110 million landmines in the world threaten the lives of many

The effects of the war are not limited to the time it takes, but it extends to years and even decades, because it contains dangerous remnants of war, specifically mines. The mines have many types. According to CARE, there are antipersonnel mines, which are the most common and there are more than 600 anti-tank mines Type.
The use of mines dates back to the end of World War I. It was widely used in Poland, Russia and Korea and indiscriminate distribution of mines began only in the 1960s.

Landmine Monitor notes in its 2017 report that mine victims amounted to 8,605. 78 civilians, including 2,089, the largest number of victims since 1999. According to Maysweber, the cost of buying a mine is between $ 3 and $ 300, while the cost of removing it is between $ 300 and $ 1,000 at a total cost of $ 100 million. The land will need 1,100 workers to be fully cleaned by the United Nations.

The world produces between 5 and 10 million landmines annually at an annual profit of between $ 50 million and $ 180 million from the sale of mines. An estimated 110 million antipersonnel mines are estimated to be in the ground today, with 250 million mines stockpiled in 108 countries around the world.

The world's most prolific countries are China, Cuba, India, Iran, Myanmar, the two Koreas, Russia, Singapore and Vietnam. Anti-personnel mines are distributed in 61 countries around the world, including Egypt with 23 million mines, Angola between 10 and 20 million mines, Iraq with 10 million mines, Kuwait with 5 million Mines, Mozambique 3 million mines, Iran 16 million mines, Afghanistan 10 million mines, Cambodia 8 to 10 million mines, Bosnia 3 million mines, noting that many areas have been wracked by wars and conflicts and their territories are still mined such as Vietnam, Laos, Colombia and African countries Syria.

In its statement on the subject, the United Nations confirms that mines have caused great pain in the past decades. Anti-personnel mines are prohibited under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (or the Mine Ban Convention), adopted in 1997. More than 150 countries have acceded to the Convention. Positive effects include a marked decrease in casualties, an increase in the number of mine-free countries, damaged stockpiles and improved victim assistance.

The United Nations makes it clear that people die or lose their limbs every day as they muzzle a landmine. This is often the case in safe countries and civilians are the majority of victims. The Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines or the Mine Ban Convention addresses this scourge.