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Baghdad, 22 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 505,000 (approximately USD 617,000) from the Government of France renewing its commitment in…

Baghdad, 15 February 2021 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of USD four million from the Federal Republic of Germany for the provision of clearance operations in…

What influenced you to work in explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) in Abyei? My journey started in 2004 in my country, Uganda. Given the historical background and the various conflicts which affected my country, many…

Juba, 20 November 2020 - On 20 November 2020, the Eighteenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and their Destruction…

On 21 November 2020, the Central African Republic inaugurated its first regional ammunition depot in Bouar in the presence of the President of the Republic, Mr. Faustin-Archange Touadera, the Prime Minister, Mr. Firmin…

Seventeen former combatants in the process of reintegration, belonging to the civil humanitarian demining organization HUMANICEMOS DH, passed the evaluations to carry out Non-Technical Surveys. These personnel will identify…

Mogadishu, 23 July 2020 - Explosive hazards continue to have an impact on the security siutation in Somalia. Over the past years, extremist groups have continued to use improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the preferred…

Tripoli, 6 July 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (ASRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie Williams expresses her deep sadness and regret over…

BAGHDAD — Japan has earned the well-deserved respect of the world, emerging from conflict to become an economic success at home and a strong proponent of socially responsible policies and actions both at home and abroad. I am…

(Bruno Donat, current Chief of the UNMAS Geneva office, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Goma during an earlier assignment with MONUSCO. Copyright: UN Photo/Jacques Miroza) A time to remember the importance of…

In 2019, funded by the Government of Japan, UNMAS surveyed and cleared large agricultural areas in Eastern Equatoria. A deminer demonstrated the methodology for detection and clearance of a cluster munition during a high…

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…