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On 3 December 2025, UNMAS will culminate the ongoing six-month Secretary-General campaign to uphold humanitarian disarmament norms through a special exhibition, “Forward NOT Fragmented,” in the Visitor’s Lobby of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York City, Read More …
A Chinese man allegedly attempting to cross illegally into Thailand from Cambodia was injured on Saturday when he stepped on a land mine, the Thai army announced, reiterating its charges that Cambodian forces have been planting the anti-personnel weapons in Read More …
Three children were killed and three others injured when a landmine exploded in the Sanni Shoran area of Bolan on Wednesday. Police said the device had been planted inside the home of a local named Abdul Hayee Jatoi. The explosion Read More …
Five States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention have recently submitted instruments of withdrawal, citing national security and military necessity, while at least one other has taken steps to “suspend” the Convention. These developments raise important questions about whether Read More …
Ukraine remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. According to experts, more than 142,000 square kilometers of territory are potentially hazardous. The most challenging situation is in the eastern and southern regions, according to the national Read More …
When Lebanon emerged from the November 2024 ceasefire, the country faced daunting challenges: over 113,000 people still displaced, 1,526 contaminated sites, and strained public services. Turning this fragile peace into lasting stability requires concrete solutions that restore trust, rebuild communities, Read More …
The Humanitarian Demining Center paid UAH 4.76 million under the first contract for the demining of land that a farmer had cleared at his own expense, the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture said. The ministry Read More …
Myanmar recorded more than 1,000 landmine and unexploded ordnance casualties in 2023, the highest in the world, according to UNICEF and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. Independent human rights experts said this figure represents only part of a wider Read More …
The explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was called to reports of a ‘suspected unexploded WW2 ordnance’ by the lighthouse at Beachy Head. The EOD team attended Beachy Head on November 17, assisted by coastguard crews from Birling Gap and Eastbourne. Read More …
The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to regional security after supporting Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) personnel through a five-week Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD) course at the Humanitarian Peace Support School (HPSS) in Nairobi. According to the British High Read More …
More children are being killed and injured by explosive weapons than at any point in modern history, a landmark report has found. It finds that explosive weapons – mainly state owned – were responsible for more than 60 per cent Read More …
The operation continues to secure hazardous border zones, with teams removing explosives and conducting joint aerial surveys to support upcoming boundary-marker work. On November 19, 2025, the First Army Area, Burapha Task Force and Infantry Task Force 12, together with Read More …
On 22 October, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Department of Peace Operations (DPO)/UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) co-hosted a side event on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly’s First Committee and Fourth Committee to Read More …
A delegation from the Vietnam Mine Action Centre (VNMAC), led by Colonel Pham The Anh, visited the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday to learn from Cambodia’s internationally recognised mine clearance achievements. CMAC Director-General Heng Ratana Read More …
HI Acting Chief of Operations Adnan Araji explains how HI conducts clear landmine in Mount Lebanon, contamination dating back to the civil war. In Mount Lebanon, HI’s demining teams of 8 experts (6 deminers, 1 site supervisor and 1 team Read More …
Mine Action Review today published Clearing the Mines 2025, its annual global assessment of anti-personnel (AP) mine contamination, survey, and clearance, ahead of the TwentySecond Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC), taking place in Geneva Read More …
A resident of the Barda district who was injured by a mine in Aghdara had his lower left leg amputated at the upper third of the shin, the Barda Central Hospital has stated. Hospital traumatologist Hafiz Aliyev reported that on Read More …
The British magazine ‘The Economist’ published a shocking report titled ‘The Risks Lurking Beneath the Rubble of Gaza,’ confirming that the devastated sector may contain more unexploded bombs than anywhere else in the world. The report warned that these munitions Read More …
A suspected wartime bomb was found in a construction site at the airport on Saturday. Police said they were alerted to the discovery around noon. The force’s bomb-disposal officers arrived at the scene soon afterwards. They detonated the suspected device Read More …
A large-scale evacuation was under way in the southern German city of Nuremberg on Friday evening ahead of the planned disposal of a World War II aerial bomb. The city announced that road closures within a radius of 800 metres Read More …
