The Latest: UN may have to reassess Iraq mine
Pehr Lodhammar
Pehr Lodhammar  a senior program manager for the United Nations Mine Action Service   told reporters that the agency and Iraq’s government will have to decide “what we do  and what we leave for now and maybe address later on.”
 He  spoke to reporters in Geneva to detail the complexity of the task of clearing explosives left behind in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State group. Such work is crucial to help displaced Iraqis return to their homes safely.
 Lodhammar  said UNMAS needs another $216 million this year for  its  operations in 32 areas of Iraq  including the northwestern city of Mosul  on top of 116 in commitments and pledges already made.
 He  said UNMAS and other United Nations agencies were hoping for around $45 million to be set aside for safe returns of Iraqis as part of money being pledged at a donor’s conference for Iraq in Kuwait on Wednesday.
 Lodhammar  said  it  would be “of course concerning if we don’t reach the amounts envisaged and hoped for  but I believe that it is an ongoing process. I think more donors will be coming to the table.”
[TGT]told reporters that the agency and Iraq’s government will have to decide “what we do  and what we leave for now and maybe address later on.”
 [TGT]  spoke to reporters in Geneva to detail the complexity of the task of clearing explosives left behind in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State group. Such work is crucial to help displaced Iraqis return to their homes safely.
 [TGT]said UNMAS needs another $216 million this year for  its  operations in 32 areas of Iraq  including the northwestern city of Mosul  on top of 116 in commitments and pledges already made.
 [TGT]said UNMAS and other United Nations agencies were hoping for around $45 million to be set aside for safe returns of Iraqis as part of money being pledged at a donor’s conference for Iraq in Kuwait on Wednesday.
 [TGT]said  it  would be “of course concerning if we don’t reach the amounts envisaged and hoped for  but I believe that it is an ongoing process. I think more donors will be coming to the table.”