The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) reduces the threat of explosive hazards and IEDs. Ms. Kazumi Ogawa is the Director of UNMAS.
New York, NY
Joined June 2009
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United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
Grateful to #Australia🇦🇺 & #Germany🇩🇪, who provided funding to deploy crisis management & medical experts to @UNDOF to help strengthen safety & security of our peacekeepers, including through real time casualty evacuation tests. #InvestInPeace
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
#MineAction leaves almost no margin for distraction. Fatigue, grief, family pressure, poor sleep or fear about events unfolding only kilometres away can all affect the concentration and judgement a deminer depends on to stay alive.
That is why mental readiness has to be treated as part of operational safety, especially in #Yemen.
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With 184,000+ people now displaced in #Yemen, roughly half from #Taiz, @CrisisGroup warns that many families remain unable to return even after fighting subsides near their homes, adding "newly emplaced landmines are another threat."
Fresh #Houthi mine contamination is therefore extending the #humanitarian consequences of the current fighting well beyond the movement of the frontline.
#MineAction #ProtectCivilians
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
For #MineAction teams, fresh #Houhi mine contamination in #Yemen means new survey, new tasking and new clearance across areas already burdened by years of explosive hazards.
As territory changes hands, both the operational burden and the risk to civilian life increase, with every newly laid #landmine creating another barrier to safe return.
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"I urge Member States to ratify and fully implement
🇺🇳the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention,
🇺🇳the Convention on Cluster Munitions,
🇺🇳and the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons #CCW." -- @antonioguterres
#MineActionCannotWait
#IMAD2023 @UNMAS
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Recent footage from newly retaken areas of #Yemen shows dense anti-tank #landmine belts, camouflaged #IEDs and newly laid contamination in areas already affected by years of #conflict. The visible mines are only part of the problem: #Houthi mine-laying has repeatedly included irregular, unmarked and unpredictable emplacement that complicates survey, clearance and civilian movement.
#MineAction
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The past year has seen a weakening of the international norm against the use of anti-personnel landmines. This could expand the scale and distribution of mine contamination, with long-term impacts for affected regions. This new blog by Hana Manjušak and Dr Barbara Magalhães Teixeira explores how #ClimateChange and landmine contamination can interact to create new risks.
Read the latest #SIPRI blog ➡️ bit.ly/4y3U2Be
#OttawaTreaty #Landmines #MineAction #ClimateSecurity #Disarmament @_bamt
@UNMAS @minefreeworld @theGICHD @unodavienna
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Reports that #Houthi forces are laying new #landmines in previously cleared civilian areas risk turning temporary #displacement into something far longer. Project Masam teams are prepared to re-clear affected areas so families can return home, recover land and livelihoods, and rebuild daily life more safely.
#MineAction #SaveLives shorturl.at/qrmvw
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The Algerian delegation welcomes the adoption of its resolution on the impact of antipersonnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights: strengthening victim assistance.
We thank our fellow Core Group members 🇭🇷 #Croatia, 🇵🇪 #Peru, 🇿🇦 #South Africa, 🇬🇧 the #UnitedKingdom and 🇻🇺 #Vanuatu for their support and trust throughout the process.
The rights of the victims of antipersonnel mines, and the needs of their families and their communities, must not be overlooked.
We pay tribute to all those working towards this noble objective, including @UNHumanRights, @ICRC, @UNMAS, the Implementation Support Unit of the @MineBanTreaty, @UN_Disarmament, and dedicated civil society organizations, including @GICHD and @ICBL.
#HRC63 | Draft resolution A/HRC/63/L.24 on the impact of anti-personnel mines on the full enjoyment of all human rights: strengthening victim assistance was ADOPTED without a vote.
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
En République centrafricaine, @UNOPS_AFRCent et @UNMAS renforcent les capacités des autorités locales et combattent les inégalités entre les genres dans la lutte antimines en formant des femmes à la neutralisation d’engins explosifs.
