STORY: UNMAS STEPS UP SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF LAND MINES AND EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR TRT: 02:15 SOURCE: UN VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: This media asset is free for editorial broadcast, print, online and radio use. It is not to be sold on and is restricted for other purposes. All enquiries to news@auunist.org CREDIT REQUIRED: UN VIDEO LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATS DATELINE: 22/4/2014 MOGADISHU, SOMALIA STORY The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) yesterday convened a Victim Assistance and Disability Working Group in Mogadishu, Somalia, in the first ever needs assessment meeting to map out a plan on possible support to the people living with disabilities. Since 2009, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) together with various donors and partners have supported the Federal Government of Somalia towards establishing a safe and secure environment for the people, free of land mines and other Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). UNMAS has so far reached out to 290,906 men, women, and children with mine and ERW awareness messages in south-central Somalia, conducted 23,132 searches, and safely removed 7,843 items of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).
