10 October 2013, Kisangani, DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): UNMAS today handed over a large, brand new ammunition depot, consisting of six separate buildings, to the Ministry of Defence in Province Orientale…
UNMAS Director Inaugurates new Mine Action Projects in South Sudan This week, the Director of UNMAS, Ms. Agnes Marcaillou, visited South Sudan to meet with senior officials, tour recently launched mine action initiatives and…
[News Release] United Nations, New York, 10 July 2013 - The European Commission's Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) has announced they will contribute EUR 1.5 million for mine action…
CONDEMNING LETHAL ATTACK ON UN MOGADISHU COMPOUND, OUTRAGED SECRETARY-GENERAL VOWS IT WILL NEITHER DETER ORGANIZATION NOR WEAKEN RESOLVE TO STAND BY SOMALIA The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN…
There are some 15,000 people, both men and women, employed as de-miners with the UN Mine Action Service, UNMAS , around the world. In response to landmines and explosive remnants of war, UNMAS goes into action to remove these…
The Director of UNMAS Ms. Agnès Marcaillou spoke with UN Radio on the occasion of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, the complete interview in French is here.
Press Release Government of Japan Provides more Support to UNMAS Humanitarian Mine Action Work in Africa NEW YORK, New York, 22 May 2013 — The Government of Japan donated an additional six million US dollars in April to the…
(UNMAS-DRC) The United Nations Coordination Centre (UNMACC) in collaboration with the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) division of MONUSCO in South Kivu will be holding a…
[UN News Centre] 25 April 2013 – The Security Council today approved a 12,600-strong United Nations peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July and authorized the blue helmets “to use…
A l'occasion de la Journée internationale de lutte contre les mines antipersonnel, célébrée chaque année le 4 avril, cette édition d'Escale est consacrée au travail de l'UNMAS, le Service de l'action anti-mines des Nations…
4 April 2013 was the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, and the event was marked in Libya’s capital by boy and girl scouts who marched on a seaside street carrying signs warning of the dangers…