article_snippet.sent: the United Nations said 162 States are parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
article_snippet.sent: Last year, the United Nations said the United Nations destroyed more than 400,000 land mines and explosive remnants of war and more than 2,000 tons of obsolete ammunition. '
article_snippet.sent: The briefing from the Secretary-General, and from all of the the United Nations staff I have met, demonstrated the enormity of the task. '
article_snippet.sent: The use of improvised explosive devices in Iraq, Somalia and Mali; the widespread use of 'barrel bombs' in Syria, and the landmine contamination in Cambodia, Colombia and Afghanistan must all be addressed simultaneously.
article_snippet.sent: the United Nations needs political and financial support to succeed.'
article_snippet.sent: the U.N. Mine Action Service has been working to clear mines, educate on their risks, assist their victims, destroy stockpiles and advocate for the elimination of landmines and explosive hazards since 1997.
article_snippet.sent: Sad lesson: Craiglistens to Mine Action Service project manager, Stephen Pritchard (right), about the difficulties of removing explosive ordinance with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C) and the director of the UN mine action service, Agnes Marcaillou .