The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), is a coordination agency with the UN. It is located within the Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO), in New York. UNMAS coordinaters mine action activities at global and field levels to allow for Read more…
Irrawaddy: Burma Follows Cambodia on Landmine Issue, Saw Yan Naing, 12 June 2012 Article reports that UNICEF, UNHCR and Dan Church Aid (DCA) are intending to launch a Mine Risk Education program under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. The article also reports that Norwegian People’s Aid has Read more…
Switzerland has stated that it will open an embassy in Myanmar/Burma in the coming months. Over the next four years it will make CHF25 million in development funding for the country. At present it stated this funding would be focused on food security, mine clearance and vocational training. Source: Switzerland Read more…