Iraq – Directorate for Mine Action holds a meeting with international and local organizations

Location: Baghdad – Iraq

Language: Arabic + English

Voice: Natural

Duration: 00:04:26

Source: A24

Restrictions: A24 Clients

Dateline: 03-04-2022

Storyline:

Directorate for Mine Action held a meeting with international and local organizations, representatives of the embassies of European Union countries, and companies specialized in the field of demining to carry out clearance of explosive hazards.

The meeting discussed the survey of mine-affected areas after the end of military operations there, and plans for mine action, including quality management, coordination activities, mine risk education, and other concerns.

Shot list:

 (SOUNDBITE) Muammar Salah al-Din – Director of the Northern Regional Center / liberated areas:

“The meeting aims to overcome all obstacles and challenges facing the work of the Directorate for Mine Action in the liberated areas. We seek to receive more grants from international organizations.”

(SOUNDBITE) Mustafa Hamid Majid – Director of Information in Directorate for Mine:

“Today we met with the international and national partners, as well as the embassies of donor countries, to discuss various mine issues and address the existing challenges according to the priorities of our department.”

(SOUNDBITE) Mark Wilkins – Senior Director of Operations in the International Organization:         “Our role in Iraq is to bring together the donors that wish to support the clearance of explosive hazards in Iraq and to match them to the clearance priorities of the DMA as the national organization responsible for the clearance of those explosive hazards. We have been working in Iraq for many years now, and with the kind generosity of many, many donors have funded clearance efforts across Iraq from Sinjar in the north through Tal Afar, Mosul, Kirkuk, Ramadi, Fallujah, and most recently in Basra as well. Wherever the DMA identifies, priorities for clearance needs and must do its best to try to identify and generate support to finance that clearance effort.”

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