Baghdad, 15 January 2020 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of DKK 29.5 million (over USD 4.4 million) from the Government of Denmark to further enable stabilization…
18 Suspected Hazardous Areas in Cyprus Declared Mine-Free Nicosia, 09 December 2019 – UNFICYP is pleased to announce the clearance of nine suspected hazardous areas each on both sides of the island, amounting to a total area…
UNMAS along with the Somali Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development (MoWHRD) and the Somali Explosive Management Authority (SEMA) held a consultation workshop in Mogadishu to discuss developing a National Plan of…
Kinshasa, November 18, 2019: MONUSCO Mine Action Service supported the National Commission for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the reduction of armed violence (CNC-ALPC), in the organization of a workshop for…
“The pace of Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD), more than any other kind of explosive hazard (EH) clearance, indirectly controls the return of Iraq’s more than 1.67 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
On 3 September 2019, a delegation from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), visited Kalemie town, in Tanganyika province, with the purpose of following the implementation, the progress and the impact of the…
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) held a medal parade on August 31, for the outgoing Ethiopian troops in Sector Four to honour them for their contribution to stabilization efforts in Somalia. The Force Commander…
At the invitation of the Government of Germany, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) presented its activities to a delegation comprising HE Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Minister of Defence of the Federal Republic of…
Somalia has a residual threat from unexploded and abandoned ordnance following decades of armed conflict. The explosive hazard contamination negatively impacts the socioeconomic opportunities of the communities, security and…
On 8 July 2019, UNAMID Ordnance Disposal Office (ODO), through implementing partner National Units for Mine Action and Development (NUMAD), provided the families of five survivors in North Darfur the necessary materials to…
Mogadishu: A two-day stakeholders’ workshop took place in Mogadishu, to discuss challenges and gaps with regard to existing victim assistance services and to share suggestions and recommendations for the development of an…