UNMAS Trains 10 Libyan Military Engineers Work in the Field of Mine Action to Survey Areas in Benghazi

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16 Sep 2016

UNMAS Trains 10 Libyan Military Engineers Work in the Field of Mine Action to Survey Areas in Benghazi

Tunis, Tunisia: On 8 September, the United Nations Mine Actions Service (UNMAS) celebrated the conclusion of its third Non-Technical Survey (NTS) course, which successfully trained and equipped 10 Libyan nationals from the Military Engineers Unit who are working in the field of mine action in Benghazi and surrounding areas.

The concluding awards ceremony was attended by Colonel Turjman, Director of the Libyan Mine Action Centre (LibMAC), and representatives from the international community.

The course, funded by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), has trained teams to survey methods to determine areas in Benghazi that are are contaminated, suspected to be contaminated or clear from explosive remnants of war. This will determine the scale of contamination, assist in prioritizing areas for clearance, indicate the approximate time/resources for clearance and, importantly, let internally displaced persons understand the extent of the contamination in their neighborhoods to inform their movement decisions.

In total, UNMAS has trained and equipped 30 Libyan nationals, who will work in teams to survey areas of Benghazi.