Goals of humanitarian mine action
![The five pillars of mine action: 1. Mine clearance, 2. Risk education, 3. Victim assistance, 4. Advocacy and 5. Stockpile destruction.](/content/dam/eda/img/Aktuell/news/2023/04/ch-engagement-humanitaere-minenraeumung-2022/20230403-5-Saeulen-eda-vbs_588x368.jpg)
Mine action contributes to alleviating the social, economic and environmental impact of mines and other explosive ordnance. On the one hand, it is directly concerned with preventing accidents and new suffering. After all, mines and other explosive ordnance such as unexploded ordnance continue to kill and injure thousands of people every year.
On the other hand, mine action aims enable the sustainable development of the affected communities. For this reason, in addition to the actual clearance work, it also includes Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE), victim assistance, the advocacy for the ban of anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions, and the destruction of stockpiles.