The Directorate for Mine Action, one of the directorates of Ministry of Health and Environment, organized a technical meeting for the national committee of preparing the national standard of victim assistance with the director of weapons contamination department in ICRC ( Roberta Sanzalo) in the headquarter of DMA.

The Director General of DMA, Eng.Dhafir Mahmood, said that the meeting which organized by his directorate, represented the Iraqi side, includes focal points from the ministries of health, labor and social affairs, youth and sport and the head of legal department/ Authority of caring the persons with special needs as well as the head of victim assistance department/DMA and the head of sections in it, whereas the head of weapons contamination department represented the ICRC-Iraq branch.

Mahmood added that the meeting included a discussion of preparations for issuing the national standard of victim assistance based on the IMAS 13:10 of victim assistance, through coordination and support by ICRC /Iraq branch, confirming on his directorate’s keenness to support the works of national committee by providing all the necessary information and data that would adopt the national standard as soon as possible.