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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Baghdad, 23 November 2022 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 999,500) from the Government of Italy, which will support life-saving mine…
Baghdad, 15 November 2022 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes the contribution of EUR 500,000 (approximately USD 495,370) from the Government of France, which will support the Government of Iraq in its…
Baghdad, 15 November 2022 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 1,000,000 (approximately USD 980K) from the Government of Belgium, which will support the…
[English] Basra, 24 October 2022 – Two Iraqi members of a team working for a United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) implementing partner were killed and a third was injured in an incident at an explosive ordnance…