In an activity at Cihan University-Erbil, the International Day for Mine Awareness was talked about
To get to know the International Day for Mine and its impact on society and individuals, an event was organized at Cihan University-Erbil by the head of the law department.
On 4/5/2022, the Law Department organized a seminar under the supervision of (Dr. Omar Zubair) Head of the Department of law, and Assistant lecturer (Ismail Rasoul babakr), on mine action, on the occasion of the International Day for Awareness of the danger of mines scheduled at the United Nations as 4/4/2022.
The seminar was presented by the student (Shadi Taher) in the Law Department which was entitled (Awareness of the dangers of mines) on mine-related procedures and how to protect from them, and the remarkable achievements in the field of global mine-related work, as well as on the achievements of the member states of the United Nations and referred to international agreements in this regard.
At the end of the seminar, the lecturers and students thanked the department for presenting this seminar and participated in the seminar with observations and questions on the topic, and wished him success.
On 4/4, every year, the International Day for Mine Awareness, According to official statistics, more than 13,500 civilians have been killed in a bomb blast in the Kurdistan Region so far. At the same time, the 255-square-kilometer area of Kurdistan’s land remains to be cleared of mines.
On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.