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Secretary-General's Message for 2015 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
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[UN] Today we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. In the past decade, much progress has been made towards eradicating the threat of anti-personnel landmines, with 162 States now Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
[VIideo] Daniel Craig Message for Mine Action Day
[UN] The British actor Daniel Craig, who has supported United Nations mine action work over the last two years, made this video message for the 10 year anniversary of the observance of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
It’s about ‘more than mines’ senior UN official says ahead of International Day of Action
[UN News Centre] As the world marks the tenth anniversary of the passing of the global mine ban treaty and commemorates International Mine Awareness Day, the head of the United Nations’ office dealing with the threat they pose stressed today the importance of looking beyond the effects of just anti-personnel mines.
Ban commends successes of mine action, calls for more support to eradicate explosives threat
[UN News Centre] As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action today, the United Nations Secretary-General pointed to a decade of much progress in efforts towards eradicating the threat of anti-personnel landmines.
“Please tell people to stop fighting. Mines are not mine”
[UNICEF] Hasen was injured by a roadside landmine on his way to school, about 8 km from his village in Eritrea. He lost his two legs at the age of 6 and is now 14 years. Since the incident, he has endured much pain and visited several health facilities for treatment.
"Mine Action" Is Not Just about Mines
[UN Radio] Unexploded ordnance worldwide poses a greater threat to people's safety than landmines, according to the United Nations Mine Action Service, UNMAS.
Mines pose a danger to civilians in South Sudan
[UN Radio] It is not clear how many land mines and other explosive devices have contaminated South Sudan, according to experts from the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS).
UNMAS is helping to clear the new African country of landmines and other explosive devices in the new African nation but the conflict which erupted in December 2013 is not making the job easy.
UN: More unexploded devices pose greater risk
[Vatican Radio] Thousands of innocent people around the world continue to die each year, due to landmines and other explosive remnants of war. Today, on International Mine Action Day, the United Nations warns incidence of such deaths is expected to rise.
Saturday is International Mine Awareness Day
[Defence Web] As the world readies itself to mark the tenth anniversary of the passing of the global mine ban treaty and commemorates International Mine Awareness Day on Saturday, April 4, the head of the United Nations’ office dealing with the threat they pose stressed the importance of looking beyond the effects of just anti-personnel mines.
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 2015
[Star Africa - PR Newswire] Anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) are a malign presence across the world. They continue to do great harm long after conflicts have ended and peace agreements signed. In the past decade, over 50,000 people have lost limbs or lives to these weapons.
Mark 4 April with Action
[CMC - ICBL] The best way to mark 4 April, the International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, is to go beyond awareness by taking concrete action against indiscriminate weapons such as cluster munitions and landmines.
Critical Mass and the United Nations Mine Action Service Present Sweeper and Living Portrait at the More Than Mines Installation in New York City
[Critical Mass] Continuing its partnership with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Critical Mass, a global digital experience design agency, presents the Sweeper digital minefield and Living Portraits exhibit as part of the More than Mines installation at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
Lifesaving Dogs Help Rid Countries of Land Mines, Explosives
[Voice of America] Senna is a nine-year-old Belgian Malinois, the dog breed of choice for experts securing areas where there are land mines and unexploded bombs and shells. She is a veteran mine-detection dog who sniffed her way across 1.5 million square meters of Afghanistan during five-and-a-half years of working with the U.S. Air Force there.
国連本部に「デジタル地雷原」＝潘総長、怖さ仮想体験
[Jiji] 地雷に関する啓発を目的とした国連の「国際地雷対策デー」を４日に控え、国連本部にスマートフォンを使って地雷の怖さを仮想体験できる「デジタル地雷原」が設置され、１日、日本とオランダ、国連の共催で披露式典が行われた。
AFRICA
CAR
Cameroon: Car - UN Destroys Explosives, War Weapons
[All Africa - Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)] The United Nations Mines Action Service (UNMAS) that has been working in the war-torn Central African Republic since January 2014 has identified, collected, secured and destroyed some dangerous weapons in the country and is currently building an arms depot in which to store some identified weapons,
Bangui school to host 10th Int’l Landmine Awareness Day
[Star Africa - APA] Loukouanga Primary School in the capital of the Central African Republic, Bangui was chosen to host the 10th International Mine Awareness and Mine Action Assistance Day, to be celebrated Tuesday under the theme “More than mine,” APA can report.
