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Ramallah, 31 March 2022 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and Palestine Mine Action Center (PMAC) have launched an innovative mobile application game to educate global audiences about the risks of explosive…

Baghdad, 22 March 2022 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes an additional contribution of EUR 480,000 (approximately USD 550,000) from the Crisis and Support Center of the French Ministry of Europe and…

The year 2021 was a turning point in the Palestine Mine Action Center’s (PMAC) work, specifically their visibility in the field and conducting wider awareness campaigns against the dangers of explosive remnants of war (ERW)…

Español (Spanish) Bogota, Colombia, March 16, 2022 - The Tripartite Mechanism about mines - made up of the Office of the High Commissioner for Peace (OACP, in Spanish) of the Government of Colombia, the Comunes Party…

Baghdad, 17 February 2022 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq welcomes an additional contribution of USD 5.7 million from the Federal Republic of Germany for residential area clearance in support of…

Addis Ababa, 11 February 2022 – Recent conflict in northern Ethiopia has contaminated vast swathes of land with explosive remnants of war (ERW), endangering the lives of returning refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs)…

عربي Baghdad, 20 January 2022 - The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes the contribution of SEK 50 million (approximately USD 5.7 million) from the Government of Sweden, which will support the Government of…

Mechanical equipment has been in the inventory of conventional military forces for the purposes of military engineering—including demining—since the Second World War. The integration of mechanical equipment into UNMAS Iraq…

Security and jobs provided by joint SEMA, EU, HALO and UNMAS project Mogadishu, 16 December 2021 – A long-running project to clear two districts – Dhabad and Galdogob – of landmines in Galmadug and Puntland, in northern…

La mayoría de las personas en proceso de reincorporación contratadas por HUMANICEMOS DH han descubierto que trabajar en la acción contra minas es una "ruta segura de reincorporación" y les ha permitido satisfacer sus…

Most of the ex-combatants hired by HUMANICEMOS DH have found that working in mine action is a "safe route to reintegration" and has allowed them to meet their basic needs, supported them to expand their skills and provided…

After eight months of operations conducted by UNMAS implementing partner, Global Clearance Solutions (GCS), in Tal Kaif, north of Mosul, over 250,000 square meters of contaminated land were cleared, and more than 1,200 items…