The Second Regional Conference on Land Mines, sponsored by the Croatian Parliament, will be staged in Zagreb from June 26-29. More than 250 expert participants from 23 countries are expected to attend the conference.
Experts aim to inform and warn the public of the dangers of anti-personnel mines.
This was announced at a press conference on Thursday, by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and President of the Honorary Conference Committee, Jadranka Kosor. She stated the aim of the conference is to educate the domestic and international public on the problem of mines as a post-war danger and review everything that can be and has to be done in the battle against their destruction. As it was announced by Ivan Majdak, president of the organising committee, a display of machinery for the destruction of land mines will be organised, whilst a presentation of mine destruction will be organised at the military polygon in Slunj. Damir Gorseta, Director of the Mine Clearing Centre, stressed that Croatia will need ten years to clear more than one-million mines which are scattered throughout 6,000 square kilometres of land. He stated that Croatia has the capacity to clear two square kilometres monthly, but lacks the funds to realise this.