At least 58 states, territories contaminated by mines: UN
Members of the Defense Ministry clear landmines left behind by the Syrian army during the war, in agricultural land south of Idlib, Syria, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
At least 58 states and territories are contaminated by anti-personnel mines, the U.N. rights chief said on June 16, with heavy civilian casualties in Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine.
"It is deeply troubling that almost 30 years since the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty was adopted, these explosive weapons continue to kill and injure people — often decades after they were placed," Volker Türk said in a statement.
"It is essential that all states recommit to putting an end to the production, use and transfer of these weapons and redouble their efforts to cooperate in clearing mines already placed."
