Mar 2, 2019
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United Nations, New York, USA, March 01, 2019 – Delegates speak with staff members from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) at the event “A World Free of Mines: For a Safer Tomorrow” on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Mine Ban Treaty today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire By Kurt Wheelock UNITED NATIONS, March 1 — When Norway’s foreign minister Ine Eriksen Søreide spoke about land mines in the United Nations on March 1, she cited the hope given the the Mine Ban Treaty that was [Read More]
Apr 4, 2016
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United Nations, New York, USA, April 04 2016 – Daniel Craig, actor and UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Other Explosive Hazards during his visit to the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Cia Pak/EuropaNewswire United Nations, April 04 2016 Marking Mine Action Day, UN Global Advocate on the Elimination of Mines and Explosives Hazards, Daniel Craig, said that as conflicts continue to rage in Syria, in Iraq, in Libya, in Somalia, and in the Sahel, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) “provides a long-term solution to the biggest problem facing the victims of war, how [Read More]
Aug 22, 2015
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Aruna Dutt, UNITED NATIONS – 22 Aug. 2015 An exchange of fire took place at the border between North and South Korea on Thursday afternoon, beginning with one shell fire from North Korea at South Korea, followed by 36 shells from South Korea landing on the North Korean side, said Ja Song Nam, Permanent Representative of the Mission of North Korea to the United Nations on Friday afternoon at a United Nations press conference, while other North Korean UN officials insisted that North Korea has never fired any bullet or shell on south Korea, and it was completely fabricated [Read More]
