United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
Richard Boulter has extensive experience in strategic planning and operational support within the United Nations framework, currently serving as the Chief of Strategic Planning and Operational Support at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) since October 2021. Prior to this role, Richard held the position of Senior Programme Manager for UNMAS South Sudan from April 2018 to November 2021 and worked as the Global Weapons and Ammunition Management Advisor at UNMAS from September 2013 to November 2021. Richard Boulter's career began at The HALO Trust, where ten years were spent as a Desk Officer from May 1993 to August 2013.
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United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)
The Coordinator For UN Mine Action: UNMAS collaborates with 11 UN departments, agencies, programmes and funds to ensure an effective, proactive and coordinated response to the problems of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions. UNMAS was established in 1997, by the General Assembly, to serve as the UN coordinator for mine action and to support the UN's vision of "a world free of the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance, where individuals and communities live in a safe environment conducive to development, and where mine survivors are fully integrated into their societies." UNMAS coordinates the Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action, which brings together working-level representatives of UN organizations involved in mine action to develop or revise policies and strategies, set priorities among UN players and share information. UNMAS also coordinates meetings of standing committees, which were created when the Anti-Personnel Mine-Ban Treaty went into effect in 1999, and the Steering Committee on Mine Action, which brings together UN mine-action, nongovernmental and intergovernmental organizations, such as the International Committee of the Red Cross.