“In clause 1.1.13 of article 1 of the current draft law, all areas where demining activities will be carried out have been referred to as “dangerous zone” in general, and the description mentioned in this article as an area where Demining activities will be carried out for all items not mentioned in the mentioned article. A dangerous area is an area where explosive munitions are suspected. In demining regulations, the concepts of “suspected area.” danger” and “confirmed danger zone” are extremely different from each other due to the scope of work performed here.
Oku.Az This was stated by MP Parvana Valiyeva in the plenary session of Parliament.
According to him, a suspected danger area is an area in which there is reasonable suspicion of contamination by explosive devices based on circumstantial evidence of the presence of mines and other explosive remnants of war:
“Confirmed dangerous zone: an area where the existence of contamination by explosive munitions has been confirmed on the basis of direct evidence of the presence of military explosive munitions. Actual demining activity is carried out in approved dangerous zones in accordance with the regulations. If the text of the law remains as it is, the place where the demining activity will be carried out will be considered a likely dangerous area. This will limit the scope of the work to be carried out, in addition to increasing, it may represent an enormous burden on the. State. budget It must be taken into account that there is no higher body that monitors and evaluates this.”
“In addition, paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the draft law states that “on the basis of information received from natural or legal persons or published in the media, the competent institution shall enter information on dangerous areas into the information system” We are talking about entering information about the area into the system without conducting an assessment, non-technical investigation. Demining activities to be carried out in the relevant areas should be specifically distinguished in other articles of the law including the concepts of “approved dangerous zone.” “, especially the work defined in the article 6 “Demining activities in dangerous areas” should be redefined taking into account the relevant categories of areas in section 1.1.15 of the article. A person who has received physical harm and needs psychological help or has suffered material damage is mentioned. paragraph mentions damage caused by mines only if they explode.
But the mine causes damage even if it doesn’t explode. So, people become victims by not being able to use the area where they are located. For example, if there are landmines near houses and fields, not being able to use those areas means that their owners will suffer. A suitable complement may also be included in this section. This concept is also outside the international standard. Therefore, a non-technical study is usually the main starting point for evaluating the terrain and classifying it as a suspected or confirmed hazardous area. Also in this case the reference for us should be the international demining standards. “I propose aligning the bill with the concepts used in international standards.”
Merahim Nasib
