APM Anti-Personnnel Mines AVM Anti-Vehicle Mines (Also AV Mines) APII Amended Protocol II (The Amended Mine Protocol) CCW Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects ERW Explosive Remants of War GGE Group of Governmental Experts GICHD Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining IDP Internally Displaced Persons (These populations forced to flee during conflicts are particularly vulnerable to ERW) IMSMA The Information Management System for Mine Action MBT Mine Ban Treaty (also known as the Ottowa Convention) MOTAPM Mines other than Anti-Personnel Mines