The Landmines Problem:
A Man-Made Epidemic

• The International Campaign to Ban Landmines estimates that 15,000-20,000 people are maimed or killed by landmines each year and that millions more suffer from the agricultural, economic, and psychological impact of the weapon.
• The International Campaign to Ban Landmines estimates that there are tens of millions of landmines in the ground in 78 countries.
• UNICEF estimates that 30-40 percent of mine victims are children under 15 years old.
• The United States has 11 million APLs stockpiled, the third largest mine arsenal in the world.
• The United States is one of only 13 countries that refuses to halt production of APLs.
• Landmines cost as little as $3 to produce and as much as $1,000 per mine to clear.
• Landmines have injured and killed thousands of US and allied troops in every US-fought conflict since World War II, including recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.
• The U.S. State Department estimates that fewer than one in four landmine amputees is fitted with a proper prosthesis.
• From 1969 to 1992, the United States exported 4.4 million antipersonnel mines, mostly to Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Somalia, and Vietnam.
• U.S.-made or supplied APLs have been found in 32 countries, including Afghanistan.
• Check out the list of corporations that reserve the right to produce landmines. Are any of these corporations headquartered near your community?

Landmine Monitor is a unique and unprecedented civil society based reporting network to systematically monitor and document nations' compliance with the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the humanitarian response to the global landmine crisis. This initiative was established in June 1998 by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and is coordinated by a Core Group of five non-governmental organizations. By collecting and analyzing data relating to antipersonnel mines, Landmine Monitor aims to evaluate the overall progress of the international community in eradicating this insidious weapon and by doing so improve the lives of those living at risk in mine affected communities.

For more on the Mine Ban Treaty, go to www.icbl.org

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