Under the direct sponsorship of Al-Kaabi ... the signing of a protocol of cooperation between the International Committee for Missing Persons and the forensic departments of the Ministry of Health and the mass graves of the Martyrs Foundation

by **claud39** Wed Aug 12, 2020 1:33 pm

[size=32]Under the direct sponsorship of Al-Kaabi ... the signing of a protocol of cooperation between the International Committee for Missing Persons and the forensic departments of the Ministry of Health and the mass graves of the Martyrs Foundation[/size]

12/08/2020

Under the direct sponsorship of Al-Kaabi ... the signing of a protocol of cooperation between the International Committee for Missing Persons and the forensic departments of the Ministry of Health and the mass graves of the Martyrs Foundation WhatsApp-Image-2020-08-12-at-6.20.24-PM-800x445

Under the direct patronage of Mr. Hassan Karim Al Kaabi, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, and in the presence of the Rapporteur of the Crisis Cell Dr. Jawad Al-Mousawi, the Deputies, Minister of Health Dr. Hassan Al-Tamimi and the President of the Martyrs Foundation Mr. Kazem Awaid, the ceremony of signing the official cooperation protocol between The International Committee for Missing Persons, the forensic medicine departments of the Ministry of Health and the Department of Mass Graves of the Martyrs Foundation, aim to frame joint cooperation related to the work of mass graves, DNA testing procedures by forensic medicine laboratories, and the end of the missing persons file in Iraq.

The protocol was signed by Mr. Fawaz Abdel Abbas, the general director of forensic medicine for the Ministry of Health, Zaid Ali Abbas, and the director of the mass graves department for the Martyrs Foundation Diaa Karim Tohme.

Al-Kaabi said: The (ICMP) organization has worked in Iraq since 2011 and has provided Iraq with large and important assistance related to files of missing persons and mass graves, supporting laboratories of the Ministry of Health, training cadres and equipping them with the latest equipment for DNA testing, indicating that the organization has worked in the most difficult and severe circumstances and included its activities in all regions. Iraq and contributed to opening 90% of the number of mass graves, in cooperation with the concerned Iraqi authorities.

For his part, the Minister of Health stated that his current efforts are directed towards expanding the work of the forensic medicine department and the ministry’s laboratories, as he confirmed that his ministry will begin to supply all forensic medicine departments with specialized medical personnel after they suffer from a severe shortage in this specialization, and also prepare a future study to have every Iraqi A genetic footprint. ”

The Media Office of the
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament
8/12/2020

https://ar.parliament.iq/2020/08/12/%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b9%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%82%d9%8a%d8%b9-%d8%a8%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%83%d9%88/