Demining

Landmines are a worldwide issue that still affect us today. We don't have to be in times of war to be affected by landmines all over the world. According to the UN landmines kill from 15, 000 to 20, 000 people each year, most of them children and women. They are an issue that is all over the world in many countries. Landmines are very small and difficult to detect and when not warned people will most likely be killed when entering a minefield. They are scattered in big areas of land that are frequently used as roads or any place that is strategically planned to kill many people. All of this can be summarized in a few words: Landmines kill indiscriminately the innocent and the guilty and many innocent people die when it's not even war time.

Landmines are very hard to detect and very rarely noticed. That is why demining is a very difficult job that has to be performed by professionals with very specific tools that are used to detect and remove these landmines. Professionals from the UN have been working in many of the countries affected by this evil weapons to remove these killer traps completely. Unfortunately as I said before it is a very difficult job and cannot be performed in a year's time. We will need many years to finally remove all the mines that have been set by wars and that are ready to blow at the cost of many human lives.

I think that in order for this problem to be resolved we have to stop altogether the use of landmines as weapon of war. If we stop now the use of landmines we can save thousands of lives each year. Not only that, landmines also affect many others that end up hurt by these explotions and many landscapes and geographical areas where people live. Even though wars cannot be avoided the use of guns that cannot be controlled and hurt innocent people should be avoided at all costs.