Abu Dhabi, 2 Feb. 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE will play host tomorrow to the international conference onDisaster Victim Identification (DVI) .
The two-day Coordinated Approach to Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) Conference Middle East and North (MENA) is organised by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in association with the INTERPOL under the patronage of HH Lt.General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. INTERPOL and Scotland Yard Forensic experts will present papers on DVI. Major General Nasser Al Rayese, head of the victims affairs office, MoI, and coordinator general of the conference, said over two days experts will focus on how criminal evidence assists forensic medicineto identify victims of disasters. They will also dicsuss papers on advanced technology to recognise identify of victims and mass fatalities and mechanisms to boost DVI regional coordination. Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) is the INTERPOL-authorised formal and organised process of identifying multiple bodies after a mass fatality. It requires a number of skilled professionals working together to amass the evidence required to clearly identify victims and release them to their families. The professionals involved include the police and medical experts including forensic pathologists and technicians and, depending on the nature of the incident, forensic odontologists, forensic anthropologists, toxicologists and molecular biologists (DNA). Victim identification is painstaking work as it is paramount that accurate victim identification is made based on all available information. This may entail DNA sampling, odontological (dental) examination, review of personal property and reference to medical records.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2013.
