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EUAM Iraq
EU Advisory Mission in support of Security Sector Reform in Iraq
Mandatiert seit: 10/17
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UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UN-Peacebuilding)
Mandatiert seit: 08/03
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News

20.03.2024
UN mission probing Islamic State crimes forced to shut in Iraq

A United Nations mission set up to help Iraq investigate alleged Islamic State genocide and war crimes is being forced to shut prematurely before it can finish its probes, following a souring of its relationship with the Iraqi government.

Source: Middle East Online
06.02.2024
With Middle East at a ‘critical juncture’, UN Iraq envoy appeals for restraint

Attacks originating both within and outside Iraq have the potential to unravel hard-won stability and other achievements if they continue, the head of the UN Mission in the country, UNAMI, warned the Security Council on Tuesday. 

Source: UN News
18.01.2024
Iraqi leader again demands US-led coalition leave

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday repeated his call for the US-led international anti-jihadist coalition to depart his country amid soaring regional tensions over the Israel-Hamas war.

Source: AL-Monitor
04.12.2023
UN team issues latest report on terrorist atrocities

The UN team investigating crimes committed by Da’esh terrorist group has issued its latest report documenting the terrorist group’s atrocities in Iraq, laying the groundwork for future prosecutions.

Source: UN News
18.10.2023
Troops hurt after 3 drones attack US bases in Iraq

Coalition forces were slightly injured in Iraq in drone attacks over the last 24 hours at U.S. bases in Iraq as regional tensions flare following the deadly bombing of a hospital in Gaza.

Source: VOA News
13.10.2023
Volker Perthes appointed Head of the Independent Strategic Review of UNAMI

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Volker Perthes of Germany as the Head of the Independent Strategic Review of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) mandated by Security Council resolution 2682 (2023).

Source: UN
10.10.2023
UN envoy highlights promising initiatives in Iraq

The Government of Iraq has made “several important steps and promising initiatives” one year since its formation, but more efforts are required to address the populations needs, the Head of the UN Mission in the country, UNAMI, told the Security Council on Tuesday.

Source: UN News
02.09.2023
Kirkuk curfew lifted after deadly unrest at rival protests by Arabs, Kurds

Tensions had been brewing for nearly a week in Kirkuk, a northern city which has historically been disputed between the federal government in Baghdad and authorities in the autonomous Kurdistan region of the north.

Source: Al Jazeera
18.05.2023
Despite gains, Iraq has not yet ‘turned the corner’, Security Council hears

Iraq’s stability and hard-won gains require robust support amid concerns of shrinking civic space, postponed elections, and an unfolding climate emergency, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.

Source: UN News
04.04.2023
Rights experts call for new laws to end ‘waves of disappearance’

It is estimated that up to one million people in Iraq have disappeared over the past five decades – a crisis that continues today, UN independent human rights experts said on Tuesday, calling for investigation and legislation to eradicate “this heinous crime.” 

Source: UN News