Republic of SerbiaMine Action Centre

17th International Symposium MINE ACTION 2021

16-18 June 2021Novi Vinodolski, Croatia

M.Sc. Bojan Glamočlija Director of Serbian Mine Action CentreContact: bojan.glamoclija@czrs.gov.rs

SERBIAN MINE ACTION CENTRE

➢ FOUNDATION OF MINE ACTION CENTRE (SMAC) - 2002

➢ COMPETENCE OF SMAC

❖ SURVEY

❖ DEVELOPMENT OF HUMANITARIAN DEMINING

PROJECTS

❖ FOLLOWING IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE

PROJECTS

❖ QUALITY CONTROL OF DEMINING/CLEARANCE

❖ ISSUING DEMINING/CLEARANCE COMPLETION

CERTIFICATE

❖ MINE/CLUSTER MUNITIONS/UXO RISK EDUCATION

❖ ACHIEVING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

➢ DEMINING CONDUCTED BY ACCREDITED SPECIALIZED COMPANIES

AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

➢ FIRST DEMINING/CLEARANCE OPERATIONS IN 2003

➢ LEGAL POSITION AND COMPETENCE OF SMAC REGULATED BY LAW

ON MINISTRIES

➢ WORK PLAN AND WORK REPORT ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT

ANNUALLY

➢ DIRECTOR APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT

➢ FUNDS FOR THE SMAC WORK PROVIDED FROM THE NATIONAL

BUDGET

➢ DEMINING/CLEARANCE OPERATIONS MOSTLY FUNDED BY DONATIONS

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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

GOVERNMENT OF THE

REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

DIRECTOR

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

QUALITY CONTROL OF DEMINING

PLANNING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

SURVEYGENERAL AFFAIRS

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OVERALL PROBLEM(June 2021)

CLUSTER MUNITIONS around 2.100.000 sqm

(Sjenica,Tutin, Bujanovac, Niš, Užice)

GROUPS OF MINES around 850.000 sqm

(Bujanovac) + newly discovered mine suspected areas

UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO) ON LANDaround 18.500.000 sqm

(Paraćin, Kraljevo, Kragujevac, Vranje, Leskovac)

AIR BOMBS – ROCKETS around 150 DIFFERENT SUSPECTED LOCATIONS ON LAND

(throughout the whole territory of Serbia)

SUNKEN GERMA FLEET (WWII) NEAR PRAHOVO PORT

UNDER WATER UXO-12 DIFFERENT SUSPECTED LOCATIONS ON SAVA RIVER AND DANUBE RIVER

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RESULTS 2003-2021 (June)

• Survey of the area suspected to contain mines, cluster munitions, other UXO, air bombs – rockets;

• Over 143 clearance projects developed, funds for their implementation secured, their implementation followed, quality control of the works conducted, clearance certificates issued;

• Area of around 26.554.556 sqm (2,655 hectres) cleared of mines, cluster munitions and other ERW);

• Found and destroyed 23.848 pcs. of mines, cluster munitions and other ERW;

• Donations provided by the US, Czech Republic, Germany, EU, Norway, Spain, Canada and Republic of Ireland, Japan and Korea through ITF Enhancing Human Security, or indirectly by Russian Federation, as well as by the Delegation of the EU in Belgrade.

• In the period 2015-2021, Government of the Republic of Serbia allocated 1.375.000 EUR for demining operations

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PROJECT SPECIFICITY●Mines-Border Crossing “Batrovci –Bajakovo”(border with Croatia)

●Cluster Munitions- Niš Airport

●Air Bombs – Rockets – land-Former Building of the Chinese Embassy

●Air Bombs – Rockets - underwater- Prahovo Port

●Survey of 12 locations on the Danube River and Sava River

● Survey of sunken German WW 2 war vessels in the Danube River

●Other UXO-Military depot“Paraćinske utrine”

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SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE IN REMOVAL OF A ROCKET FROM THE FORMER BUILDING OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN NOVI BEOGRAD

• On 7th May 1999 the Embassy was targeted with 5 bombs GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, weighing2.000 lbs (about 930 kg), one did not explode

• High risk disposal operation

including preparatory construction

works prior to pyrotechnical works

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REMOVAL OF A ROCKET FROM THE FORMER BUILDING OF THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN NOVI BEOGRAD

1. Residence Building

2. Projectile path

3. Room where a projectile fell

4.Entrance hole of a projectile

5.Residential buildings nearby

6.Business premises nearby

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SPECIFIC CHALLENGE

PROJECT TO BE IMPLEMENTEDSUNKEN WW2 GERMAN FLEET

Requirements:❖ Multidisciplinary approach

❖ Cooperation of various national authorities, organizations and institiutions

❖ Substantial donor and other avilable souces funds

• Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia is

the leading contractor for the risk

assessment project which

is currently in progress

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DEMINING PROJECTKončulj-Singerit 1-Bujanovac

