On #IMAD2025, we honor the courage of deminers like Kulthoum Atallah, working tirelessly to clear explosive remnants in 🇱🇧.
#MineAction is essential for recovery & peace. It restores safety, rebuilds communities, and paves the way for a brighter future.
Fleur in a flak jacket talking to the h to the mines clearance team
6 people, 3 MPs, all wearing blue flak jackets standing in a row in rural Lebanon
The farm that was being painstakingly cleared when we visited, with a family with small children living next to the minefield, now cleared and being farmed
In 2022 I saw MAG in Lebanon clearing cluster munitions next to family homes.
I’m so pleased to hear the land has now been put to good use, promoting peace & stability after the conflict.
I am proud of the UK's contribution to this work globally.
#IMAD2025 @minesadvisorygroup.bsky.social
@swisspeacehr.bsky.social supports the #ActionPlan on #MineAction 2023–2026.
Activities focus on:
1️⃣ Universalization and implementation of relevant Conventions 📄 #MineBanTreaty #CCM
2️⃣ Mine action in affected countries💥
3️⃣ Promoting innovation💡
👉 bit.ly/3RzNM1e
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🦮 Meet Elba, the landmine detection dog who’s making recovery possible in Ukraine 🇺🇦!
Thanks to innovation & partnerships, demining is faster and smarter.
On #IMAD2025, let’s keep up the progress and clear the path for a safer future!
Read more 👉 go.undp.org/3au
Today, on International Landmine Awareness Day, I remember my 2022 visit to the Mines Advisory Group in Lebanon to see their amazing work clearing mines & explosive ordnance.
This important work improves livelihoods and security, enabling displaced people to return home safely. #IMAD2025
Landmines & explosive ordnance threaten lives, block access to life-saving services, & prevent communities from rebuilding after conflict. Mine action changes that! Clearing mines & explosive ordnance opens doors to education, agriculture, & economic recovery. #IMAD2025 @unmas.bsky.social
Without #MineAction, there can be no development.
It’s not just about clearing land - it’s about rebuilding lives and communities.
On #IMAD2025, meet Kulthoum Atallah, a deminer working to make 🇱🇧 safer for all ⬇️
On this International Day for Mine Awareness, we reiterate the importance of #MineAction to leave no one behind.
Join us at the #NDMUN28 for a discussion on Women, Peace and Security in mine action.
📅 11 April, 11:00-12:15 CET, Geneva
👉 ndmun.org
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🌎 Today is #MineActionDay, a day we should be celebrating the success of the #MineBanTreaty. But, sadly, this life-saving agreement is now under threat.
Here are 4 reasons why landmines should not be brought back into use.
#IMAD2025
Almost 30 years ago, the world came together in an unprecedented movement to ban the use of #landmines. Now, governments – and even a former UK defence secretary – are arguing that these terrifying, indiscriminate weapons should be brought back into use. #IMAD2025
www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...
Meet the DOK-ING MV-10 mine-clearing machine!
An advanced, remote-control mine clearance system that’s playing a critical role in increasing safety, protecting civilians & supporting recovery in conflict-affected areas of #Ukraine.
#MineAction #IMAD2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAF...
Safe Futures Start Here.
👉 April 4th is commemorated as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.
#IMAD2025
© Brice Blondel / HI 2017: Panneau d'avertissement sur un terrain contaminé par des mines. Il y a 30 ans, le Traité d'interdiction des mines a banni cette arme surnoise, déclenchée par ses propres victimes : les civils, dont de nombreux enfants.
© Gwenn Dubourthoumieu / HI 2020: Un démineur de HI travaille sur un chantier de dépollution, contaminé par des restes explosifs de guerre au Tchad. Le Traité d'interdiction des mines a été très efficace pour protéger les civils et assécher le marché des mines terrestres. Mais la décision des États-Unis de transférer ces armes à l'Ukraine en novembre dernier, a commencé à fragiliser le consensus international sur l'interdiction de l'utilisation, de la production et du transfert de ces armes.
© Benoit Almeras / HI 2017: séance d'éducation aux risques pour les enfants au Tchad. La majorité du monde - 165 États - a rejeté l'utilisation des mines terrestres. Mais 5 Etats (Finlande, Lituanie, Lettonie, Estonie et Pologne) sont en train de rompre ce consensus international: ils ont annoncé leur retrait possible du Traité d'interdiction des mines.
© N. Moindrot / HI 2000: Phoas Yek, 10 ans, vicitime de mine, ici sur le chemin de l'école. L'argument militaire en faveur de leur utilisation ne tient pas: des alternatives existent, et l'utilisation de ces armes néglige les coûts humains disproportionnés. Les civils représentent jusqu'à 85% des victimes, avec une large proportion d'enfants (40 %). Des années après les conflits, ces armes continuent de tuer et de mutiler.
📢Journée intl de sensibilisation aux mines #IMAD2025
@hi-federation.bsky.social appelle tous les signataires à s'opposer aux tentatives d'États de se retirer du Traité d'interdiction des mines
#Finlande #Lituanie #Lettonie #Estonie #Pologne
👉Continuez à protéger les civils et leurs communautés
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© Brice Blondel / HI 2017: Warning sign on mine contaminated land. 30 years ago, the Mine Ban Treaty banned this insidious weapon, triggered by its own victims: civilians, including many children. It has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, yet this pillar of international humanitarian law is seriously threatened
© Gwenn Dubourthoumieu / HI 2020: An HI deminer works on a clearance site contaminated by explosive remnants of war in Chad. The Mine Ban Treaty has been very effective in protecting civilians and drying up the landmine market. But the US decision to transfer these weapons to Ukraine last November has begun to undermine the international consensus on banning the use, production, and transfer of these weapons.
© Benoit Almeras / HI 2017: risk education session for children in Chad. The majority of the world—165 states—rejected the use of landmines. But ️5 countries (Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland) are breaching from this international consensus: they announced their possible withdrawal from the Mine Ban Treaty.
© N. Moindrot / HI 2000: Phoas Yek, 10 years old, landmine victim, here she is going to school. Military argument to their use doesn't hold: alternatives exist, and the use of these weapons overlooks the disproportionate human costs. Civilians represent up to 85% of the victims, with a large proportion of children (40%). Years after the conflicts, these weapons continue to kill and maim.
📢Today: Intl Mine Awareness Day #IMAD2025
@hi-federation.bsky.social calls on all signatories parties to strongly condemn other states initiatives to withdraw from the Mine Ban Treaty
#Finland #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Poland
👉Stay committed to the protection of civilians & their communities
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#MineAction needs are higher than ever. From #Gaza to #Ukraine, #Sudan & #Myanmar, @unops.org supports mine action efforts.
On #IMAD2025, we call for a renewed commitment to addressing explosive threats and enabling safe, sustainable recovery.
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Landmines and unexploded weapons are a leading cause of civilian casualties in war, with children being the most affected. They also disrupt farming, worsening malnutrition.
We are working with communities to raise awareness and reduce the risk. #MineAwarenessDay #IMAD2025
