SISAK, Nov 17 (Hina) - New methods in mine detection was the main +topic at the first meeting of the Croatian Mine Clearing Centre's +(HCR) Scientific Council, held in Sisak on Tuesday.+ The goal of the meeting, which gathered about
50 Croatian experts, +is application of new procedures in detection and destruction of +mines and other explosive devices. + New methods in mine detection must be speedier, safer and more +efficient, said the president of the HCR Council and government co-+ordinator for the liberated areas, Ivan Majdak.+ Mines had been planted on some 6,000 square kilometres throughout +Croatia, including 1,500 square kilometres of mine fields and 4,500 +square kilometres sporadically strewn with mines.+ The process of demining will take some 15 years and cost about +US$2.5 billion.+ Participants in the meeting called on the attending +representatives of the United Nations and
SISAK, Nov 17 (Hina) - New methods in mine detection was the main
topic at the first meeting of the Croatian Mine Clearing Centre's
(HCR) Scientific Council, held in Sisak on Tuesday.
The goal of the meeting, which gathered about 50 Croatian experts,
is application of new procedures in detection and destruction of
mines and other explosive devices.
New methods in mine detection must be speedier, safer and more
efficient, said the president of the HCR Council and government co-
ordinator for the liberated areas, Ivan Majdak.
Mines had been planted on some 6,000 square kilometres throughout
Croatia, including 1,500 square kilometres of mine fields and 4,500
square kilometres sporadically strewn with mines.
The process of demining will take some 15 years and cost about
US$2.5 billion.
Participants in the meeting called on the attending
representatives of the United Nations and Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to support the HCR's mine
clearing programme which will be presented at the forthcoming
conference on reconstruction and development in Croatia.
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