Press Release on the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Kabul – Afghanistan, 4 April 2020 The unprecedented increase in the number of civilian casualties as a result of victim-operated IEDs is a cause for concern. Approximately 120 Afghan civilians lose their lives and limbs as a result of landmines and
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Today (8th March 2020) the International Women’s Day was celebrated at DMAC under the theme “I am Generation Equality; Realizing Women’s Rights”. The event brought together around 50 participants from different Government and Non-Governmental organization, including DAFA, AABRAR, ATC, OMAR, DDG, HI, HALO, MDC, DAO, AAR-Japan, MCPA, UNMAS, and ANDMA. In recognition of the increasingly
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The year 2019 encompassed a breakthrough for the Mine Action Program of Afghanistan (MAPA) and sent waves of awe and inspiration across the world; Afghanistan’s first female demining team, composed of brave, determined, and skillful women, was nominated for the 2019 Arms Control Persons of the year award. Each year, the Arms Control Association nominates
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The Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) celebrated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action in Kabul today, 4th of April 2019. This high-profile event was participated by H.E. Dr Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of the Government of Afghanistan, H.E. Najib Aqa Fahim, State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, H.E
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The 2019 Afghanistan Donor and Implementing Partners Workshop for Mine Action was held from 25 – 28 March 2019, at Warwick hotel, Geneva-Switzerland. This workshop was hosted by the Directorate of Mine Action Coordination (DMAC) of the State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, facilitated by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
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Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to address the 17th Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction here in Geneva. I wish to express my deep appreciation to the Secretariat of the
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