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Ambassador Steinberg brings global de-mining message

Ambassador Don Steinberg shows a discharged mine during a talk on global de-mining.

Photo by María de la Luz Martínez

  
Speaking at a brown bag lunch last fall, U.S. Ambassador Don Steinberg described current efforts to remove active land mines in Bosnia, Kosovo, Latin America, and other areas with former battlefields. Steinberg, who has served as the U.S. government's representative on global de-mining since 1998, said the government's Adopt-a-Minefield program may offer the best hope for safeguarding civilians from land mines. The program not only sponsors massive mine-removal efforts, he said, but also educates local populations about the dangers of mines and teaches children to inform police when they see suspicious objects.

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May 14, 2001

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