Peace and Security Cluster
The UNOPS Peace and Security Cluster (PSC) is a principal service provider in the field of mine action with the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), UNDP, UNICEF, Governments of mine-affected countries and other mine action partners. It is led by the Director, who has overall authority and accountability for the performance PSC on behalf of its clients. The Director is responsible for administering and providing oversight of the day-to-day management of the Project Field offices, both according to the client requirements and in line with UNOPS rules and regulations.
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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.
Non-resident Scholar
Shanthie Mariet D’Souza is the Founder and President of Mantraya, an independent research forum that seeks to make constructive contributions in the realm of strategy, innovations, and alternatives. Beyond her work with Mantraya, she is also a visiting faculty and member of the research and advisory committee at the Naval War College in Goa, a Board Director at the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a research fellow at WeltTrends-Institut für Internationale Politik in Potsdam, Germany, an international advisor for Nordic Counter Terrorism Network in Helsinki, Finland, an editorial board member of
Small Wars & Insurgencies, and an advisor for Independent Conflict Research and Analysis in London, U.K.
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UNMISS peacekeepers from Rwanda rescued 20 UN workers who were ambushed in Longiro, Eastern Equatoria.
Twenty (20) United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS(United Nations Mission in South Sudan), after being ambushed in Longiro, an area some 58 kilometres north of Torit, the capital and largest city of Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan.
Those 20 UN workers were part of a team from G4S Global contracted by UNMAS. “We found them shaken and terrified; some of them had suffered injuries from the attack. They told us they had not slept for five days and were relieved to see us,” stated Major Aime Uwimana, commanding officer of the Rwandan troops.