The 2018 VNR of Lao PDR refers to UXO in a more comprehensive and consistent manner. The report has, in addition, a whole separate chapter dedicated to UXO and SDG 18. The VNR states that UXO remains a “daunting barrier to the progress of development in Lao PDR” and that UXO has a cross-cutting impact on the SDGs due to their negative impact on socio-economic development, such as limiting safe access to agriculture and land, or rendering the construction work on schools, hospitals and other essential infrastructures dangerous. 61 Accelerating progress towards SDG 18 is seen by Lao PDR as one of the cross-cutting strategies to achieve its national development goals. 62 The VNR of Lao PDR also showcases the progress and challenges in the context of Lao PDR’s 8th NSEDP where SDG 18 is placed among the direct contributors of Outcome 2 ‘Improved living standards through poverty reduction’. 63 The VNR also associates UXO with SDG 2 ‘zero hunger’, and SDG 17 ‘ global partnership for sustainable development’. 64 Regarding BiH, its 2019 VNR contains some references to mine action or demining. In particular, the VNR mentions BiH’s intention to create an additional SDG 18 ’Bosnia and Herzegovina mine free by 2030’ and states that demining has an impact on SDG 16, and “contributes to addressing SDG1 (Poverty), SDG2 (Hunger), SDG3 (Healthy Lives), SDG8 (Inclusive Growth), SDG9 (Infrastructure), SDG 11 (Human Settlements) and SDG15 (Ecosystems)”. 65
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