The Directorate for Mine Action held two technical meetings with the Authority of persons with special needs in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Rehabilitation and Disability Preventive Department in the Ministry of Health in Baghdad.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the meeting with Authority of Persons with Special Needs which was organized by Victim Assistance Department/DMA, included discussing the preparation of national mine action standard and exchanging the technical and legal opinions, which were mentioned in the draft of standard for adopting it in the final meeting to issue the standard as well as discussing the needs and challenges that face the Authority and our directorate’s role in  overcoming these difficulties in addition to strengthen the international support for disabled segment.