Launch of the Mine Awareness Campaign

In the Mine Action Centre of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) the Press were welcomed to the launch of the latest Mine Awareness Campaign. The Director of the Mine Action Centre, Mr Dusan Gavran along with the EUFOR Spokesperson, Lieutenant Commander Mandy McBAIN and a representative from the Armed Forces BiH faced the press and told them about the campaign which will run throughout BiH from the 12th Aug for five weeks. The campaign will be covered by Radio, TV, on bill boards and in Newspapers.

Mr Gavran explained the continuing problems caused by mines and how the campaign would work. The EUFOR Spokesperson said ‘EUFOR and NATO are pleased to have worked with the BiH Mine Action Centre & the Armed Forces BiH to produce this latest Mine Awareness Campaign. We hope that the introduction of the single free toll telephone number will encourage people to report any possible mine information’.