World observed Mine Action Awareness Day Today

UN Secretary-General lBan Ki-moon says eliminating the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war is a crucially important endeavour that advances peace. He said this on the occasion of Mine Action Awareness Day, observed yearly on the 4th of April.

The United Nations is strongly committed to mine awareness, he said, and a world free from the threat of mines and other remnants of war.

the Director of the UN Mine Action Service, UNMAS, Agnes Marcaillou, says Mine Action Awareness Day is to remind all that the world is contaminated.

“In too many countries around the world, too many people cannot go get water or if they do, they can risk their limbs, their fingers. The kids cannot play or the mothers cannot sleep because the kid is out playing and they don't know if the land is safe. “

The International Day of Mine Action Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action has been observed since 1997.

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