The Directorate for Mine Action, one of the formations of the Ministry of Environment, held a technical meeting to discuss Iraq’s extension request of Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention, in Erbil.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the meeting included discussing the final notes submitted by  the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of APMBC related to the second updated plan of extension request of convention which was previously prepared by the technical staff of DMA in cooperation with IKMAA, with the participation of Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, UNMAS  and with the support by IMMAP.

Mahmood added that the meeting also included presenting a technical presentation by Mr. Gregory, a representative from ISU, which shows the convention’s vision regarding the parts of second plan before submitting it to the committee of Article 5 of convention to ensure the implementation of works specified in it.