DRC
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
[MONUSCO] "The objective of the Congolese Government is to make the DRC mine-free by 2020. This is not only a dream, it is also a duty, and MONUSCO as well as UNMAS are fully committed to work with the government in achieving this noble objective", has stated Martin Kobler, Special representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in DRC.
Ethiopia
[AU] Addis Ababa, 8 April 2015: The Commission of the African Union (AU) will commemorate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action at the AU Headquarters (Plenary Hall of the Old AU Conference Centre), Thursday, 9 April 2015, from 900hrs to 1100hrs. This year the event will be held under the theme 'More than Mines' to take into account the types of explosive threats faced by UN member States such as unexploded bombs, unsecured weapons and ammunition and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
South Sudan
[Video] More than Mines the United Nations Mine Action Service in South Sudan
[UNMISS] April 4th is International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, this piece pays tribute to the men and women of the UN Mine Action Service working throughout the South Sudan.
UNMAS celebrates “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action”
[UNMAS] April 4th marks the “International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action”. This day aims to raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication, and is a day that reminds us of the devastating effects of landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW). The annual commemoration also provides an opportunity to renew our
commitment to a world free from the threat of mines and other remnants of war.
Sudan
International Day for Mine Awareness: UNAMID Helps Maintain a Safe Environment
[UNAMID] Mr. Mohammad Hassan Mohammad is among several deminers working in Darfur as an international contractor with The Development Initiative (TDI), an organization that provides commercial explosive remnants of war (ERW) clearance and remote logistics solutions in inaccessible and often hostile locations.
AMERICAS
Bahamas
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action 2015
[Bahamas Weekly] Anti-personnel landmines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) are a malign presence across the world. They continue to do great harm long after conflicts have ended and peace agreements signed. In the past decade, over 50,000 people have lost limbs or lives to these weapons.
Canada
Canada continues to support Sri Lanka's de-mining activities
[News LK] The High Commission of Canada to Sri Lanka and Maldives ahead of marking the 'International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action' on 4 April, announced that Canada will continue to support demining activities in Sri Lanka's war-torn north.
USA
Kerry on International Day for Mine Awareness
[U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesperson] The observance of UN International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action on April 4 allows the United States to take pride in its efforts to address the humanitarian impact of these deadly devices on civilian populations around the world.
ASIA
Afghanistan
Afghans, partners mark International Day of Mine Awareness
[UNAMA] To raise awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication, Afghans and their international partners marked Mine Awareness Day at a United Nations-backed event in which speeches were delivered and demonstrations given on demining procedures.
Op-Ed: 80% of minefields from past conflicts cleared in Afghanistan
[Khaama Press] Op-Ed for International Day of Mine Awareness, April 4, 2015 by United States Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley.
Armania
Today is International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
[Panorama AM] On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
State of Palestine
[Gaza] International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
[UNMAS] The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) organized an event in Gaza, attended by thousands of people in Khan Yunis, to celebrate the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Mohammed Assaf, UNRWA Regional Youth Ambassador for Palestine Refugees was the special guest and gave a performance.
Mohammed Assaf fights the good fight for the troubled people of Gaza!
[Al Bawaba] Arab Idol star and UNRWA Regional Youth Ambassador Mohammed Assaf was once again fighting the good fight for the people of Gaza.
Sri Lanka
Today is International Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Day
[The Official Government News Portal of Sri Lanka] The 2015 theme 'More than Mines' takes into account the types of explosive threats faced by the United Nations and its members and brings attention to the fact that disposing of explosive hazards is only one part of UN mine action work.
EUROPE
Ukraine
Children Killed and Injured by Landmines in Eastern Ukraine
[UN Radio] At least 109 children are reported to have been injured and 42 killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine since March last year, according to the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF.
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