Baghdad, 26 July 2018: Baghdad Mayor Thikra Alwash joined participants today at a workshop organized in Baghdad by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) and the Cross Sector Task Force on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security.
Most of the 18 ministries from the Kurdish Regional Government and Federal Iraq that are members of the Task Force participated in the workshop, which examined the impact of the missing persons issue on families and communities, and the implementation of Iraq’s National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325. Dr Alwash, who is the Head of the Coordinating Committee on UNSCR 1325, welcomed future collaboration between the Task Force and ICMP to ensure that the missing persons issue is fully integrated in the agenda on women, peace and security.
Today’s workshop was a follow-up to a conference organized by ICMP in Baghdad on 2 May together with the US Bureau…