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Vugar Suleymanov, Chairman of the Board of the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA), met with Ukraine’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Yuriy Husyev. The meeting focused on prospects for bilateral cooperation in the field of humanitarian demining, which Read More …
Under the state program to compensate for demining costs, mine-action operators cleared 1,340 hectares of agricultural land in Ukraine in January; the cost of the works amounted to 76.43 million hryvnias. According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Read More …
Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko and Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Ukraine Osamu Hattori signed a Grant Agreement for the implementation of the Emergency Response Program related to humanitarian demining and clearing Read More …
A new cohort of 40 demining specialists, including war veterans and families of service members, has begun field operations across Kharkiv Oblast. Having completed intensive training in non-technical survey (NTS) and explosive risk education, these specialists – many of whom Read More …
The law enforcement investigation concerns possible misuse of budget funds during humanitarian demining of agricultural lands as part of the state expense-reimbursement program. The information was confirmed by the National Police and the Office of the Prosecutor General on January Read More …
A Ukrainian company contracted to manufacture critically needed land- and anti-personnel mines for the front pocketed nearly Hr.3 billion ($69.8 million) in taxpayer money and instead sent small volumes of munitions that frequently failed to function and sometimes blew up Read More …
In 2026, humanitarian demining of Ukraine’s deoccupied territories will be planned using a new approach – leveraging modern digital solutions. This was discussed at the final meeting of the National Mine Action Authority, chaired by Deputy Minister of Defense of Read More …
The decision by several European countries to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines has sparked significant apprehension in Southeast Asia, a region still grappling with the legacy of landmines from past conflicts. The treaty, formally known as the Read More …
As part of the Demine Forum 2025, the Ministry of Economy and Environment presented the Ukrainian platform GRIT (Ground Rehabilitation through Innovation Technologies) for analysing territories for demining. Its task is to determine demining priorities based on economic viability, the Read More …
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) have signed an agreement worth $10 million to support rural communities affected by potential contamination of agricultural land with mines and explosive remnants Read More …
Myanmar has for the second consecutive year recorded the world’s highest number of landmine casualties (2,029), which is double the total reported for the preceding year. Syria had the second highest number of casualties (1,015), followed by Afghanistan (624) and Read More …
Japan has signed a deal to give Ukraine an aid package worth about 26 million dollars to help the country clear away landmines. In October, the Japanese government hosted an international conference in Tokyo to discuss support for landmine removal Read More …
The global ban on antipersonnel landmines saves civilian lives but faces serious threats from countries leaving the treaty and new landmine use, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing the “Landmine Monitor 2025” report. Member countries should take immediate and Read More …
Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report launched in Geneva on Monday. It documents 6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine, in partnership with the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture and other key mine action stakeholders, will create the first interagency national group of underwater mine clearance instructors, the press service of Read More …
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has received 12 armored CASEVAC medical vehicles from UNDP as part of international technical assistance for mine action in Ukraine. The new vehicles will bolster SES units in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv Read More …
