据联合国和国际红十字委员会(ICRC)的统计,在全世界62个国家和地区(主要是发展中国家)埋设的地雷总数约为1亿枚。这些地雷大都埋设在干线公路、桥梁、供水设施、耕地及牧区附近。全世界每个月因触雷而丧生的约800人,每年因地雷而伤亡的高达1.5万人。地雷已成为战乱国家的一大环境公害。非洲非洲的苏丹、吉布提、索马里、埃塞俄比亚、安哥拉等18个国 According to statistics of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the total number of landmines laid in 62 countries and regions (mainly developing countries) is about 100 million. Most of these mines are laid on major highways, bridges, water supply facilities, cultivated land and pastoral areas. About 800 people, each month in the world, have died as a result of lightning strikes and as many as 15,000 people have been killed each year by landmines. Landmines have become a major environmental nuisance to countries in the war. Africa, Sudan, Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Angola and other 18 countries