On October 31, the International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) will
hold a side event titled “Mine Clearance for Development” at the
UN’s Geneva office, Azernews reports.
The event is part of the project “Initiative for a Mine-Free
World – Recognizing the Mine Problem as the 18th UN Sustainable
Development Goal,” organized by IEPF with support from the State
Support Agency for Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic
of Azerbaijan. It will be held within the framework of the UN
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 2024
Social Forum.
In a statement about the event, IEPF President Umud Mirzayev
discussed the organizers and topics to be covered:
“The event, hosted jointly by IEPF, ‘Roots of Peace,’ and the
International Institute for Law and Development (IRDG), will
address issues related to resolving the global crisis caused by
landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW), the initiative to
recognize the mine problem as the 18th SDG, and the impact of mines
on human rights and socio-economic life.”
Representatives from the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine
Action (ANAMA) will participate, along with representatives from UN
agencies, international campaigns on banning mines, arms, and
nuclear weapons, and leading global organizations with extensive
experience in mine action and human rights protection.
The project’s main objective is to support unique calls to
address the harm mines cause to human health and the environment,
particularly the barriers they create to global peace and
development, and to promote the initiative to identify the mine
issue as the 18th UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).
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