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Iraq has asked for the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMI), set up after the 2003 US led invasion, to conclude its work by the end of 2025. Iraqi officials argue that the mission, known as UNAMI, is no longer required due to significant progress towards stability.

UNAMI, headquartered in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, was established with a broad mandate to support Iraqi institutions, political dialogue, elections, and human rights.

However, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has suggested that Iraq no longer needs the mission’s political support, though it seeks continued collaboration with other UN agencies.

In a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Sudani highlighted Iraq’s progress in areas covered by UNAMI’s mandate.

The head of UNAMI in Iraq often mediates between political, judicial, and security leaders. While supporters see the mission’s involvement as crucial to conflict resolution, critics have sometimes accused it of interference.

Since 2023, Iraq’s government has been winding down international missions, including the US led coalition formed in 2014 to combat the Islamic State and the UN mission promoting accountability for crimes committed by the jihadist group.

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Iraqi officials insist the country has recovered from sectarian violence following the invasion and from the Islamic State’s attempt to establish a caliphate, making international assistance less essential.

Despite this progress, some diplomats and critics are concerned about the fragile state of Iraq’s young democracy, given frequent conflicts involving heavily armed political-military groups and human rights challenges.

Critics argue that freedom of expression has declined, while Iraqi authorities claim they are tackling corruption and protecting fundamental freedoms.

Similarly, Somalia’s government has also called for ending a UN political mission. In a letter to the Security Council, the foreign minister…

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Iraq demands end of UN assistance mission by end of 2025

Iraq has demanded that a UN assistance mission, set up after the 2003 US-led invasion of the country, ends its work by the end of 2025.

Unami is no longer required as the Middle East country has made significant progress towards stability and wants to deepen co-operation with other UN organisations, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani said.

“Iraq has managed to take important steps in many fields, especially those that fall under Unami’s mandate,” he said in a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

The mission, based in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, was set up to help develop Iraqi institutions, support political dialogue and elections, and promote human rights.

Unami’s chief in Iraq often meets top political, judicial and security officials in work that supporters see as important to preventing and resolving conflicts but which critics have described as interference.

Since 2023, Iraq has moved to end several international missions, including the US-led coalition created in 2014 to fight ISIS and a UN mission established to promote accountability for the extremist group’s crimes.

Iraqi officials argue that the country has come a long way from the sectarian bloodletting that took place after the US-led invasion and during the attempt by ISIS to establish a caliphate, and that it no longer needs as much international help.

However, some critics worry about the stability of the young democracy, given recurring conflicts and the presence of many heavily armed military-political groups that have often fought battles on the streets, the last time being in 2022.

Some diplomats and UN officials also worry about human rights and accountability in a country that frequently ranks among the world’s most corrupt and where activists say freedom of expression has been curtailed in recent years.

Iraq’s government says it is working to fight corruption and denies…

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World News | Iraqi Govt Asks UN to Wind Down Its Political Mission in the Country

Baghdad, May 10 (AP) The Iraqi government has requested that the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of international bodies operating in the nation that Iraq has sought to wind down.

The letter sent Wednesday by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared that there is “no need for the continuation” of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).

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Sudani said Iraq’s government has “been able to achieve a number of important steps” in areas that fall under the body’s mandate. rendering it redundant.

Typically, the mission is extended annually by the UN Security Council, with the current term expiring at the end of this month.

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Sudani’s letter did not oppose a one-year extension but said the mission should focus on wrapping up its tasks to ensure a permanent closure and transfer of its responsibilities by the end of 2025.

Established in 2003 in the wake of the US invasion that toppled longtime dictator Saddam Hussein, UNAMI had been tasked with a number of missions, including facilitating dialogue among various groups, assisting with election logistics, monitoring human rights, and coordinating aid in conflict-affected areas.

A UNAMI spokesperson and a spokesperson for Sudani declined to comment on the Iraqi government request.

Sudani’s government has made a series of moves to extricate Iraq from the presence of international bodies set up post-2003.

Earlier this year, Iraq initiated discussions to phase out the mission of a US-led military coalition formed to fight…

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Iraq Seeks End Of UN Assistance Mission By End-2025

BAGHDAD: Iraq has asked that the UN assistance mission set up after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003 end its operations by the end of 2025, saying it is no longer needed because Iraq has made significant progress towards stability.

Based in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, the mission was established with a broad mandate to assist in the development of Iraqi institutions, support political dialogue and elections, and promote human rights.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said Iraq wants to deepen cooperation with other UN organizations, but the political work of the UN assistance mission, known as UNAMI, is no longer needed.

The head of the mission in Iraq frequently shuttles between top political, judicial and security officials in a job that supporters see as important to conflict prevention and resolution but critics have often described as meddling.

