{"id":205672,"date":"2010-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=205672"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:01:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:01:35","slug":"auto-insert-205672","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-205672\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ teams destroy unexploded ordnance with white phosphorus in Gaza – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ News item"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Gaza, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ teams destroy unexploded ordnance with white phosphorus<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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10 March 2010 – Special United Nations bomb disposal units today successfully destroyed two unexploded ordnance (UXO) containing white phosphorus in the Gaza Strip, the first of a series of planned activities to be conducted in the region over the coming months. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The UXO are the remains of Operation Cast Lead, the three-week military operation started at the end of 2008 against Hamas by the Israeli Government. <\/p><\/div>\n

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“I am proud of United Nations mine action efforts today,” said Max Kerley, Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS)<\/span><\/a>. “Our specialist teams work tirelessly to remove unexploded ordnance and increase the safety of the people of Gaza,” he added. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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International Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams – together with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Mines Advisory Group and relevant authorities in Israel and Gaza – destroyed two 155-millimetre UXO containing white phosphorus, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS announced. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ has also been supporting key mine action response activities in the region, including assessing and neutralizing the threat of unexploded ordnance and providing coordination for explosive ordnance disposal teams. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Mine action staff has also provided safety awareness training to more than 1,500 personnel involved in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ, non-governmental organization (NGO) humanitarian activities within Gaza, and to the local population. <\/p><\/div>\n

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The work reduces the potential for death and injury and to support rubble removal, reconstruction and rehabilitation of housing, infrastructure, agricultural land and livelihoods, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS said. <\/p><\/div>\n

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip following next week’s meeting in Moscow on the Middle East peace process. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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