison survey in November 2006

A battle area clearance operator excavating the body of a BL-755 NATO-dropped cluster munition canister close to the city of Prizren in 2006

Children play in safety beside the landmark that once indicated the presence of a minefield in Arapsiyo, now cleared by HALO

M75 Hand Grenade set up for demolition using an SM-EOD 20 shaped charge

Debis farmer stands above an irrigation pond at orchard now which now has safe access to markets thanks to HALO clearance of the road leading to the community

Metal detectors are calibrated to locate PMN-2 AP mines to a depth of 15cm

The HALO WAD teams work closely with the Angolan military

Locally recruited manual deminers make up the majority of HALO's staff in NKR

The Minister met a group of resettled families at Tellipalai, Jaffna.

A mine survivor poses with her grandson adjacent to a HALO clearance task in Malai District.

A deminer reels out electrical demolition cable

Deminers practice ground balancing their detectors, which allows detectors to compensate for the effect of mineralized soils

Deputy Programme Manager Megan Latimer talks to a local farmer about mines found on his land

Although AP mines are normally destroyed in situ there is occasionally a requirement to destroy caches that are recovered

Helicopters are used for insertion of clearance teams to minefields in Abkhazia's Caucasus mountains

HALO field officer shows a deminer how to begin the excavation process when a possible mine is located

The head medic tests a deminer's blood type as a precaution to ensure that sufficient blood donors will be availabe in the unlikely event of an accident

A BL-755 cluster munition found during community liaison survey in 2007 on a previously unrecorded cluster munition strike

A HALO mechanic during routine vehicle servicing

The majority of mines laid in Jaffna were P4 anti-personnel mines

Mozambique fought a long war to gain its independence from Portugal in 1975, this was then immediately followed by a brutal 17-year civil war, during these conflicts, landmines were laid all across the country. Causing countless casualties long after the fighting had stopped, preventing farmers from safely working their land, endangering livestock and wildlife. Thanks to the hard work of organisations like the Halo Trust, clearing up these horrendous weapons, just a few years ago Mozambique was declared finally free of landmines, there are now no known mine fields anywhere in the county, a truly remarkable achievement.

Formation des forces armées centrafricaines (FACA) et gendarmes sur la destruction des armes avec la cisaille hydraulique. Un programme de UNMAS en partenariat avec l’ONG britannique HaloTrust. Bangui Mars 2014. Photo BINUCA/Balepe Mokosso Dany

Local farmer harvesting corn on an area that was previously cleared by HALO

Demining candidates learn to conduct full excavation - this drill will be used in areas where metal contamination is prohibitively high or mines are deep buried

Local women taking water from water source built on ground previously cleared by HALO

A deminer excavating along a mine-belt with yellow sticks indicating where mines have been removed