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Al-Fatlawi

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2023-10-10
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  1. “In addressing climate change, Iraq is seeking to use more solar energy, restore damaged ecosystems, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, invest in emission-reducing infrastructure and renewable power plants, recycle mor, fund green companies and start-ups working in renewable and green energy and agriculture, conserve water, modernize all irrigation methods, preserve the country’s biodiversity and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Serious efforts are being made to establish the High Council for Water to find the necessary solutions, through coordination and cooperation with neighbouring countries, to ensure a fair and adequate share of Iraq’s water needs and to conduct negotiations with upstream countries.”

    2023-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9432 (2023) · source

  2. “The Government is taking many comprehensive national measures, especially since climate change has caused damage to more than 7 million Iraqi citizens, in addition to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis due to the loss of their livelihoods in the areas of agriculture and fishing. We should also mention the most depressing aspect, namely, water scarcity and severe drought, which have affected the marshes and increased desertification and dust storms.”

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  3. “8 of 2021, the Yazidi Female Survivors Law, was implemented through the establishment of the Directorate of Female Survivors’ Affairs in Nineveh governorate. It provides for the implementation of the provisions of the law, including reparation for damages and moral and financial compensation for female survivors, providing them with a decent life, preparing them with the means to integrate into society and preventing the recurrence of violations against them. On 7 August, he Supreme Judicial Council approved on the admissibility of online testimonies from those women. Turning to the fight against desertification and climate change response, combating climate change and water scarcity is one of the Iraqi Government’s top priorities.”

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  4. “The Committee to Support Women’s Political Participation in the forthcoming provincial council elections was formed with the aim of providing support to women, ensuring their participation in local elections at the level of all governorates and enabling them through plans and programmes that contribute to protecting female candidates from all types of violence they may be exposed to or perpetrated against them. It also sets up and provides training and support to women in the context of their political participation. Women in Iraq hold the highest positions and are represented in three ministries of the Government, as well as in other leadership positions. Today women have exceeded the quota for women in Parliament, growing from one fourth to one third of the membership. Iraqi Law No.”

    2023-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9432 (2023) · source

  5. “Turning to the empowerment of women, the national strategy for Iraqi women for the period 2023–2030 was launched and will contribute to strengthening participation in planning and aligning priorities with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals on the empowerment of women and girls. The strategy includes five main pillars, namely, participation, political, economic and social empowerment and the protection of women, including addressing violence against women and strengthening the role of women in managing the risks of climate change.”

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  6. “The Conference will be the starting point for major projects for Iraq and the region and will contribute greatly to strengthening solid ties among those countries and supporting regional stability and the desired economic development. Most recently, a tripartite meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Iraq, Egypt and Jordan was held to discuss means of promoting cooperation, coordination and joint integration in the areas of economic cooperation and to consider updates on the progress made in the implementation of joint projects among the three countries in various areas, including civil and economic projects on the Jordanian- Iraqi borders and the electricity interconnectivity project, phase one of which is close to completion.”

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  7. “That is one of the most important projects the Government is trying to implement to help solve traffic congestion problems in the capital, Baghdad. Furthermore, the foundation stone has been laid for a railway connectivity project with Iran, the Basra-Shalamcheh line, to transport passengers and visitors between Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran. It will also transport travellers and visitors from Central Asian countries to Iraq. Major Gulf companies are turning to the Iraqi market to invest and start projects in agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, health and infrastructure. Iraq is also preparing to host the third iteration of the Bagdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership late next month with the participation of brotherly, friendly and partner countries.”

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  8. “The project will contribute to the creation of job opportunities and will lay the foundation for a sustainable non-oil-dependent economy. The project will also promote opportunities for economic diversification, as well as efforts to combat climate change and strengthen regional cooperation. The Iraqi Government has made investment projects in the gas, petrochemical and electricity sectors a top priority in order to meet national needs and participate in the global economy in terms of energy sources, especially since the Iraqi market is large and very promising. Iraq is about to sign a contract for the implementation, construction and purchase of an elevated train project in Baghdad with a consortium of the French company Alstom and the Korean company Hyundai.”

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  9. “Regarding government programmes, the Government of the Republic of Iraq launched its plan for a general restructuring of the transport sector in Iraq, in particular ports, airports, railways and land transport, and the exploitation and investment of Iraq’s location as a crossing point between the Gulf, the Mediterranean, Asia and Europe, and the activation of all types of transit. The Development Road project is an extensive transport network of 1,200 kilometres of interconnected roads and railways. The project aims to transform Iraq into a regional transport hub, connecting Europe and the Gulf, with the participation of 10 regional countries, namely, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.”

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  10. “It also praises the announcement of the coalition ministers that they would launch a campaign called the stabilization pledge, with the aim of collecting $601 million for the areas liberated from Da’esh and supporting the efforts of the coalition seeking to promote reconciliation and reintegration to create conditions conducive to achieving stability. The Government of the Republic of Iraq stresses its commitment to follow up and prosecute all those accused of terrorism in coordination with friendly and brotherly countries, especially since Iraq has received more than 3,000 Iraqi terrorists who were formerly imprisoned in north-eastern Syria. They were transferred to the competent authorities to be presented to the Iraqi judiciary and tried legally, in order to apply the principle of non-impunity.”

