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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Article: Consolidation of peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through the mitigation of the explosive threat and capacity building of the mine action sector
In order to reduce the risks associated with explosive devices, from 2019 to 2020, the Korean Agency for International Cooperation (KOICA) provided a generous support of 2.6 million US dollars to the United Nations Mine…
Op-Ed by Atul Khare and Jean-Pierre Lacroix: UN Peacekeepers Must Stay the Course
United Nations peace operations promote stability and security in some of the world’s most dangerous and fragile places. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, overstretched UN peacekeepers—civilian, military, and police—were a thin…