{"id":208237,"date":"2015-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=208237"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:32:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:32:12","slug":"auto-insert-208237","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-208237\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan donates US$3 million to support Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Mine Action Service intervention in Gaza – Joint Japan MoFA-Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joint Press Release<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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United Nations Mine Action Service<\/p><\/div>\n

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JAPAN DONATES 3 MILLION USD TO SUPPORT THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE INTERVENTION IN GAZA<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Jerusalem (10 March 2015): <\/strong>Japan contributed US$3 million to the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action, enabling the United Nations Mine Action Service (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS) to mitigate explosive hazards in Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Explosive remnants of war (ERW) present a significant risk for civilians and hamper humanitarian and reconstruction operations in Gaza. The latest escalation of hostilities in Gaza caused unprecedented damage and destruction, leaving an estimated 7,000 ERWs and other explosive hazards buried amidst the rubble, a significantly higher level of contamination than in previous conflicts. ERW accidents have increased significantly since August 2014; in the last five months, 11 persons have been killed and 40 injured.<\/p><\/div>\n

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To date, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS has supported the United Nations Development programme (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDP) Rubble Removal project in Shejaayea one of the most impacted areas of Gaza, clearing 166 areas. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS support allows rubble removal to progress safely despite the high level of contamination, allowing Gazans to start rehabilitating homes and businesses. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS continues to work closely with the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF) and the United Nations Relied and Works Agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) to ensure the widespread delivery of ERW risk education to vulnerable populations in the entire Gaza Strip.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Japan is an important partner to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS programmes in many countries. The critical fmancial support from the People of Japan will enable Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS to continue to protect civilians and support reconstruction in Gaza. Japan recently decided to disburse US$100 million mainly through international organizations, including Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS. Japan and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS will continue working to support the reconstruction of Gaza.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS has served Palestine since 2009 and sent an emergency team to Gaza on 27 July 2014 at the request of the United Nations Secretary-General. Since, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS conducted 218 emergency deployments, surveying and clearing key infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed, including the Rafah Crossing and Gaza power plant. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS cleared all schools affected by the hostilities at the request of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵICEF, allowing more than 250,000 children to return to studies following the hostilities. In addition, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS provided ERW risk education to 6,185 United Nations staff, humanitarian workers, internally displaced persons, teachers, engineers, construction workers, and other at-risk populations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS currently supports mine action programmes in Abyei (Sudan\/South Sudan), Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire, Darfur (Sudan), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, State of Palestine, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria and the Territory of Western Sahara (MINURSO).<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information please contact:  <\/u>
\nMr. David Bax,<\/u><\/span> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS Palestine Programme Manager (Jerusalem)
\n<\/span>Email:<\/u><\/a> davidb@unops.org,<\/u><\/span> Tel: +972(0)547693172
\n<\/span>Ms. Sonia Pezier,<\/u><\/span> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS Palestine Junior Programme Officer (Jerusalem)
\n<\/span>Email:<\/u><\/a> soniap@unops.org,<\/u><\/span> Tel +972(0)546773178<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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http:\/\/www.ps.emb-japan.go.jp\/PressRelease\/PressRelease2015\/n10March.pdf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joint Press Release United Nations Mine Action Service Jerusalem  10 March 2015 JAPAN DONATES 3 MILLION USD TO SUPPORT THE Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE INTERVENTION IN GAZA Jerusalem (10 March 2015): Japan contributed US$3 million to the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action, enabling the United Nations Mine Action Service (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵMAS) to […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[906],"document-category":[2437,1329],"document-source":[4819],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1945,2005,2385],"entity":[1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-208237","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","country-japan","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-source-united-nations-mine-action-service-unmas","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-security-issues","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/208237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/208237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=208237"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=208237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}