Joint Mine Action Coordination Team Libya (JMACT) Updates

From 1 July UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service) staff transitioned to support the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and now form the Arms and Ammunition Advisory...

After the request, two weeks ago, from the Higher Security Council (HSC) of Sirte for international NGO’s to evacuate from the town, all the operations in Sirte have been suspended. However, during...

DCA teams have continued the clearance of the 500m boundary around the Police station in Dafniya, to the west of Misrata. In total 4 complete ERW and 7 partial mines / fusing systems were found. One...

In Misrata, this week has seen the EOD Team busy with visits to Katiba (Individual Brigade) storage areas. With written permission from Katiba Commanders, and in consultation with the Military...

As a result of last week’s request from the Higher Security Council (HSC) of Sirte for International NGO’s to evacuate the town, a total of 8 clearance teams have been unable to work. Whilst...

JMACT partners in Sirte completed their clearance of the power plant site. This work was completed swiftly and efficiently and now that the area is safe having removed a total of 106 items of UXO,...

JMACT partners in Sirte completed their clearance of the power plant site. This work was completed swiftly and efficiently and now that the area is safe having removed a total of 106 items of UXO,...

MAG’s clearance teams found and removed 998 ERW items this week. The eight clearance teams conducted 25 EOD spot tasks and 34,500m²of BAC. Clearance tasks were conducted in a home and across18 farms,...

The HI clearance assets in Sirte have been involved in the aforementioned joint task at the power plant construction site. In addition the Medical Coordinator continued training of local medics. The...

JMACT partners have this week worked together to clear the area surrounding the Sirte power plant building site. FSD, DDG, HI and MAG worked together to clear 1,255,330m2 and a total of 93 items of...

Over 7,000 items of Explosive Remnants of War cleared throughout Libya this week! JMACT partners have searched, located, removed and destroyed thousands of explosive remnants of war items this week...

A further 1,319,060 m2 of land is released; cleared of ERW threat JMACT partners have searched, located, removed and destroyed hundreds of explosive remnants of war items this week to leave a total...

Land cleared of ERW able to be used safely by Libyan Farmers During this week, the JMACT partners have cleared over 5,000 items of ERW and well over 1,000,000 m2 of land. Clearing and releasing land...

Unexploded Ordnance in Libya Claims Another Victim In the past week, one incident involving to unexploded ordnance (UXO) was reported in Libya, resulting in one fatality. The incident occurred in...

Number of UXO-Related Accidents Continues to Rise in Libya In the past week, two accidents related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) were reported in Libya, including two fatalities. The first involved...

700+ Come Out for International Mine Awareness Day in Sirte Events in Sirte for International Mine Awareness Day may have been postponed, but the over 700 people who came out for it last week didn't...

April 4th International Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Day Last week, Handicap International reported an accident in Sirte that injured four young adults when one of them picked up an...

April 4th International Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Day The UN Secretary General commends the mine action work that has been done in Libya to date. Read his statement on the occasion...

FROM JMACT HEADQUARTERS Operations Overview There are currently 27 Clearance Teams and 35 Risk Education Teams across the country. Priority areas for clearance remain Sirte, Zliten and Misrata. MRE...

FROM JMACT HEADQUARTERS Operations Overview There are a total of 27 Clearance Teams and 34 Risk Education Teams across the country. Clearance Teams remain concentrated in Sirte and the Zliten/Misrata...