$ ES ZAGREB, Feb 29 (Hina) - The Croatian Civil Defence department on Thursday presented television and radio advertisments aimed at warning children about the danger of left-over mines, unexploded grenades and household arms.
Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Jarnjak attended the presentation.
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ZAGREB, Feb 29 (Hina) - The Croatian Civil Defence department on
Thursday presented television and radio advertisments aimed at
warning children about the danger of left-over mines, unexploded
grenades and household arms. Croatian Interior Minister Ivan
Jarnjak attended the presentation. #L#
The head of the Croatian Civil Defence department of the
Interior Ministry, Damir Cemerin, stressed that it was a media
operation which is to begin on the International Civil Defence Day,
which falls on 1 March. He added that the campaign had been
initiated by the Interior Ministry, the Education and Sprots
Ministry, National Health School "Andrija Stampar" and the
Government Office for Refugees and Displaced Persons. The campaign
had been sponsored by UNICEF, Cemerin said.
He also said that the problem of left-over mines and
unexploded grenades would be present for another 50 years, adding
that lethal explosive devices left over from WW II could still be
found across Europe.
Jarnjak commended the iniciative, adding that the Croatian
Parliament would soon pass an act on demining. He especially
commended campaigns initiated in 1991 when a number of Croatian
artists called on children to be cautious due to various lethal
explosive devices.
The advertisements will soon be broadcast on the Croatian
Television and radio stations. They tell children of the danger of
unexploded grenades, left-over mines and household weapons. The ads
especially stress that in the period from 1991 till today, 271
children had been killed and 972 wounded due to explosive devices.
34 children had been killed and 217 wounded due to weapons kept in
their homes.
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