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Nearly 70 countries still contaminated by mines, innocent people continue
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Marked annually on April 4, the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, draws awareness to why landmines are one of the most insidious and indiscriminate weapons of war
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UN agencies say over 500 Iraqi children killed by explosive ordnance in 5
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Unexploded and abandoned explosive ordnance has killed 519 children in Iraq, mainly boys, over the past five years, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said.
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UN provided food assistance to more than 9 million Afghans since Taliban t
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 18 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) had scaled up food assistance in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in mid-August.
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India expresses support for UN's mine action efforts, calls for joint acti
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): India on Thursday expressed support for the mine action efforts of the United Nations (UN) agencies, adding that the UN Mine Action Service's (UNMAS) mine action has remained pivotal to the safety and security of peacekeepers around the world.
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Suicide car bomb kills 10 at Somalia's UN Mine Offices
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mogadishu (Somalia), July 26 (ANI): At least 10 people were killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside the United Nations Mine Action Service offices in Mogadishu on Tuesday, a a Somali police official said.
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