Jungwirth, who held a New Year's reception for journalists in the town of Sisak, said that the number of casualties in mine blasts was steadily declining.
This year, four persons, including one mine clearance specialist, were killed in explosions of land mines and nine were injured, the HCR director told reporters.
This year, donations given to the HCR rose to about 70 million kuna (approximately 9.5 million euros).
In this context, he said that the Norwegian government had donated up-to-date technology for the elaboration of digital maps of areas believed to be mine-infested.
The Japanese government is also cooperating with the centre and in early February 30 Japanese experts will arrive in Croatia to present their achievements in the detection of mines.
A humanitarian mine clearance act was finally passed in 2005, and the collective agreement regulating the labour relations between employer and trade unions of workers in this sector was signed.