News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

Español (Spanish) Bogotá, 1 December 2022 - Humanitarian organizations that carry out Humanitarian Demining (HD), Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) and landmines Victims Assistance (VA) in Colombia launched this Thursday the campaign "Mine action is humanitarian action", with which they seek…

Kinshasa, 2 December 2022 - Due to ongoing conflicts in Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), contamination with Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) is increasing, along with a surge in refugees and Internally Displaced Population (IDP) growth, who are vulnerable to the threats and…

Damascus, 1 December 2022 – With the support from several generous donors and in close coordination with the Government of Syria, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) Syria Response Programme through its implementing partner the Armenian Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise…

Addis Ababa, 6 December 2022 – The Government of Japan will provide a new humanitarian assistance package worth about USD 25 million (1.3 billion Birr) through its partnerships with various international organizations. As a follow-up to the commitments made at TICAD 8 in Tunis in August, and in…

For the fourth consecutive year, Belgium is providing 2 million euros to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) for its activities in Iraq and Syria. With this support, we offer the vulnerable among the population the opportunity to return to an active life. Many land mines are scattered on…

Baghdad, 26 December 2022 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes a renewed contribution of NZD 2,490,000 (approximately USD 1,622,000) from the Government of New Zealand, increasing the total contribution from New Zealand to NZD 5,740,000 million (approximately USD 3,084…

In 2014, on a calamitous night in Ayn Taliai village in Sinjar district, a 12-year-old Wahida and her family were forced to flee the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as they arrived in Sinjar. “We waited for the night to flee from our lovely home, and the darkness surrounded us. We could…

Baghdad, 18 January 2023 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of DKK 14,000,000 (over USD 2,000,000) from the Government of Denmark, which will assist the Government of Iraq in reducing the threat of explosive ordnance impacting civilians and…

Khartoum, 7 February 2023 — The Government of Japan has contributed USD 980,000 to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), a component of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), to advance Sudan’s peacebuilding efforts through humanitarian mine action…

Baghdad, 9 February 2023 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes two additional generous contributions from Estonia and Slovakia. As part of UNMAS Iraq efforts to support the mine action sector, this funding will enhance clearance operations and support life-saving mine action…

Miles de excombatientes de las antiguas FARC-EP firmaron la paz en 2016 con la esperanza de obtener oportunidades para estudiar y trabajar que les permitieran construir una nueva vida. Sin embargo, al intentar ingresar al mercado laboral encontraron muchas puertas cerradas. Las principales barreras…

Mogadishu, 14 April 2023 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) today welcomed the donation of $1 million from the Government of Japan for life-saving demining projects in Somalia. The support will go towards UNMAS’s ‘Humanitarian mine action to promote peace and safety in Somalia’ project…