International Mine Awareness Day

International Mine Awareness Day

Landmines kill or maim more than 2, 000 people a month, primarily civilians. % 30-40% of the victims of landmines are children under the age of 15. Each year between two and five million new mines are put in the ground. On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly...

“The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims. In common parlance, it is the perfect soldier, the ‘eternal sentry.’ The war ends, the landmine goes on killing”

– Jody Williams

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