MASG Meeting 24 October 2024 (New York)

Minutes

Statements and presentations

1.1 Welcome remarks by Chair, Ambassador Gianluca Greco, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, New York

1.2 Statement by Mr Alexandre Zouev, ASG OROLSI Department of Peace Operations

2.1.1 a Ukraine Mine Action Conference 2024 (UMAC 2024) – Ambassador Adrian Hauri, DPR Mission of Switzerland

2.1.1 b UNMAC 2024 Video 1

2.1.1 b UNMAC 2024 Video 2

2.1.2 Ukraine Update. Mr Paul Heslop, UNMAS Senior Mine Action Adviser, UN RC Ukraine

2.2.1 Occupied Palestinian Territories – Gaza and West Bank. UNMAS

2.3.1 Regional Overview Middle East – Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. UNDP and UNMAS

2.4.1 Update on countries with High Casualty Rates – Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Somalia and Sudan. UNICEF

2.4.1.b EORE Concept Note for Somalia

3.1 Adapting to Change; The Growing Need for Flexibility in Mine Action. GICHD

4.1 Update from GICHD

4.3 Update from OAS

4.6 Update from Drumlanrig Group

Special Feature: See the interview of the MASG Secretary Mr. Ian Mansfield, at UNHQ in October 2024