Through its support to UNMAS, UNOPS has contributed to

• Increased safety in more than 260 dangerous areas across some 1,800 villages in Darfur by destroying 115,000 small arms ammunitions and providing mine risk education to more than 320,000 beneficiaries.
• Supported a Colombian humanitarian demining collective that trains former civil war combatants. The project emerged as a result of the country’s Peace Accord and reintegration process.
• Helped to assemble the first all-female demining team in Iraq, which commenced clearance operations in the country’s second-largest city, Mosul, in October 2020.

In order to rapidly deploy project teams, UNOPS has established several ‘Pools of Experts’ from which it can quickly fill vacancies. Pools of Experts comprise of specialists whose technical knowledge and personal suitability has been evaluated and approved in advance, allowing them to be deployed on short notice. View current vacancies here.