On Tuesday, Venezuela’s Ambassador to the United Nations Samuel Moncada held a meeting with the deputy director and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), and reaffirmed the request made by the Bolivarian Government for this agency to provide its experience and assistance to members of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB).
The requests made by Venezuela include “technical assistance and capacity development advice, including the exchange of best practices, technological assistance, through the exchange of techniques and technologies of action against mines, and support for the design and implementation of rehabilitation and reparation programs for victims of mines.”
On April 2, 2021, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela sent a letter to the UN to request the UNMAS technical support to strengthen the efforts of Venezuelan security agencies against mines, in compliance with the international commitments resulting from the Ottawa Treaty, and maintain the country as a territory free of mines.