"Before the Monitor’s inception, there was no systematic monitoring and assessment of the international community’s response to the problem caused by landmines, cluster munitions, and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). Preparation of Monitor research products entails extensive collection, analysis, and distribution of publicly available information. Although in some cases it does entail investigative missions, the Monitor is not designed to send researchers into harm's way and does not include hot war-zone reporting. The Monitor’s key target audiences are governments, civil society, and international organizations, as well as media, academics, and the general public..."