Ukraine: Mine clearance of entire Luhansk Oblast will take at least 10 years

It will take at least 10 years to demine the entire occupied part of Luhansk Oblast. Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast “It will take at least 10 years Read More …

Cambodia: CMAA set to celebrate 30th anniversary of demining efforts with eye on 2025

The Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA) is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the start of efforts to demine Cambodia, which began in earnest in 1992. The events planned are set to take place over November Read More …

India provides four mine-detection dogs to Cambodia

The Government of India has donated four mine-detection dogs and materials to the National Centre for Peacekeeping Forces, Mines and Explosive Remnants of War Clearance (NPMEC) for its humanitarian activities. The handover ceremony took place under presidency of Major General Read More …

Cambodia: GMAC mobilising support for mine clearance

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has pledged to mobilise support from around 700 of its member companies for demining work in Cambodia, with a fund-raising event scheduled for November 17. The pledge came at a meeting between Ly Read More …

Iraq: Two UN employees killed by landmine at explosive ordnance clearance site near Basra

Two Iraqi UN employees were killed and a third person injured in an accident on Monday near the southern Iraqi city of Basra. The staff members were part of a team working for the UN’s Mine Action Service (Unmas) at Read More …

Germany once again allocates 95.000 Euros to support Mine Victims in BiH

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Thomas Fitschen signed an agreement yesterday with the local non-governmental organization “Mine Detection Dog Center” (MDDC) on the provision of funds in the amount of 95,000 euros Read More …

Azerbaijan, Germany consider cooperation on demining in Karabakh

Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency chief Vugar Suleymanov and German ambassador to Azerbaijan Ralf Horlemann have discussed the cooperation in demining Azerbaijan’s liberated lands, Azernews reports. Suleymanov briefed the ambassador on the agency’s history, general directions of activities, demining operations undertaken Read More …

Cambodia: About 70 pct of mine clearance work completed in Tboung Khmum

Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority (CMAA), announced that 70 percent of the mine clearance work in Tboung Khmum. On October 5, Senior Minister Thuch, inspected the demining activities in Read More …

Canada could lead global demining efforts in Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to become a leader in the global demining efforts in the country. “The conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada was, as always, very specific and focused primarily on Read More …

UK: Manchester charity gets funding to clear landmines in Ukraine

A UK charity has received a two million dollar grant to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance in Ukraine and to deliver risk education to communities caught up in the conflict. The funding has been awarded to Manchester-headquartered MAG (Mines Advisory Read More …

Cambodia turned minefields into “the land of gold” over 30 years

The head of Cambodia’s mine authority said that Cambodia has achieved incredible success by having transformed minefields, once spread all over the Kingdom, into “the land of gold” after 3 decades of demining actions. During an event on Thursday, Senior Read More …

Cambodia: Government declares Phnom Penh mine-free

The government has declared Phnom Penh to be free of landmines, conveying that there will be no more casualties from ordnances in the capital. The announcement was made yesterday at an official ceremony held at the Phnom Penh City Hall Read More …

Project raises 100,000 USD for mine clearing activities in Vietnam

An event held by the “Restoring the Environment and Neutralising the Effects of the War” (RENEW) project in Washington D.C. on September 22 completed its target of raising 100,000 USD for mine clearing activities in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Read More …

Handbook for Capacity Development in Mine Action (Lao) ປື້ມມຄູ່ມື ສໍາລັບ ການພັດທະນາຂີດຄວາມສາມາດ ໃນວຽກງານເກັບກູ້ລະເບີດ

The handbook for Capacity Development in Mine Action was published to capture the wealth of UNDP’s experience of developing capacities in mine action programming and share the best practices and lessons learned with national and international development partners. UNDP Lao Read More …

Iran, Armenia Sign Demining MoU

Iran and Armenia signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of mine clearance. Director of Armenian’s Center for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise (CHDE) Vaghinak Sargsyan visited the demining center of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s department of defense engineering and Read More …

UK to expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in demining Karabakh

UK ambassador James Sharp has said that his country will expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in demining Karabakh, Azernews reports. “Mine detection dogs cope with this difficult task [demining] very well. Thanks to them, people’s lives are less at risk. We Read More …

De-mining Angola – The Unseen Threat of Landmines Finally Removed

Stirring a renaissance in areas plagued by land mines from past conflicts, the NGO Mines Advisory Group, known as MAG, is an NGO committed to the removal of landmines in the Eastern Provinces of Angola. With the support of the Read More …

Unexploded ordnance harming development of Laos

Unexploded ordnance (UXO) has caused great harm to the development of Laos, highlighting the need for its accelerated clearance, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Monday citing a top United Nations (UN) official. The UN Assistant Secretary-General and United Nations Read More …

UNMAS clears active minefield, home to over 1,500 people in Canal, South Sudan

As powerful barges manned by the Bangladeshi Marine Force Unit deployed to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) make their careful way across the overflowing waters of the White Nile, the air is laced with expectation. Lush, thick Read More …