Directorate for Mine Action: technical meeting with the deputy representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)

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The Directorate for Mine Action held a technical meeting with the deputy representative of the Secretary General of UNAMI and the resident coordinator for humanitarian affairs, Mrs. Arena Foya Yashkofa, as well as the director of UNMAS, Mr.Pehr Lodhammer, today, at the headquarters of DMA in Baghdad.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the meeting included a technical presentation for the most important achievements and the challenges that face the works of the national mine action program in Iraq in addition to review the required needs to achieve the national plan within the priorities of the national mine action program.

Mahmood added that the meeting also included an extensive explanation of the partners’ efforts from supported authorities at the national and international levels which contribute in clearing the contaminated areas of mines, ERW and IEDs in order to return the displaced families to their regions either in the Southern and Middle Euphrates provinces or those whose areas have been liberated from ISIS terrorist gangs.