En savoir plus: bit.ly/3VjuxOQ
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
في جوبر، اطّلعت الممثلة العليا للاتحاد الأوروبي @KajaKallas عن كثب على حجم التحديات التي تواجهها المجتمعات في عملية إعادة الإعمار.
وبالتعاون مع السلطات 🇸🇾 وشركاء مثل @UNMAS، يدعم 🇪🇺 جهود إزالة الألغام والذخائر غير المنفجرة، بما يسهم في جعل المجتمعات أكثر أماناً.
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
In Bilinyang village, #SouthSudan, families lived alongside explosive hazards for years.
By March 2026, @UNMAS & @UNOPSSouthSudan cleared over 850,000 m² of land ‒ allowing displaced families to safely return home and resume farming 🌾
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United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
Mine action is vital for Syria’s stabilisation & reconstruction & is a core focus of our engagement. In Jobar, HR/VP @kajakallas saw the destruction & threat from explosive remnants of war. With @UNMAS @TheHALOTrust & @MAGsaveslives we support skills, clearance & risk awareness.
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On Sunday, #AUSSOM Sectors 1 and 2 personnel concluded in #Kismayo a Route Search Training of Trainers course.
Conducted by @UNMAS, the course enhanced the troops capabilities to detect & respond to explosive threats and covered several aspects including planning, IED threat awareness, search techniques and instructional skills.
Sector 2 Deputy Commander, Col. Daniel Musau, urged the newly certified instructors to uphold high standards as threats evolve. Graduates will now train personnel in their areas of operation. #AUSSOMInTheSectors
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Eight #AUSSOM Sector 4 personnel in Beletweyne have completed an eight-week Basic Improvised Explosive Device Destruction (IEDD) course facilitated by @UNMAS to strengthen their capacity to identify, assess and safely neutralise explosive threats.
Personnel from #Beletweyne and #Dhusamareb Forward Operating Bases received theoretical and practical training in #IEDs, threat assessment, equipment handling and basic combat site examination. #AUSSOMInTheSectors
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New report by the Protection Cluster says 1,455 incidents related to explosive ordnance have been recorded in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since October 2023, causing 1,175 injuries and 280 deaths as of September 2026, according to @UNMAS.
Explosive ordnance contamination is not a one-time threat. Civilian harm extends far beyond the moment of attack, undermining safety, prolonging displacement, delaying recovery, and preventing communities from rebuilding their lives.
Read the report: reliefweb.int/report/occupie…
United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) retweeted
Clearance is only one part of reducing #risk. Alongside operations north of Al-Makhazin, in Hajjah, Project Masam teams have been working with #farmers and herders to identify suspected hazardous areas and avoid them until survey and clearance are complete.
That combination of clearance and #explosive ordnance #awareness helps protect lives, livestock and livelihoods.
More: shorturl.at/7pURY #Yemen #EORE
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The @_AfricanUnion convenes a 2-day Meeting to Validate the Draft AU Mine Action and Counter-IEDs Strategic Framework (2026–2030) and Coordination Mechanism, taking place from 28–29 September 2026 in #Nairobi, 🇰🇪.
The meeting aims to provide an important platform for AU Member States to review and validate the Draft #AUMineAction and C-IED Strategic (2026–2030), aimed at strengthening continental efforts to address the threats posed by landmines, Explosive Remnants of War (#ERW) and Improvised Explosive Devices (#IEDs).
The meeting brings together AU Member States affected by #landmines, #ERW and #IEDs, alongside key partners including MAG, #GICHD and @UNMAS as fostering coordination and enhancing partnerships remains central to Africa’s efforts to address explosive hazards and ensuring effective mine action and C-IED responses.
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Hidden explosive hazards block humanitarian aid, restrict movement and cost lives long after active conflict ends.
In support of @UNMAS, we’re providing essential operational and logistical support to clear land and build national capacity in #SouthSudan and Central African Republic 👇
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