The UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) detonated mines and unexploded remnants of war on 24 March in the Ayii area of Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State. Toby Lanzer, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the UN Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Humanitarian Coordinator, and Paul Heslop Chief of Operations, Programmes and Planning UNMAS HQ, witnessed the operation and said the event marked an early start of the annual celebration of the International Mine Action Day (4 April) for 2015.