MAG representatives have travelled to the Peshmerga Kurdish military base to formally launch a training project to support the development of a sustainable humanitarian conventional weapons destruction capacity within the forces under the control of the Kurdish Regional Government.
Funded by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, US Department of State, the project will also provide these forces with all the equipment required to deploy safely. Training for two Peshmerga Engineering unit teams started at the beginning of February and will continue until April.
After the training, the teams will respond to contamination from Remnants of Conflict in Erbil governorate. MAG will continue to provide technical assistance and support to the teams as they deploy to clearance tasks in the area.
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MAG Iraq's Programme Manager Chris Loughran (pictured centre left) and the Peshmerga brigadier (centre, right) after signing the memorandum of understanding. [Photo: MAG Iraq] |
Links:
- MAG Iraq microsite – find out more about MAG's work in the country
- Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement [external site]
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23 February 09
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