BEIRUT: As authorities continue to find and extract land mines left behind from the Lebanese Civil War, a new wave of explosives has entered the country’s border due to a natural disaster. The Lebanese Armed Forces on Wednesday said landmines planted along the Lebanese-Syrian border have washed into Lebanese territories due to winter flooding. “Landmines planted on the
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The Second Karabakh War ended with the signing of the trilateral declaration between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia on November 10, 2020. The declaration, which stopped the war and laid the foundation for solving other thorny issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the liberation of the remaining territories under occupation (Aghdam, Kalbajar, Lachin) as well as the unblocking of all economic and transport communications in the region, may have heralded the dawning of a different period in the history of a long war-ravaged region of the South Caucasus,
This is evidenced by the announcement of new cooperation initiatives such as the “six-party cooperation platform” and the establishment of the “Zangezur corridor,” which aims not only to link Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also to play a wider role in enhancing the region’s standing by providing interconnectivity across diverse geographic and geopolitical zones. This process has
Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
The federal government is collaborating with the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and a local partner, Makesafe Humanitarian Safety and Demining Services to raise awareness and mitigate the risks posed by unexploded ordnance, mines and other explosive remnants of war in conflict affected communities in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq revealed in a statement yesterday the ongoing efforts towards a series of mine risk awareness training for communities in the three states.
She commended actions taken by UNMAS in Nigeria and the Armed Forces of Nigeria and NEDC towards raising awareness and preventing the risks posed by unexploded ordnance, mines and other explosive remnants of war in communities ravaged by insurgency in the North-east of the country.
Description Expressing deep concern over the high number of civilian casualties caused by landmines, explosive war remnants and improvised explosive devices, the Security Council today reiterated its call on belligerents to “immediately and definitively” end the indiscriminate use of such weapons, as senior Government officials debated ways to rid the world of a pernicious legacy.
In a presidential statement (S/PRST/2021/8) issued by Viet Nam’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, who presided over today’s virtual ministerial debate as Council President for April, Governments called for strengthened implementation of resolution 2365 (2017), the 15-member organ’s first stand-alone text on mine action.