The 2010 Portfolio of Mine Action Projects, prepared by UNDP, UNICEF and UNMAS in closed consultation with field programmes, was launched in Cartagena, Colombia, during the Second Review Conference of the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Convention. US$ 589 million are required to address the impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war in 27 countries, territories or missions.
Road to Cartagena
18 November 2009
Daily Noon Press Briefing: By the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Guest at noon: Dmitry Titov, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and Maxwell Kerley, Director of the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS), to provide an update and overview of the work of UNMAS.
[Webcast: Archived Video - 48 minutes ]
The filmmaker Oliver Englehart follows a local team working to clear mines from a residential area in Afghanistan, where buried explosives are a finite, but persistent problem
UNMAS Annual Report 2008
19 Donors contribute $92.5 million to Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action
What's New!
Article by Maxwell Kerley published on Freedom from Fear Magazine and UN Chronicle, Volume XLVI.
An advocacy toolkit for field practitioners on The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
...would you stand for them anywhere?
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The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is pleased to announce that Mr. Maxwell Kerley has officially assumed the post of the Director of UNMAS.