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Central America First Region To Be 'Mine-Impact Free,' Report Says.
Central America is the first geographical zone to become "mine-impact" free, according to the Tenth Edition of To Walk the Earth in Safety, a report released Dec. 19 by the State Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
Mine-Impact free means all explosives have been removed from areas where people go about their daily business, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the report was released.
"Over the last decade, we have helped decrease the worldwide number of landmine casualties from about 15,000 to 20,000 annually to approximately 4,000 in each of the last two years," Clinton said. "That is still an unacceptably high figure. But the progress …
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