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Seven children are among 17 civilians killed or injured in incidents connected to unexploded ordnance left behind on New Zealand’s firing ranges, Stuff Circuit s documentary Life + Limb reveals.
As the winter snow slowly retreated from the hills and villages of Bamiyan province in Afghanistan, a re-energised force stepped once more into the light. Like the rest of the country’s population, the people of this central province with an enduring link to Aotearoa have a wary eye out for the re-emergence of the Taliban. Memories of the tyranny they wrought are still fresh, and the thought of what part they may play in the country’s future is terrifying.
Based in: Juba, South Sudan
Fixed Term Contract: 9 months
The starting salary package for this position is £47,004 GBP per annum (approx. 66,500 USD including all allowances
About MAG:
MAG saves lives and builds futures by working with others to reclaim land contaminated with the debris of conflict, to reduce the daily risk of death or injury for civilians, and to create safe and secure conditions for development. MAG shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize as a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines for our work to ban landmines. Our vision is a safe and secure future for men, women and children affected by armed violence and conflict.
UNMAS Iraq Programme Report 2020
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) in Iraq programme was launched in 2015 to assist the Government of Iraq (GoI) in managing the emergency response to the then-ongoing conflict against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The response was delivered primarily through a focused explosive hazard management (EHM) strategy allowing for effective clearance in support of stabilization efforts and supported significant explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) efforts to encourage civilian awareness of the explosive threat. The EHM strategy was implemented in parallel with technical and advisory support provided to relevant GoI mine action authorities and stakeholders to enhance and increase the EHM response capacity. Five years later, UNMAS has altered its strategy in response to the evolving humanitarian needs of Iraq and to support the GoI to assist civilians impacted by explosive ordnance (EO) and e
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OCHA coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises. We advocate for effective and principled humanitarian action by all, for all.
Warming Sudan-South Sudan Ties Yet to Deliver ‘Change on the Ground’, Peacekeeping Chief Tells Security Council, in Briefing on Disputed Abyei Region
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Khartoum, Juba Focused on Political Transition, Regional Dynamics, Says Special Envoy, as Delegates Highlight Rapprochement
The new rapprochement between Sudan and South Sudan has yet to translate into significant improvements on the ground in relation to their dispute over the Abyei region, the head of United Nations peacekeeping told the Security Council during a videoconference briefing today.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, said the two countries agreed during a meeting of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism hosted by the Government of Sudan in October 2020 to establish checkpoints, introduce search-and-seize operations, deploy joint military observer teams and accelerate progress on the Joint Border Verification and Monitoring Mechanism, as well as border-relate