Tuesday, June 25, 2013

  
  

Relations between Iraq and the United Nations

   


06/26/2013 12:00 AM

BAGHDAD - morning 
stretching Iraq's relationship with the United Nations since he became a member and signed a document commitment to its charter. The following is a review of the relationship between Iraq and the United Nations since 1957, and so far, ie before the vote to remove Iraq from Chapter VII: 
• Iraq participated in the of the Security Council as a non-permanent twice: first in the two years 1957-1958, and the second in the two years 1974 - 1975. 
• deteriorated Iraq's relations with the international community during the thirty years before the fall of the former regime because of the foreign policies of the regime, which was characterized by waging wars absurd on its neighbors because of its practices Interior Kadthad people, and as a result underwent Iraq to dozens of resolutions issued under Chapter VII of the Charter included a comprehensive economic sanctions arranged the burden of economic and financial as well as مساسها Iraq's sovereignty. 
• After the fall of the former regime in 2003, the work of Iraq with the international community in the forefront of it by the United Nations of in order to regain its role as it was as a member of an active and responsible in the international community. 
• In spite of the UN's role in Iraq due to the year 1955, but Iraq's relationship with this organization and specialized hardware affiliate witnessed great development after the fall of the former regime, and contribute to Iraq Currently, mainly in the construction of the new complex of the UN mission to help (UNAMI) by giving them a piece of land in Baghdad and awarded 25 million dollars in 2010 and 25 million dollars calculated on the budget for Iraq in 2011 for a total grant (50) million dollars. 
• the United Nations is an effective role in Iraq, and the implementation of projects and the various programs through cooperation and partnership with the Iraqi government and with civil society organizations and a number of international partners, covering these projects different sectors such as education, water and sanitation, health, nutrition, housing and shelter, food security, and other relevant fields of development and human rights. 
• There are (16) organization and a program, agencies and fund UN work in Iraq (Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Labour Organization, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN mission to help in Iraq (UNAMI ), United Nations Development Programme, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Fund for Population, United Nations Program for Human Settlements, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO), the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization. 
• established the United Nations Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), under UN Security Council Resolution 1500 on 14.08.2003, and the mandate based on the consent of the Government Iraq and on the basis of providing support and assistance and advice in the light of UN Security Council Resolution No. 1770 for the year 2007 in the areas of (the elections and reconciliation solving border problems and human rights, humanitarian aid, reconstruction and development.) In August 2010 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1936, which stated it to continue the Special Representative Secretary General of the UN and the UN mission to work until July 31, 2011 at the request of the Government of Iraq, before being extended work two consecutive years. 
• manages the UN Humanitarian Response Fund extended through the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which provides the fund financing operations Flexible and fast Tune to 400 thousand U.S. dollars to organizations and implement national and international urgent humanitarian activities in Iraq.

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