News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

On 09 February 2017 in Palais des Nations, Geneva, as a part of the 20th International Meeting of Mine Action National Programme Directors and United Nations Advisors (NDM), the National Mine Action Centre Sudan, UNMAS Sudan and Italy hosted the side event titled “Intercultural Communication and…

Mogadishu, February 6 2017 – Effective reduction of the threat caused by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Somalia depends on continued investment in modern equipment and additional training of security officers in counter terrorism measures, the African Union Special Representative for Somalia…

[ Français] Survey and clearance, weapons and ammunition management and risk education UNMAS continues to support the MONUSCO and international community efforts in the protection of civilians, stabilization and assistance to the democratic governance and institutional reforms in the Democratic…

The illicit proliferation, excessive accumulation and misuse of weapons and ammunition pose a persistent problem for peace and security at the international, national and regional level causing the violent death of half a million people every year, with 70,000 people dying during armed conflict. In…

Farid was walking with his father to the market when the explosion hit. “First it felt like an earthquake, and then came the loud sound of the blast,” he said. I held my ears because of the noise. A wall from the military building fell on top of me. I woke up to find myself in the hospital. Doctors…

[La Cité] Agnès Marcaillou, directrice de l’UNMAS, le Service de l’action anti-mines des Nations Unies, explique la pertinence du travail de son organisation et de son évolution à une époque où les civils sont de plus en plus ciblés dans les conflits armés. A Plus

London - Christie's, EON Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment present a rare opportunity to acquire memorabilia from the 24th film in the James Bond series this February to celebrate the release of Spectre on Digital HD, Blu-ray(TM) and DVD. A live…

The United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) audit finds UNMAS successful in implementing procedures for planning, monitoring and supervising mine action activities, as well as controls for coordinating United Nations mine action related activities. Between August and December…

Mr Hervé Ladsous, the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, and Ms. Marie-Noelle Koara, the Minister of Defence of the Central African Republic, inaugurated the construction of the Camp Kassai Central Armoury in Bangui at the end of April. The new armoury will hold more than a 1,000…

GLOBAL Secretary-General's Message for 2015 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action [Video] [UN] Today we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In the past decade, much progress has been made towards…

In 2013 UNMAS-DRC provided, through its programme, risk education to more than 218,000 Congolese. One of the most important groups that UNMAS targets is young people. This is an enormous task. To address it, UNMAS-DRC, in partnership with the national Ministry of Education, took the initiative to…

[UNMAS Officer Ole Feurer handing over of certificate to one of the course participants. Photo: UNMAS DRC] On 18 April 2014, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) together with the National Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC) held a ceremony to mark the closure of the Weapons and Ammunition…