Mauritania: another Mediterranean Dialogue nation using NAMSA’s services

January 2010 - On 25 January 2010 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between NAMSO and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The MOU provides a framework agreement for future cooperative logistic support activities related to Trust Fund Projects for which NAMSA is the Executing Agent.

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New Trust Fund Project in Jordan

November 2009 - A new Trust Fund demilitarization project in Jordan was launched on 19 November 2009 with the signature, at NATO HQ, of an Agreement between Italy (the lead nation for the funding) and NAMSA (the executive agent for the project).

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Ukraine: Positive Step Forward in Ammunition Destruction

August 2009 - A contract for the demilitarization of 6,000 tonnes of conventional ammunition, including almost 30,000 cluster munitions, was signed between NAMSA, the Ukraine Ministry of Defence and the State Enterprise Ukroboronservice (UOS) in Kiev on Wednesday 26 August 2009.

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Ongoing Projects

• Azerbaijan:
Clearance of 569 hectares of contaminated land and disposal of UXO
• Kazakhstan:
Destruction of 27,000 SALW and 300 MANPADS
• Moldova:
Repacking and centralized warehousing of 1,127 tons of dangerous chemicals
• Ukraine:
Destruction of 400,000 SALW, 15,000 tons of  munitions and 1,000 MANPADS
• Jordan:
Assistance in identifying and eliminating the Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) on the territory of Jordan, Construction of a Demilitarization Facility, Provision of a Propellant Surveillance Laboratory
• Afghanistan:
Improving physical security and stockpile management of Afghan National Army ammunition stocks: includes building new storage and maintenance facilities; specialist training; planning future stock levels

Completed Projects

• Albania I:
Destruction of 1,600,000 landmines
• Albania II:
Destruction of 11,500 tons of SALW ammunition
• Belarus:
Destruction of 700,000 landmines
• Georgia I:
Destruction of 526 high-altitude anti-aircraft missiles and 45 warheads
• Georgia II:
Destruction of 1,080 S-8 Air-to-Surface unguided missiles, 5,724 Alazan and 1,976 Kristall anti-hail rockets
• Moldova:
Destruction of 325 tons of rocket fuel oxidizer (Melanj), 12,000 landmines and 300 tons of munitions
• Serbia:
Destruction of 1,400,000 landmines
• Serbia and Montenegro:
Destruction of 28,000 SALW
• Ukraine:
Destruction of 400,000 landmines