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The American Red Cross supports the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and others in the Red Cross Movement in calling for a total ban on landmines.

In the meantime, the American Red Cross will continue to work with colleagues in all components of the Red Cross Movement to furnish aid to victims of landmines, and carry out our work to educate people everywhere about international humanitarian law (IHL), the body of rules and principles utilized in seeking to save lives and alleviate suffering during armed conflict. While we work to prevent future victims, we must also not forget those suffering now.

The American Red Cross calls upon the international community to expand its support for the physical and vocational rehabilitation of landmine victims.

• Every month, 800 people are killed in a mine blast.
  
  
• Most victims who survive have a 12-hour journey to surgical care.
  
  
• Every year, 100 million landmines are produced.
  
  
• It cost 6-75 US dollars to produce one mine unit.
  
  
• It costs 1,000 US dollars to clear one mine unit by hand.
  
  
• The average cost of a prothesis is 125 US dollars.
  
  
• The average monthly wage in a developing country is 15 US dollars.
  
  
• The average monthly wage in a developing country is 15 US dollars.
  
  
• Under 45 countries are party to the convention that prohibits or restricts 
  the use of mines.