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UN Chief seeks timeline for end to Iraqi occupation
United Nations, July 22: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged for a clearcut timetable for the restoration of Iraqi sovereignty with specific steps for an end to US-led military occupation.
United Nations, July 22: United Nations Secretary-General Kofi
Annan has urged for a clearcut timetable for the restoration of
Iraqi sovereignty with specific steps for an end to US-led military
occupation.
It is essential if the growing impatience in the country is to be stemmed, the UN Chief said in a new report presented to the Security Council today.
The report lays out a blueprint for a full spectrum of activities where the United Nations can assist the reconstruction of Iraq. But, it makes clear that under its current council mandate, re-establishing law and order and administering the country are not among them -- these being the sole responsibility of the US-run coalition provisional authority.
It enumerates the activities the United Nations will carry out this year in the areas of humanitarian assistance, facilitation of national dialogue, assistance with the electoral processes and human rights, to be coordinated under a new UN assistance mission for Iraq, with a 300-member staff, both international and local. It also identifies other areas consistent with council resolution 1483, adopted in May, where the United Nations could provide assistance, including the constitutional process, judicial and legal reform, police training, demobilization and re-integration of former military forces, public administration, economic reconstruction and sustainable development, and technical assistance and advisory services to Iraqi ministries.
''The challenge for the United Nations in Iraq is to find meaningful and effective ways to assist the Iraqi people in achieving their goals. Its aim is to help them participate in, and take ownership of, the definition of the policies and priorities that will shape the future of their country,'' Mr Annan says in the report, requested by resolution 1483, which mandated the appointment of a special representative of the Secretary-General.
Bureau Report.
It is essential if the growing impatience in the country is to be stemmed, the UN Chief said in a new report presented to the Security Council today.
The report lays out a blueprint for a full spectrum of activities where the United Nations can assist the reconstruction of Iraq. But, it makes clear that under its current council mandate, re-establishing law and order and administering the country are not among them -- these being the sole responsibility of the US-run coalition provisional authority.
It enumerates the activities the United Nations will carry out this year in the areas of humanitarian assistance, facilitation of national dialogue, assistance with the electoral processes and human rights, to be coordinated under a new UN assistance mission for Iraq, with a 300-member staff, both international and local. It also identifies other areas consistent with council resolution 1483, adopted in May, where the United Nations could provide assistance, including the constitutional process, judicial and legal reform, police training, demobilization and re-integration of former military forces, public administration, economic reconstruction and sustainable development, and technical assistance and advisory services to Iraqi ministries.
''The challenge for the United Nations in Iraq is to find meaningful and effective ways to assist the Iraqi people in achieving their goals. Its aim is to help them participate in, and take ownership of, the definition of the policies and priorities that will shape the future of their country,'' Mr Annan says in the report, requested by resolution 1483, which mandated the appointment of a special representative of the Secretary-General.
Bureau Report.