April 4, International Day for Mine Awareness

International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

Every year 4 April day for mine awareness and assistance in mine action. Aims of this day to give awareness about landmines and their progress.
ON this day activity for awareness-raising events, press conference, educational display, and community chart. These events may include public statements form land mine survivors, mine action theater performance and education about mine risk.
The aims to give awareness about landmines and progress toward their eradication. "Mine action" refers to a range of efforts to clear landmines and explosive remnants of war and to mark and fence off dangerous areas. It also includes teaching people how to remain safe in mine effective environment.

Public

On this day not Public holiday but it has an international day. Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Day is Global Observe.

Background 

8 December 2005, UN General Assembly declared April 4 of each year would be observed as an international day for mine awareness and assistance in mine action. The first time it observed on April 4, 2006.

Landmine report of 2005, in 84 countries were affected by landmines and 15,000 t0 2,000 adults and children killed. The UN works with countries to find and destroy these devices.