Mr. Chairman,
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am very pleased to open the 22nd International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers.
I would like to start by congratulating the mine action community on the launching of the United Nations Mine Action Strategy for 2019-2023. The Strategy is a result of very hard work by all mine action partners and stakeholders. As the Secretary-General remarked: “The Strategy is practical, needs-driven, people-centred and resource-efficient.”