Iraq formally asked the UN Security Council extend the mandate of UNAMI mission for another year
Iraq formally asked the UN Security Council extend the mandate of UNAMI mission for another year
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 09:55
[Follow-up – where]
Iraq formally asked the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Iraq [UNAMI] for another year, according to relevant Security Council resolutions.
The Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations, Ambassador Mohammed Ali Hakim in the Security Council meeting, which was held on Tuesday to follow up the report of the Secretary-General on UNAMI “I would like to convey to you the desire of the Government of the Republic of Iraq to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for one further year in accordance with the principles adopted in Council Resolution 1770 for the year 2007 text and content, and the mission continues to provide advice and assistance, and upon prior request from the Government of the Republic of Iraq. ”
Ambassador Hakim added that “the Iraqi government hopes UNAMI mission to provide the necessary logistical requirements to secure a sufficient number of observers to ensure transparency of the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held in the first half of next year.”
He spoke Iraqi ambassador from recent developments in the camp of freedom [Liberty], and said that “Baghdad condemns what he was subjected camp recently targeting Bakmav mortar by terrorist groups, stressing the protection of the Iraqi government to all residents in the camp and provided humanitarian aid and health.”
He welcomed Iraq’s permanent representative to the United Nations “with the consent of Albania for resettlement of 270 people from the camp dwellers, and the arrival of the first batch to Albania, also welcomed the offer by the German government to host and resettle 100 people other residents of the camp.”
On the demonstrations that pervades a number of Iraqi cities, said Ambassador Mohamed al-Hakim “The Iraqi government confirmed that the right to peaceful protest is guaranteed for all Iraqis, and the Government has worked very hard since the first moments to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, and dealt with as positive as approved by the Iraqi constitution.” ended
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