Methods used:

• Manual demining – up to 20 cm

• Mine Detection Dogs

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DEMINING PROJECTKončulj-Singerit 1- Bujanovac

During the implementation of demining project

Končulj – Singerit 1, a deminer reported to SMAC

and the police that a sizable quantity of weapons

and mines had been found

An unknown person or persons had hidden various

types of weapons under a boulder, in a place called

Singerit, in the area of the village of Končulj, which

is located on the administrative line with Kosovo and

Metohija

- 8 containers with rockets for the M79 Osa hand-

held anti-tank launcher

-137 pieces of ammunition for the Zolja RPG

-1 anti-tank mine

-1 optical sights

-1,436 pieces of ammunition of various calibers

-a disintegrating camouflage uniform

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CLUSTER MUNITIONS CLEARANCE PROJECTSIN PROGRESS

• Cluster Munitions Clearance Project for the “Sjenica

Vapa” Site, area 338.416 sqm, Sjenica

Municipality, US funded project through ITF

• Cluster Munitions Clearance Project for the

„Sjenica- Čedovo 1“ site, area 74.474 sqm, Sjenica

Municipality, US funded project through ITF

• Cluster Munitions Clearance Project for the

„Sjenica- Čedovo“ site, area 89.450 sqm, Sjenica

Municipality, US funded project through ITF

• Technical Survey Project for the “Istočni Mojstir –

Ponor” site, area 515.000 sqm, Tutin Municipality,

US funded project through ITF

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DEMOLITION ON

CLUSTER MUNITIONS CLEARANCE PROJECT

- Cluster Munitions Clearance Project

for the “Sjenica Vapa” Site, area

338.416 sqm, Sjenica Municipality

- 23 pcs.BLU 97 A/B

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BENEFITS OF DEMINING/CLEARANCE

Clearance of cluster bombs, demining of

mines and disposal of air bombs and other

unexploded ordnance, will contribute to

bigger safety and employment of people,

protection of environment, increase of

agricultural production, exploitation of

forests, building of infrastructure,

reconstruction and building of tourist and

industrial facilities.

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ERW CLEARANCE PROJECTS

• Infrastructural projects of public interest that include

clearing of land and construction, relocation or

reconstruction of infrastructure facilities, construction of

business - residential and other facilities, which includes

construction works with excavation.

• Project for demining and technical reconnaissance

(reducing the risk of unexploded ordnance) in the areas of

construction of the main gas pipeline route from the

border with Bulgaria (in the vicinity of Zaječar) to the

border with Hungary (in the vicinity of Horgoš) –

provision of conditions for safe engineering-geological

and geotechnical exploration of land and construction

works on the main gas pipeline route from the border with

Bulgaria (near Zaječar) to the border with Hungary (near

Horgoš) Turkish Stream.

• Explosive War Removal (EOR) Project from the Data

Center Construction Site – provison of safe construction

of the secondary Government Data Centre/Disaster

Recovery Location in Кragujevac

• Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) Clearance Project of

the Thoroughfare within the "Denino brdo" Complex, in

Kragujevac - provision of safe construction of

apartments for members of security forces

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EOD- Level 1 TRAINING COURSESMAC – BELGRADE

21.09-10.10.2020.

• Cooperation between SMAC and the French Embassy in

Belgrade

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal - Level 1 Training (EOD -

Level 1) held in the period 21 September 2020 - 10 October

2020

• EOD Level 1 training based on the Plan and Program of

French land and underwater demining company "EOD-

EX", and in accordance with IMAS

• Lecturers recognized French instructors with many years

of experience in both humanitarian demining and the

conduct of international EOD training courses of all levels

• The training held in expanded business capacities within

SMAC, i.e. teaching premises with a ground and site for

training of pyrotechnicians in Grocka

• Trainees - member of the Sector for Emergency

Management of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia, as well as

representatives of domestic demining companies, as well

as demining companies from the region

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EOD- Level 1 TRAINING COURSESMAC – BELGRADE

21.09-10.10.2020

CHALLENGES/NEEDS

●FUNDING DEMINING/CLEARANCE OPERATIONS

(Meeting Mine Ban Convention 2023 Deadline)

● CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODOLOGIES

● MODERNIZATION OF THE SMAC

- POPULATION

● EDUCATION

-DEMINERS

● ENHANCMENT OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK (DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL SOP)

NOTE: SMAC IS IN CHARGE OF DEMINING/CLEARANCE OF CIVILIAN AREAS,

WHILE DEMINING/CLEARANCE OF MILITARY AREAS AND OBJECTS IS

CONDUCTED BY SERBIAN ARMED FORCES

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QUESTIONS

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

MINE ACTION CENTRE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

31, Vojvode Toze St.

Belgrade, Serbia

T: +381 11 30 45 280

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