Making Mine Action Work for Everyone in South Sudan

UNMAS works with affected communities and partners worldwide to eliminate explosive threats, protect civilians, enable humanitarian action, and create the conditions for sustainable peace and recovery.

Established in 1997, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) works to eliminate the threat posed by mines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices by coordinating United Nations mine action, leading operational responses at the country level, and in support of peace operations, as well as through the development of standards, policies and norms. UNMAS is a specialized, agile organization, which delivers concrete results in dynamic operating environments across the world. UNMAS operates under UN legislative mandates of both the General Assembly and the Security Council. UNMAS also responds to requests for assistance from national authorities in states affected by explosive ordnance. The scope of mine action work covers five pillars.