“Preliminary surveys in Azerbaijan’s liberated regions have revealed over one million landmines,” said Samir Poladov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA), in his the remarks at the Azerbaijan Pavilion during the event titled “Post-Conflict Urban Reconstruction: The Critical Role of Humanitarian Mine Action” held as part of the 13th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF13) in Baku.
Samir Poladov noted that from 1991 to November 10, 2020, mines injured 2,418 people and killed 530, while cluster munitions caused 131 casualties, including those injured or killed.
He added that from November 10, 2020, to May 22, 2025, mines injured 352 people and killed 73. Overall, the number of mine victims exceeds 3,500, including 362 children and young people and 38 women.
