Article: With support from KOICA, UNMAS launched SAFE GROUND campaign at Divin Maître primary school in Shabunda, South Kivu, DRC
Shabunda: United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) launched the Safe Ground campaign in the DRC by organizing a football match on 20 June 2019 at Divin Maître primary school in Shabunda Territory, South Kivu province. Funded by the Korean Cooperation Agency, KOICA, this tournament was organized…
News: Somalia plans to develop a strategy to assist survivors of mine explosions
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 inclusive nationwide strategy and plan of action that can address the rights…
Article: UNAMID ODO Victim Assistance Project
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 begin livelihood projects. The livelihood projects aim to improve the living…
News: UNMAS increases efforts to reduce landmine accidents among children in Somalia
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 ultimately the peace and recovery of Somalia. Since 2019 about 22 ERW…
News: AMISOM Holods a medal parade to honor the contribution to stabilization efforts in Somalia
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, Lt. Gen. Tigabu Yilma Wondimhunegn, awarded medals to distinguished members…
Article: KOICA delegation visits Kalemie to follow the progress of the project "Consolidation of peace and stability in the DRC through the reduction of explosive devices and armed violence"
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 project "Consolidation of peace and stability in the DRC by reducing explosive…
Article: Connecting The Dots - The Pace of IED Clearance Seen as Key Factor to Safe Return of 1.67 Million Displaced Iraqis (Counter-IED Report)
“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), including a U.N.- estimated 500,000 still living in camps for two years or more…
News: The UN Gender Guidelines are Making the Rounds at #OsloRevCon
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Article: UNMAS and CNC-ALPC firmly united in the commitment towards the coordination monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the National Action Plan for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in the DRC
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 monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the 2018…
Article: Victim Assistance Workshop with MoWHRD and SEMA in Somalia
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 Action to assist people with disabilities and survivors of explosive hazards…
Op-Ed by Jean-Pierre Lacroix: Of Peacekeepers and Pandemics (Le Monde)
The COVID-19 pandemic is also developing in countries marred by armed conflict. In an op-ed featured in Le Monde, the head of United Nations Peacekeeping, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, underlines the role UN peacekeepers can play together with Member States. No one, no community, no country, is immune…
Message from the SRSG of MINURSO on the Occasion of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, 4 April 2020
Dear Colleagues, When the conflict in the Territory of Western Sahara started many years ago, landmines were buried. As a result, lives were lost and others were altered forever because of one unlucky step. Even this past year, there have been new victims in the Territory including one of our own, a…