Switzerland announces Ukraine demining conference

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Lausanne, Switzerland, will host the Ukraine Mine Action Conference (UMAC2024) on 17-18 October.

Source: the Swiss Federal Council, as reported by European Pravda

Details: UMAC2024 will be attended by high-ranking officials and representatives of international organisations, the private sector and academia.

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Switzerland will be represented by Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Confederation, who will open the conference, and Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs.

Quote: “The event, which Switzerland is co-organising with Ukraine, will focus on the global aspects of humanitarian demining, highlighting three pillars in particular: people, partners, and progress.”

Details: UMAC2024 aims to discuss the role of mine action and technological innovations.

It is estimated that a quarter of Ukraine’s territory is contaminated with mines and other unexploded ordnance.

In 2023 the Swiss government approved a four-year aid package worth CHF 100 million (US$118 million), earmarked exclusively for humanitarian demining in Ukraine.

Switzerland is also supporting a programme to help mine victims and smallholder farmers who are unable to cultivate their fields.

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