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  11. “Concerning the Iraqi families living in the Al-Hol camp, the Government of the Republic of Iraq has been able to transfer 10 batches of Iraqi families coming from the camp to Iraq thus far, and the total number of families returning has reached 1,561, amounting to 6,204 people, including 840 families that have been rehabilitated and reintegrated into seven governorates, while the number of families under rehabilitation has reached 553. Iraq urges countries to evacuate their nationals from Al-Hol camp in order to dismantle and close it permanently, as it represents a threat to international peace and security. Iraq praises the ministerial meeting of the international counter-Da’esh coalition, which was held in Riyadh, in which it announced the accession of Togo, which became the eighty-sixth member.”

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  12. “From this standpoint, the Iraqi Parliament voted on article 49 of the General Budget Law for Iraq, including the establishment of a fund called the Sinjar and Nineveh Plain Reconstruction Fund, with a capital of 50 billion Iraqi dinars. The Iraqi Council of Representatives also approved the proposal to add the Al Qahtaniyah and Zummar districts to the aforementioned Fund, especially since the majority of the residents of those two districts are Yazidi Kurds, and they will benefit from including their areas, which were damaged as a result of the war against Da’esh. In that regard, Iraq calls on the international community to support the Iraqi institutions concerned with this file, especially the Ministry of Immigration and Displacement, with an international effort for the rehabilitation and reintegration programmes.”

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  13. “Concerning violations and assaults, Iraq denounces and categorically rejects all land and air military operations that violate or threaten the security and sovereignty of Iraq. Iraq renews its constitutional commitment not to issue any threats from its territories towards its neighbours. As for supporting liberated areas and internally displaced people, the Government of the Republic of Iraq continues its tireless efforts within the national measures and programmes established to return the displaced persons and integrate them into their communities. We confirm that closing the displacement file is one of our priorities.”

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  14. “We take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude for the efforts of the international coalition and the sacrifices it is making in partnership with the Iraqi forces. We express our sincere condolences for the killing of paratrooper Sergeant Nicolas Mazier in Iraq, whose unit was providing support to an Iraqi military unit in counter-terrorism operations. Iraq affirms its full commitment to the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which regulates diplomatic relations among countries, and confirms to the permanent diplomatic missions that the Iraqi Government is responsible for the protection, responsibility and safety of diplomatic personnel in all those missions.”

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  15. “Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and 22 other people and wounded many other United Nations personnel. They gave their lives out of their commitment to continue to help people around the world by upholding humanitarian values. Iraq also recalls and condemns the terrorist incident that occurred at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Baghdad on the same date in 2009, which led to the martyrdom of 45 Ministry employees in addition to the wounding of dozens of others. It is worth noting that that cowardly bombing was not the only attack against the Ministry or Iraqi institutions and cities, as it was preceded and followed by a number of bombings and assassinations targeting a number of Ministry employees and innocent citizens.”

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  16. “Iraq emphasizes the importance of working continuously to approve bills submitted to the Council of Representatives, especially the draft law on transforming the city of Halabja into a governorate, the draft law on the establishment of a federation council and the oil and gas law, as well as the cancellation of the decisions of the dissolved Revolutionary Command Council. Regarding the security file, Iraq believes that fighting terrorism is the collective responsibility of all countries. Iraq therefore pledges to continue our efforts to combat terrorism and achieve security and peace. On World Humanitarian Day, Iraq condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, which killed the former Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Mr.”

    2023-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9432 (2023) · source

  17. “Allow me to give a brief summary of the most important developments that have taken place in Iraq over the past four months. Regarding the relationship between the federal Government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government, coordination continues between the federal Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government and is aimed at reaching understandings and agreements on fundamental issues, including those related to the implementation of the general budget law, the Kurdistan region’s federal budget allocations from the federal budget and the protection of the constitutional rights of the region, in addition to continuing coordination with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Oil and the federal Board of Supreme Audit.”

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  18. “We are also focusing on development and economic projects through engagement at the regional and international levels, concluding agreements with major companies in important countries and concluding strategic agreements with companies specializing in natural gas investments and upgrading electricity grids. The Iraqi Government is cognizant of the importance of reforming and modernizing the work of public institutions, especially those providing public services. My Government has also achieved success on the diplomatic front by distancing itself from conflict and adopting the path of diplomatic mediation and approaches for resolving emerging issues in the region or affairs pertaining to the Arab and Islamic world, with a view to making Iraq a force for stability regionally and internationally.”

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  19. “I am very grateful to Council members for their condolences and sympathy regarding the Al-Hamdaniya fire accident, and I also thank them for their welcoming words regarding my participation in today’s meeting. During the year that has passed since its formation, the Government of the Republic of Iraq continues to focus on achieving the goals of its ambitious ministerial reform programme, which it presented in accordance with the principle of national partnership. The programme prioritizes issues that affect the lives of citizens and basic services, including focusing on projects to repair infrastructure, combat the scourge of drugs, corruption and oil smuggling networks and prosecute those involved, and strengthen law enforcement and support to the judiciary in that regard.”

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  20. “Mr. Al-Fatlawi (Iraq) (spoke in Arabic): Allow me at the outset to congratulate His Excellency Ambassador Sérgio França Danese, Permanent Representative of Brazil, on his assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would like also to thank His Excellency Ambassador Ferit Hoxha, Permanent Representative of Albania, for presiding over the Council in September. I would like to thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) for her briefing, as well as Ms. Dhefaf Al-Jarahi for her participation in this meeting.”

    2023-10-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9432 (2023) · source