Sudani in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the country has managed to take important steps in many areas, especially those under the mandate of UNAMI.

The Iraqi government has decided to end several international missions from 2023, including the US-led coalition formed in 2014 to fight Islamic State and the UN mission set up to help hold the jihadist group accountable for its crimes.

Iraqi officials say the country has come a long way since the sectarian bloodshed following the US-led invasion and Islamic State’s attempt to establish a caliphate, and that it no longer needs as much international help.

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Some critics worry about the stability of the young democracy given the recurring conflicts and the presence of many heavily armed military-political groups that have often fought in the streets, most recently in 2022.

Some diplomats and UN officials are also concerned about…

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Security Council Report Monthly Forecast, May 2024

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In May, Mozambique holds the presidency of the UN Security Council.   

Mozambique is expected to convene two signature events during its presidency. One will be a high-level debate on strengthening the role of African states in addressing global security and development challenges under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. UN and AU representatives are the anticipated briefers.

Mozambique’s second signature event for the month will be a debate on the role of women and youth in maintaining peace and security, also under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda item. Mozambique’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Verónica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo is expected to chair the meeting. Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo, Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs Felipe Paullier, a high-level representative of UN Women, and a civil society representative are expected to brief.

This month, the Security Council will hold its annual debate on the protection of civilians. The expected briefers are Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and a civil society representative.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is also expected to brief the Council in May.

African issues on the programme in May are:   

  • Sudan/South Sudan, meeting on the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and recent developments between the two countries; 

  • South Sudan, renewal of the 2206 South Sudan sanctions regime and the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the 2206 South Sudan Sanctions Committee; 

  • Libya, briefing by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the court’s Libya-related activities and reauthorisation of measures under resolution 2292 to inspect vessels on the high seas off the coast of Libya; and  

  • Sahel, meeting on the Group…

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“Iraqi Chief Justice invites UNAMI to help address the election impediments of the “Federal Region

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Shafaq News/ The head of Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court, Jassim Mohammed Aboud, on Sunday called on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) to play a role in resolving the obstacles to holding the parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan Region, which he described as a “federal region” citing article 117 of the Iraqi constitution. 

A statement from the council’s media office said that “the Chief Justice, Judge Jassim Mohammed Aboud, received today the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and her accompanying delegation at the headquarters of the council in Baghdad.”

The meeting discussed the role of UNAMI since 2003, praised the “great sacrifices it made, including the martyrdom of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq at the time, in a terrorist bombing.”

The judge, according to the statement, said the mission played a role “in what Iraq has reached now, especially in the term of elections,” as it helped “guarantee the election’s integrity and comprehensiveness.”

He then invited UNAMI to “play a role in resolving the obstacles facing holding the elections of the Kurdistan Region’s Parliament.”

Aboud defended the Desert Supreme Court’s decision and said the ruling on domiciliation of pensions, salaries, and social support in federal banks came in response to a lawsuit filed before the judges by the public servants of the Kurdistan Region themselves.

“The Court does choose the lawsuits. Plaintiffs file them,” he added. “The difference between the federal and regional governments on the interpretation of the budget law might affect the disbursement of the salaries this week.”

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IS-affiliated woman guilty of 5-Year-old Yazidi girl’s death receives 14-year sentence

A German Federal Court on Wednesday struck down an appeal lodged by a 32-year-old German woman who, in 2015, while married to an Islamic State fighter, allowed an enslaved 5-year-old Yazidi girl to die of thirst.

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Known publicly as Jessica W., the defendant was sentenced to 14 years in 2021 after being deported back to Germany from Turkey following the nominal defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

The defendant and her husband, Taha Al-J., an Iraqi national, were both found liable for the girl’s death when evidence showed that the girl had been chained to a tree by the husband and left to die in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.

Jessica W. was convicted in the original Frankfurt-based trial of having had the ability to prevent the death while actively deciding to do nothing. She was found guilty of two counts of crimes against humanity through enslavement and one count of having joined a terrorist organization abroad.

Jessica W.’s appeal was denied

Reading the ruling on Wednesday, the court found that the woman’s appeal was “manifestly unfounded” but did not clarify on what grounds the defendant had appealed the sentence.Displaced Yazidi women protest outside the headquarters of the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), north of Baghdad, in 2015. (credit: AZAD LASHKARI/REUTERS)Displaced Yazidi women protest outside the headquarters of the UN Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), north of Baghdad, in 2015. (credit: AZAD LASHKARI/REUTERS)

In the original 2021 trial, Jessica W. had first been given a 10-year sentence, but given the severity of the crimes against humanity, that sentence was increased.

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