The Directorate for Mine Action, one of the formations of the Ministry of Environment, held a technical meeting to duscuss the Iraqi national mine action strategy for the period 2022-2028 , today, Wednesday, at HQ of directorate in Baghdad.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the meeting which was attended by representatives from the Ministries of (Defense, Interior, Health), the National Intelligence Service, National Security Advisory, as well as Planning Department/ Ministry of Environment and the heads of Regional Mine Action Centers and technical departments in DMA, discussing the axes of national strategy within the concept that mine action enables Iraq to achieve its national humanitarian and development goals and to fulfill its obligations towards the international conventions.

Mahmood added that the meeting also included discussing the axes of national strategy within the framework of the activities and works of Iraqi national mine action program according to the national vision, message, strategic goals, risks and assumptions, where those goals revolved around the area liberation, explosive ordnance risk education, victim assistance, national ownership, communication and coordination