BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
The Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
(PM/WRA) has released the 8th Edition of "To Walk the Earth in Safety,"
a report summarizing the accomplishments of the U.S. Humanitarian Mine
Action Program, the world's largest such operation.
In 2008, the Department of State provided
$123.1 million in mine clearance and weapons destruction assistance to
35 countries. Among the report's success stories is Cambodia, where U.S.