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Headlines and press coverage about landmines and efforts to eliminate them

More Action on Land Mines Needed

Video Daily News (Japan Broadcasting Corporation).  10 years since the Mine-Ban Convention, Mr. Maxwell Kerley, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service visited Tokyo and responded to the question of what is standing in the way of clearing all landmines.

Mr. Maxwell Kerley Assumes Post as UNMAS Director

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) is pleased to announce that Mr. Maxwell Kerley has officially assumed the post of the Director of UNMAS. 

Deminers train for rapid response deployment

What's New!

Japan's ratification of cluster munitions treaty a 'good example' to the world: U.N.'s Kerley

Mine Action Toolkits

An advocacy toolkit for field practitioners on The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

Portfolio of Mine Action Projects 2009

New Report shows 437 million shortfall for 2009

Cluster munitions

The United Nations' position on cluster munitions and background information

If there were landmines here...

...would you stand for them anywhere?
Click link to view UNMAS public service announcements.

Mine Action Technology Newsletter

Mine Action Technology Newsletter - Issue No. 9

UNMAS Annual Report 2007

UNMAS Annual Report 2007

Donors contribute record $93 million to Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action