Azerbaijan’s Mine Action Agency joins international event on demining in Geneva
Baku, April 27, AZERTAC
A delegation of Azerbaijan led by Samir Poladov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Azerbaijan Mine Action Agency (ANAMA), attended the 29th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN29) in Geneva, Switzerland.
The event was convened by the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Mine Action (IACG-MA), co-organized and co-hosted with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) on April 22-24.
The ANAMA Deputy Chairman addressed a side event titled “From contamination to recovery: Mine Action as the Foundation for Recovery”, also featuring Director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD); Executive Director of the Executive Director of ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC); as well as member of the Slovenian ITF Enhancing Human Security NGO organization.
Addressing the discussion, Samir Poladov described the humanitarian demining efforts as a foundation of not only human security, but also restoration and recovery efforts.
Highlighting the landmine contamination as a global challenge, Poladov stressed that the addressing of this challenge is only possible through continuous international collaboration and expertise exchange.
He also briefed the participants on Azerbaijan’s mine problem and the country’s demining efforts.
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