Mine Ban Treaty Achieves Progress amid Challenges

Mine Ban Treaty Achieves Progress amid Challenges

Click to expand Image Deminers search for landmines near Lasinja, a village 40 kilometers south of Zagreb, Croatia, May 29, 2013. © 2013 Sipa via AP Images Since the 1990s conflicts in the Balkans, Croatia suffered from the scourge of landmines, with hundreds of civilians killed and thousands of acres of land inaccessible due to contamination. In March, the country celebrated becoming mine-free, following a US$1.38 billion, 30-year clearance cam…