During
the preparatory meeting of committee constituted according to the order
no.(15s) for 2011 which included the formation of the Higher National Committee
for Mine Action, The Minister of Environment, authorized with the
Administrative, Financial and Technical powers, Dr.Jasim Abd Al-Aziz
Al-Fallahi, said that the percentage of clearing the Iraqi areas from mines and
explosive remnants of war exceeded 53% of the total contaminated areas
throughout the affected Iraqi governorates.
This
meeting held today at the Minister’s office and attended by The Deputy Minister
of Finance,Mrs. Taif Sami, Assistant Deputy of the Agency of Ministry of
Interior for Federal Security Affairs, Lieutenant-General Samkoun Nadhim Ameen,
Deputy Advisor of National Security, as well as the Director General of DMA,
Director General of Civil Defense Directorate/Ministry of Interior, Major
General Kadhim Bohan, Director General of Technical Department/IKMAA,
Representatives from Ministries of Oil and Foreign Affairs and heads from different
departments and Regional Mine Action Centers of DMA, for the purpose of setting
active agenda and recommendations to be submitted later to the Higher National
Committee for Mine Action which is directly chaired by the Prime Minister to
approve on the issues and procedures of these recommendations.
Dr.
Al-Fallahi also added that the percentage of contamination with mines and other
explosive remnants of war is currently about (6022) square kilometers in all
iraqi governorates, at the time that the national mine action program has
succeeded in clearing more than 53% of these contaminated areas above, pointing
out that about (2761) square kilometers remain contaminated so far, explaining
that 57% of the total contamination is in the southern regions, 25% in the
liberated governorates and 18% in the governorates of Middle Euphrates, whereas
the number of beneficiaries of EORE campaigns has amounted about (33470,13).
From his part, the Director General of DMA, Eng.
Dhafir Mahmood Khallaf, explained that the meeting concluded finally with
number of recommendations that will be submitted later to the Prime Minister
and the Chairman of Higher National Committee for Mine Action, and the summary
of these recommendations is to reinforce the governmental financial aspects in
order to ensure the continuity of the Iraqi national mine action program inperforming its several and various tasks in the best way
