Myanmar: Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War Threaten Children and Communities across Myanmar

Apr 4, 2018 | UNICEF
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Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) from decades of armed conflicts across Myanmar continue to threaten the lives of children and their families every day in nine out the 14 States known to be contaminated. During an event in Nay Pyi Taw today, organized to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, UNICEF, and members of the Mine Risk Working Group (MRWG) revealed that in the past two years the number of accidents caused by landmines and ERWs had continued to rise.