{"id":2068,"date":"2025-12-10T19:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2068"},"modified":"2025-12-10T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:05:09","slug":"civilian-deaths-and-injuries-from-landmines-and-explosive-remnants-of-war-have-risen-to-highest-level-in-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/?p=2068","title":{"rendered":"Civilian Deaths and Injuries from Landmines and Explosive Remnants of War Have Risen to Highest Level in 4 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cambodia-field.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cambodia-field-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cambodia-field-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/cambodia-field-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">landmines&#8230;danger at every step<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the\u00a0<em>Landmine Monitor 2025<\/em>\u00a0report launched in Geneva, Decemeber 4th, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It documents&nbsp;<strong>6,279 casualties in 2024<\/strong>. Children remain especially vulnerable, particularly in conflict-affected countries where displaced families are returning to heavily contaminated areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Civilians made up 90 per cent of casualties<\/strong>\u00a0in 2024,\u201d said Loren Persi, Impact Team Lead for the report. \u201cAnd children remained a significant portion of all casualties, almost half\u2026In Afghanistan, 77 per cent, so over three-quarters of all casualties, were children, which is horrific.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Funding crisis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A worsening funding shortfall is already undermining mine-action programs. Ruth Bottomley, the Monitor\u2019s Mine Action Funding Research Lead, said heavy dependence on a few major donors \u2013 particularly the United States \u2013 has left the sector vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2025, the US imposed a sector-wide funding freeze,\u201d she said. \u201cThis stalled some mine-action programs and terminated others\u2026highlighting the vulnerability of mine-action funding with its dependence on a few major donors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Programs in\u00a0<strong>Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Colombia, Tajikistan and Zimbabwe<\/strong>\u00a0have already shut down.\u00a0<strong>Victim assistance<\/strong>\u00a0has been hit especially hard, with international support falling\u00a0<strong>23 per cent<\/strong>. Conflict-weakened health systems in countries such as\u00a0<strong>Ukraine<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Palestine<\/strong>\u00a0are struggling amid a sharp rise in amputations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Call for renewed commitment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Without stronger funding, political resolve and compliance, mine contamination will grow faster than humanitarian organizations can respond \u2013 leaving millions at risk for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/\">UN News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilian deaths and injuries from landmines and explosive remnants of war have risen to their highest level in four years, according to the\u00a0Landmine Monitor 2025\u00a0report launched in Geneva, Decemeber 4th, 2025. It documents&nbsp;6,279 casualties in 2024. Children remain especially vulnerable, particularly in conflict-affected countries where displaced families are returning to heavily contaminated areas. \u201cCivilians made [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2069,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2068\/revisions\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wvcbl.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}