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 | Total number
of land-mines 110 million in 64 countries | |
Human cost of land-mines 800 deaths a month, mostly innocent civilians, with thousands more maimed for life | ||
| Dollar cost of
land-mines To buy one: $3-$10 To remove one: $300-$1,000 | ||
| Country | Number of land-mines per square mile | Estimated total number of land-mine |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 152 | 3,000,000 |
| Cambodia | 143 | 10,000,000 |
| Croatia | 137 | 3,000,000 |
| Egypt | 60 | 23,000,000 |
| Iraq | 59 | 10,000,000 |
| Afghanistan | 40 | 10,000,000 |
| Angola | 31 | 15,000,000 |
| Iran | 25 | 16,000,000 |
| Rwanda | 25 | 250,000 |
| Source: United
Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs. Note: There is too little information about some countries. such as Viet Nam to include them in the estimates. | ||
| The 30 countries that have announced full or partial moratoriums on land-mine export |
| Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxemboug, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States |
| Source: The Arms Project/Human Rights Watch, as of 15 October 1995. |