Federal Foreign Office Feature Humanitarian Mine Action: A Focus on Protecting Lives The Long Process of Humanitarian Mine Action

The walk to school is dangerous, and so is the path to the well or the road to the nearest hospital. Fields cannot be farmed even though food is scarce all around. Playing children risk their lives. These are just a few examples of how landmines and explosive ordnance, also known as explosive remnants of war, restrict or remove people’s ability to provide for themselves and thus live in dignity in many regions of the world.