Применение самодельных взрывных устройств в мире постоянно растет. Мины угрожают гражданскому населению, гуманитарным организациям, миротворческим миссиям и персоналу Организации Объединенных Наций.
В 2024 году в рамках празднования Международного дня просвещения по вопросам минной опасности и помощи в деятельности, связанной с разминированием, который отмечают 4 апреля, особый акцент сделан на повышение осведомленности о нуждах и правах людей с ограниченными возможностями в условиях конфликта. В тексте резолюции 2475 Совета Безопасности, принятой пять лет тому назад, содержится призыв к государствам-членам ООН обеспечивать безопасность инвалидов, предоставлять им доступ к реабилитации и допускать их к участию в деятельности по предотвращению конфликтов и миростроительству.
Половина жертв взрывного оружия – дети
В последние десятилетия боевые действия все чаще ведутся в густонаселенных районах, в том числе – больших городах, поэтому в результате использования взрывного оружия гибнут и получают травмы мирные жители, многих из которых – дети.
Травмы, полученные в таких случаях, как правило, очень серьезные – от сильнейших ожогов до потери конечностей, слуха или зрения. Кроме того, дети, ставшие жертвами взрывного оружия, могут страдать от посттравматического и тревожного расстройства и нуждаются в психологической поддержке.
Использование взрывного оружия также может косвенно сказываться на жизни детей, живущих в зонах боевых действий. Удары по жилым районам разрушают гражданскую инфраструктуру – дома, школы, больницы, объекты водоснабжения, электростанции.
И даже после окончания конфликта мины и неразорвавшиеся боеприпасы (так называемые «пережитки войны») по-прежнему представляет угрозу жизни и здоровью людей. Дети особенно уязвимы, поскольку они часто играют на улице, проявляют интерес к незнакомым и непонятным предметам и не подозревают, что они могут быть очень опасны.
Смертоносная проблема Украины
В последние годы к числу стран, чья территория в значительной степени загрязнена минами и неразорвавшимися боеприпасами, прибавилась Украина. Согласно оценкам экспертов, даже в том случае, если война завершится в самое ближайшее время, для полной очистки украинской земли потребуется по крайней мере десятилетие. По данным на начало апреля 2024 года, от несчастных случаев, связанных со взрывоопасными предметами, в Украине погибли 295 человек и 663 получили травмы.
«Работа в Украине дала мне понять, что все, чем я занимался до этого, было репетицией», – говорит Пол Хэслоп, специалист по разминированию с 30-летним опытом работы в самых разных «горячих точках» планеты. Хэслоп входит в состав миссии Программы развития ООН (ПРООН), которая занимается очисткой украинской территории от мин и неразорвавшихся боеприпасов.
Чтобы собеседники могли оценить масштабы проблемы, Хэслоп приводит следующие расчеты: во время любого вооруженного конфликта не срабатывают около 10 процентов всех использованных противостоящими сторонами боеприпасов. В Украине, по оценкам специалистов, ежедневно расходуется до 30 тысяч ракет и снарядов, то есть не срабатывают из них около трех тысяч. Если конфликт продлится тысячу дней (чуть меньше трех лет), саперам рано или поздно придется иметь дело с тремя миллионами неразорвавшихся бомб.
Процесс очистки территории от мин и неразорвавшихся снарядов часто занимает десятилетия и требует значительных инвестиций. Как ожидается, общие затраты на разминирование в Украине составят порядка 35 миллиардов долларов.
«При наличии необходимых ресурсов и соответствующих обязательств со стороны международного сообщества и, возможно, в рамках реализации чего-то похожего на план Маршалла, к 2028 году мы сможем помочь Украине устранить 75 процентов экономических последствий конфликта», – добавляет Хеслоп.
Информация спасает жизни
В эту среду Программа развития ООН (ПРООН) и BBC Media Action при поддержке правительства Японии объявили о начале кампании по информированию населения Украины об опасности, которую несут мины и взрывоопасные объекты.
Кампания, разработанная в сотрудничестве с Государственной службой Украины по чрезвычайным ситуациям и ключевыми неправительственными организациями в этой сфере, призвана охватить все население страны. Особое внимание будет уделено уязвимым категориям населения и регионам, имеющим повышенное количество несчастных случаев, связанных с взрывоопасными предметами.
Предварительный этап кампании начался в декабре 2023 года, а активное распространение образовательных материалов с помощью телевидения, радио, социальных сетей и наружной рекламы стартует в июне нынешнего года.
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