A Dam Bursts in Laos — and Unleashes Unexploded American Bombs from the Vietnam War Karen Coates August 22, 2018When the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy dam burst in southern Laos on July 23, it released 5 billion cubic meters of water that killed at least 35 people, displaced more than 6,000 and swamped 18,000 acres of land that stretched into neighboring Cambodia. It also let loos...
PODCAST: Meet the Head of the UN’s Bomb Squad Mark Leon Goldberg November 30, 2017Daniel Craig, UN Global Advocate for the Elimination of Mines and Explosive Hazards. Agnes Marcaillou, Director of UNMAS, and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Photo credit: Stuart Ramson/UN FoundationAgnès Marcaillou is the director of the Unite...
The UN’s Hurt Locker Mark Leon Goldberg February 16, 2015The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) was established in 1997 to rid the world of mines and un-exploded ordinance. The agency is the UN's Hurt Locker, running operations in conflict and post conflict zones around the world. These photos are powerful t...
