international mine awareness day 2020 | Jugaadin News https://news.jugaadin.com Latest News Sat, 04 Apr 2020 17:25:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 167890018 International day of mine awareness: Together for mine Action https://news.jugaadin.com/international-day-of-mine-awareness-together-for-mine-action/ https://news.jugaadin.com/international-day-of-mine-awareness-together-for-mine-action/#respond Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:30:00 +0000 http://news.jugaadin.com/?p=8007  On 4 April, the United Nation observes International day for mine awareness and assistance in mine action. This day is widely known to raise awareness about the dangers caused by landmines and progress toward their elimination. The word “Mine action” refers to finding and clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war and assisting victims and […]

The post International day of mine awareness: Together for mine Action first appeared on Jugaadin News .]]>  On 4 April, the United Nation observes International day for mine awareness and assistance in mine action. This day is widely known to raise awareness about the dangers caused by landmines and progress toward their elimination. The word “Mine action” refers to finding and clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war and assisting victims and teaches people how to remain safe in a mine-affected environment. On December 8, 2005, the UN general assembly officially declared 4 April as an international day of awareness and assisted in mine action and on 4 April 2006, the first International Day of Mine was observed.

Theme 2020: Together for Mine Action

This year United Nations will celebrate mine awareness day with the slogan “Together for Mine Action”. For 20 years the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has been working and solving the issues of the mines affected people.

Every year, UNMAS organizes an exhibition to spread awareness about the dangers caused by mines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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