Mine Action and Disarmament

The Norwegian People's Aid's first demining operations took place in Cambodia in 1992. Today, NPA covers the full life-cycle of weapons and ammunitions – with interventions to protect civilians before, during and after conflict.

Since 1992, we have removed more than 2.1 million anti-personnel landmines and explosive remnants of war in 40 countries, freeing 1.3 billion square metres of land for productive use.

Parallel to clearing landmines and explosives, NPA has taken a forward-leading role in civil society's push for states to negotiate, adopt, adhere to, and implement international weapons treaties such as the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.