Safety starts with awareness๐
UNMAS teamed up with @UnfpaSyria in Deir ez-Zor to deliver life-saving Explosive Ordnance risk education to locals.Knowledge is protection.Hear Aminaโs story & see how these sessions save lives ๐
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
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United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
@UNMAS
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) reduces the threat of explosive hazards and IEDs. Ms. Kazumi Ogawa is the Director of UNMAS.
- ุชุถุงูุฑุช ุฌููุฏ ุฏุงุฆุฑุฉ ุงูุฃู ู ุงูู ุชุญุฏุฉ ููุฃุนู ุงู ุงูู ุชุนููุฉ ุจุงูุฃูุบุงู ู ุน ุตูุฏูู ุงูุฃู ู ุงูู ุชุญุฏุฉ ููุณูุงู ูู ุณูุฑูุง ูู#ุฏูุฑุงูุฒูุฑ ูุชูุฏูู ุฌูุณุงุช ุชูุนูุฉ ู ููุฐุฉ ููุญูุงุฉ ุญูู ู ุฎุงุทุฑ ุงูุฐุฎุงุฆุฑ ุงูู ุชูุฌุฑุฉ ููุณูุงู ุงูู ุญูููู. ุงุณุชู ุนูุง ุฅูู ูุตุฉ ุฃู ููุฉ ูุดุงูุฏูุง ููู ุชููุฐ ูุฐู ุงูุฌูุณุงุช ุงูุฃุฑูุงุญ ๐
- After almost 30 years since the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty was adopted, explosive weapons still continue to kill and injure people. Recent UN report warns about persistent use of anti-personnel mines, urges adherence to mine ban treaty. Read: ohchr.org/en/press-releaโฆ
- UNMAS is delivering Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) across Abyei, helping communities recognize and avoid explosive hazards. Through outreach sessions, people learn to stay away, report, and stay safe, with a focus on women, children, and vulnerable groups. @UNISFA_1
- UNMAS is providing landmine & explosive ordnance safety training to newly arrived uniformed personnel. The goal: equip them with life-saving skills & behaviors before deployment to @UNISFA_1 bases. #UNMAS #UNISFA #MineAction #Abyei @UNPeacekeeping
- Through clearance operations and explosive ordnance disposal, UNMAS @UNISFA_1 is helping to make the Abyei Area safe again, enabling families to return home, children to play freely, and supporting peacekeepers and humanitarian partners in protecting civilians.
00:00 - Ambassador Geon met with @UNMAS Chief of Mine Action Programme, Mr. Joseph McCartan. The meeting served as a courtesy call and provided an opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest.
- UNMAS conducted specialized training for drivers of the Ghanaian contingent, strengthening skills in operating mine-protected vehicles. This training enhances safe operations in mine-risk areas, boosting overall mission safety and effectiveness. @UNISFA_1 @UNPeacekeeping
- What does success in mine action look like? In Ukraine, the focus is shifting beyond hectares cleared to the broader impact on people, communities, and recovery. Mine action is not just about removing threats, it's about restoring opportunity. ๐
- Before recovery comes landmine clearance. This feature from Better World Campaign highlights how UNMAS and UNOPS help communities safely return home, restore livelihoods, and rebuild after conflict by addressing explosive hazards. ๐ betterworldcampaign.org/peace-and-secuโฆ #InvestInMineAction
- Last Friday, #UNMAS Colombia met with the newly appointed Director, Vice Director & team of @aics_it Bogotรก to discuss shared commitments in #Colombia. Looking forward to next steps together! ๐ค๐จ๐ด #InvestInPeace #InvestInMineAction
- El viernes pasado, #UNMAS Colombia se reuniรณ con la reciรฉn nombrada Directora, Subdirector y equipo de @aics_it Bogotรก para dialogar sobre el compromiso recรญproco en #Colombia. Esperamos los prรณximos pasos juntos! ๐ค๐จ๐ด #InvierteEnLaPaz
- UNMAS and the # UN TPP of @UN_OpSupport launched a Counter-IED initiative in the Republic of Korea to strengthen peacekeeping capabilities from selected ASEAN TCCS Funded by ๐จ๐ฆ and delivered with instructor support from ๐ฆ๐บ.
Through Training of Trainers courses in EHAT and IED-TM, the initiative is building sustainable national instructor capacities, enhancing deployment readiness and helping protect peacekeepers from explosive threats. #UNTPP #Peacekeeping #A4P #Canada #Australia #RepublicOfKorea
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