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The UAE has played a key role in supporting global and regional demining efforts, as well as in reducing the social and economic effects of mines, especially in Yemen, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Kuwait.
Since the first days of ''Operation Restoring Hope'' in Yemen, UAE Armed Forces experts cleared and deactivated tens of thousands of landmines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices, IEDs, in liberated areas. The efforts helped swift delivery of humanitarian assistance and brought life back to normalcy.
The UAE was keen to exchange its demining expertise with Yemeni personnel and held many relevant workshops to train Yemeni volunteers.
The UAE has also helped to raise awareness about this issue, and a field engineering team from the UAE Armed Forces conducted awareness campaigns for the residents of Yemen’s liberated areas about the dangers of mines and explosive.
In 2018, Andrea Recchia, Head of Sub-Office of United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen, praised the UAE’s efforts in rescuing Yemeni citizens, as well as its role in clearing mines in the liberated areas, which saved the lives of civilians.
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The article appears in print on Friday, April 3, 2020, on the official Emirates News Agency (WAM) with the headline: UAE playing key role in supporting global, regional demining efforts