.Proposal Expands U.N. Mandate in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - A proposed Security Council resolution circulated late Wednesday would expand the U.N. mandate in Iraq to help promote political reconciliation, settle disputed internal boundaries and plan for a national census.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been under pressure from the United States to expand the U.N.'s role in Iraq and said in June he would consider it. But he cited deteriorating security in Iraq as an obstacle.
The small U.N. Mission in Iraq has helped organize elections, promote a national dialogue, and develop institutions for representative government. Its current mandate expires on Aug. 10, and the Security Council will have to discuss the draft resolution in the coming days.
The draft, obtained by The Associated Press, would extend the mission's mandate for a year and authorize it to facilitate "regional dialogue, including on issues of border security, energy and refugees."
The mission would also "advise, support and assist the people and government of Iraq on advancing an inclusive national dialogue and political reconciliation."
The draft resolution, circulated by Britain, would authorize the U.N. mission to help plan, fund and implement reintegration programs for former combatants, assist the return of refugees and displaced people, and promote economic reform and the development of an effective civil service and social services for the Iraqi people.
It would authorize the U.N. to "advise, support and assist" in the review of the Iraqi constitution, in implementation of the constitution's provisions, "as well as on the development of processes to resolve disputed internal boundaries."
The U.N. mission would also be asked to promote human rights and judicial and legal reforms "in order to strengthen the rule of law" and to assist the government "on initial planning for a comprehensive census."
Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan pulled all U.N. international staff out of Iraq in October 2003 after two bombings at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and a spate of attacks on humanitarian workers. The first bombing, on Aug. 19, 2003, killed the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 others.
In August 2004, Annan allowed a small U.N. contingent to return to Baghdad and imposed a ceiling of 35 international staffers, which has steadily increased but remains relatively low because of the security situation.
In a report to the Security Council in June, Ban said the U.N. is a major promoter of efforts to build a united, democratic Iraq, but that "the security situation in Iraq remains complex and unpredictable and is a major limiting factor for the United Nations presence and activities in Iraq."
MyWay
I am sure the UN will renew the mandate. But only the western nations will actually offer ay help whatsoever to the Iraqi people. The surrounding nations will only bicker and try to give support to one side against the other.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been under pressure from the United States to expand the U.N.'s role in Iraq and said in June he would consider it. But he cited deteriorating security in Iraq as an obstacle.
The small U.N. Mission in Iraq has helped organize elections, promote a national dialogue, and develop institutions for representative government. Its current mandate expires on Aug. 10, and the Security Council will have to discuss the draft resolution in the coming days.
The draft, obtained by The Associated Press, would extend the mission's mandate for a year and authorize it to facilitate "regional dialogue, including on issues of border security, energy and refugees."
The mission would also "advise, support and assist the people and government of Iraq on advancing an inclusive national dialogue and political reconciliation."
The draft resolution, circulated by Britain, would authorize the U.N. mission to help plan, fund and implement reintegration programs for former combatants, assist the return of refugees and displaced people, and promote economic reform and the development of an effective civil service and social services for the Iraqi people.
It would authorize the U.N. to "advise, support and assist" in the review of the Iraqi constitution, in implementation of the constitution's provisions, "as well as on the development of processes to resolve disputed internal boundaries."
The U.N. mission would also be asked to promote human rights and judicial and legal reforms "in order to strengthen the rule of law" and to assist the government "on initial planning for a comprehensive census."
Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan pulled all U.N. international staff out of Iraq in October 2003 after two bombings at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad and a spate of attacks on humanitarian workers. The first bombing, on Aug. 19, 2003, killed the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 others.
In August 2004, Annan allowed a small U.N. contingent to return to Baghdad and imposed a ceiling of 35 international staffers, which has steadily increased but remains relatively low because of the security situation.
In a report to the Security Council in June, Ban said the U.N. is a major promoter of efforts to build a united, democratic Iraq, but that "the security situation in Iraq remains complex and unpredictable and is a major limiting factor for the United Nations presence and activities in Iraq."
MyWay
I am sure the UN will renew the mandate. But only the western nations will actually offer ay help whatsoever to the Iraqi people. The surrounding nations will only bicker and try to give support to one side against the other.
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