Japan Provides more Support to UNMAS Humanitarian work
Press Release Government of Japan Provides more Support to UNMAS Humanitarian Mine Action Work in Africa NEW YORK, New York, 22 May 2013 — The Government of Japan donated an additional six million US dollars in April to the…
Weapons Destruction by UNMACC of Weapons Collected by DDR/RR MONUSCO
(UNMAS-DRC) The United Nations Coordination Centre (UNMACC) in collaboration with the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) division of MONUSCO in South Kivu will be holding a…
Security Council unanimously approves new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
[UN News Centre] 25 April 2013 – The Security Council today approved a 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July and authorized the blue helmets “to use…
Mines antipersonnel : la lutte inlassable contre des armes pernicieuses
A l'occasion de la Journée internationale de lutte contre les mines antipersonnel, célébrée chaque année le 4 avril, cette édition d'Escale est consacrée au travail de l'UNMAS, le Service de l'action anti-mines des Nations…
Libya 4 April Activities
4 April 2013 was the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, and the event was marked in Libya’s capital by boy and girl scouts who marched on a seaside street carrying signs warning of the dangers…
Bosnia and Herzegovina #1 at lending a leg to ban landmines
Today marks the 14th anniversary of the Landmine Ban Convention and is celebrated as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. While 161 states have signed the mine ban treaty, there are still 36…
UN marks International Day with commitment to world free of mines
4 April 2013, UNITED NATIONS News Service (English), Xinhua: The United Nations on Thursday opened an exhibition in its headquarters in New York and Geneva respectively to reiterate the importance of eliminating the threat of…
UNIFIL marks International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
April 04, 2013, National News Agency Lebanon (NNA): The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL) today observed the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. A ceremony, organized by the…
UN Reaffirms Commitment to World Free of Mines and Remnants of War
4 April 2013, United Nations News Centre – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated the importance of eliminating the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war as a crucial endeavour that advances peace, enables…
Mine Action Support Group Statement on International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Mine Action Support Group Statement INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION 4 April, 2013 - The Mine Action Support Group (MASG) is an informal grouping of 30 donor countries that have a shared…
Lend Your Leg for a DRC free of Mines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW)
United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - PRESS RELEASE Democratic Republic of the Congo, 4 April, 2013 - On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly of the United Nations declared…
Darfur Children Remain at Risk of Unexploded Mines
Khartoum, April 3, 2013: Harum Ali used to dream of becoming an engineer, but changed his mind after he was hospitalised with severe injuries following a horrific mine explosion.Suleiman Fatul Saim (10 years old), from Dar Al…