From clearance following the Gulf War in the early nineties to emergency response and beyond... This year marks two incredible decades of the Iraq programme.
As our life-saving work in the country continues, we look at the key events in the last 20 years that have shaped our approach to humanitarian mine action.
Scroll through the timeline to explore the defining moments of MAG Iraq.
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This year marks two incredible decades of #savinglivesbuildingfutures in #Iraq. Check out the MAG Iraq timeline: maginternational.org/news/20-years-…
— MAG (@MAGsaveslives) August 2, 2012
More about MAG's work in Iraq
Latest news and case studies from MAG Iraq
Case study: MAG Iraq helps Syrian refugees
Case study: From minefields to wheat and barley farming
Video: Iraq 2010 – Saving lives
Photo gallery: Fall of Kirkuk and Mosul [2003]
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External resources
AlertNet: Iraq profile
BBC: Iraq profile
Landmine & Cluster Munition Monitor: Iraq profile
US Department of State: US Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Iraq
Thanks to all the individual, institutional and government donors who have helped to save lives and build futures in Iraq over the last 20 years, including:
• Act for Peace
• Adopt a Minefield
• Australian Agency for International Development
• Belgian Government
• British Council
• CMOC [The 426th Civil Military Operations Centre]
• Cordaid
• European Community Humanitarian Office
• German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Irish Aid
• Laing Family Trusts
• Marshall Legacy Institute
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
• NVESD Humanitarian Demining R&D Program
• Radda Barnen
• Roots of Peace
• Swedish International Development Cooperations Agency
• Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society
• Stichting Vluchteling
• Trocaire
• UK Department for International Development (UKaid)
• UNICEF
• UNOPS
• US State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement
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