International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

UN Department of Peace Operations. Speaker: Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Related Sites and Documents:  Peacekeeping news Watch the Jean-Pierre Lacroix (DPO) - Press Conference! Press Conferences 7

Updates on Mine Action work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Solomon Islands, Sudan and Ukraine. Subjects:  Ridding the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Ukraine of explosive hazards and landmines Children and Blast Injuries Report - The devastating impact of explosive weapons on children 2020-2025 Legacy Contamination in the Solomons Islands Speakers: Julius Dirk Van Der Walt, Chief UNMAS OPT Paul Heslop, Special Adviser on Mine Action to UN Resident Coordinator Ukraine Inspector Clifford Tunuki , Solomon Islands Director of the Police EOD Department Narmina Strishenets, Senior Conflict & Humanitarian Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children UK Watch the UNMAS - Press Conference: Updates on Mine Action work! Press Conferences

Speakers: Nick Pond, Chief of Mine Action Section in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Sediq Rashid, UNMAS Chief of Mine Action Programme in Sudan Edwin Faigmane, UNMAS Chief of the Mine Action Programme in Nigeria Julius Van Der Walt, UNMAS Chief of the Mine Action Programme in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Watch the UNMAS - Press conference: Protecting people from mines and other explosive ordnance in complex settings! Press Conferences =

   Launch of Landmine Monitor 2025 report Launch of Landmine Monitor 2025 report. Speakers:- Loren Persi, Landmine Monitor 2025 Impact Team Lead - Katrin Atkins, Landmine Monitor 2025 Impact Team Senior Researcher - Ruth Bottomley, Landmine Monitor 2025 Mine Action Funding Research Lead - Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan, Landmine Monitor 2025 Ban Policy Editor Moderated by : Fiifi Edu-Afful, Senior Researcher, UNIDIRView less Watch the UNIDIR - Press conference: Launch of Landmine Monitor 2025 report! 01:02:44 Press Conferences

Launch of the Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report. The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous institution within the United Nations that conducts independent research on disarmament and international security issues. Speakers: Ursign Hofmann, Senior Researcher, UNIDIR Conventional Arms and Ammunition Programme Loren Persi, Cluster Munition Monitor Impact Team Lead Katrin Atkins, Cluster Munition Monitor Impact Team Senior Researcher Michael Hart, Cluster Munition Monitor Research Specialist Khamsone Sirimanivong, Vice Chair, Legacies of War Related Documents:  UNIDIR Watch the UNIDIR Press conference: Launch of the Cluster Munition Monitor 2025 report! Press Conferences

UNMAS Press conference related to the 28th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers. Speakers:Ilene Cohn, Director UNMAS. Ambassador Tobias Privitelli, Director GICHD. Watch the UNMAS - Press conference related to the 28th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers!