Born on April 4
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Make the ground safe again.
Next: April 4, 2027
Where it comes from
On 8 December 2005 the UN General Assembly declared that 4 April each year would be the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Landmines and other explosives can stay hidden in the ground long after fighting ends, threatening the people who live there and keeping land from being farmed or…
How it's celebrated
The UN Mine Action Service and its partners share the stories of deminers, survivors and the communities whose land has been cleared, and campaigners urge more countries to join and keep the treaties that ban these weapons.
Did you know
The Mine Ban Convention, which bans anti-personnel landmines, opened for signature in 1997 and makes caring for mine survivors, including helping them back into work and community life, a duty of the countries that join it.
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