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At least 58 states and territories contaminated by landmines, UN human rights chief says
UN report details 1,945 casualties in 2024, with civilians comprising 90% of victims, as mines persist due to treaty withdrawals and ongoing use.
- On Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk reported that at least 58 states and territories remain contaminated with anti-personnel mines, causing heavy civilian casualties in Myanmar, Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine.
- Almost 30 years after the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty was adopted, five states—Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland—have recently withdrawn, complicating global efforts despite the convention maintaining 162 parties.
- Civilians account for roughly 90 per cent of all recorded casualties, with children comprising more than 40 per cent, while funding for the UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action dropped from $125 million to $46 million.
- Commending Lebanon's recent decision to join the treaty, Turk urged nations to "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."
- The report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 26, detailing how contamination hinders human rights, prolongs displacement, and prevents essential land use for agriculture.
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More than 5,000 people were killed or injured by mines in 2025, and the UN promotes the removal of mines and the removal of such weapons.
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At Least 58 States and Territories Contaminated by Anti-Personnel Mines in 2025, According to the UN
Among the main affected countries are Burma, Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Mali.
A report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights alerts the persistence of anti-personnel mines, responsible for thousands of civilian casualties each year At least 58 states and
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By 2025, at least 58 States were contaminated with anti-personnel mines, according to the United Nations, and it is estimated that some 5,000 were injured and 2,000 killed.
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