The government announces measures to stabilize the liberated areas

The government announces measures to stabilize the liberated areas



29/8/2017 12:21 AM

URGENT: Implementation of investment and service projects accelerated in Basra
BAGHDAD / Al-Sabah
The government on Monday announced the measures taken in the file of the displaced and to achieve stability in the liberated areas. Saad al-Hadithi, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Media Office said in a press briefing: "As part of the government's concern about the file of displaced people, the cabinet discussed the government preparations to receive the displaced people of Tal Afar and the westernmost districts of Anbar and what has been done by the Ministry of Immigration and other ministries and concerned parties Shelter and relief and basic needs ".


He added that "government efforts are continuing to complete the return of displaced persons to their areas of residence and ensure stability in them and to create the necessary service, humanitarian and social requirements for that. In this regard, the Cabinet approved the amendment of its previous decision No. 124 of 2017 on the disbursement of social protection benefits, In the provinces and liberated areas ".
"The government's program to rehabilitate the liberated cities and provide their living conditions has had a direct and effective impact on the return of large numbers of displaced people. More than 2 million displaced people have returned to the areas they have fled throughout Iraq. To all areas where displacement has occurred and to ensure a safe and stable return to them and is continuously working to provide the security, social and service requirements necessary to achieve this commitment. The return of displaced persons and the marginalization of Iraqis in the liberated cities are the culmination of victory. To Iraq on terror, the guarantee of not returning to the conditions that preceded the emergence of a supporter and caused the expansion. "
He pointed out that "about half of the displaced persons who have already been displaced from Nineveh province have returned to the displacement camps prepared for this purpose since the beginning of operations in Nineveh. The number of registered refugees reached 650,000. The remaining 350,000 displaced persons in the camps and the government procedures are continuing to secure the return. The rest. "
The Council of Ministers also decided to adopt the framework document for the National Plan for Reconstruction and Development of the provinces affected by the terrorist and war operations and to provide a general framework for the sectoral and spatial plans for the areas affected by the terrorist operations and in line with the National Development Plan for the years 2018-2022. Representing the official governmental vision locally and externally. The Council entrusted the Ministry of Planning with the task of supervising the damage assessment programs and projects and evaluating the needs and strategic plans with the local and external partners in terms of implementation and performance monitoring, Human, material and financial resources, and the Council of Finance and Planning ministries and fund the reconstruction of areas affected by the terrorist operations assigned to directly snapped the necessary operational procedures , according to the responsibilities and tasks assigned to each of them in the planning and financing aspects of the measures
and the executive. "
On the government interest in the implementation and acceleration of investment projects and services in the province of Basra, the spokesman said: "Basra province receives great attention from Dr. Haider Abadi, Prime Minister because of the distinguished position that represents between the provinces of Iraq and hardly passes a meeting of the Council, Especially for Basra has been the province of the lion's share in the number of projects and allocations specified in the development loans provided to Iraq, for it was allocated from the Japanese loan - for example - more than two billion and 100 million dollars, half of the funds allocated in the loan, amounting to more than four billion, The Council of Ministers decided in a previous session in the context of its interest in Basra and in order to address the situation in which to form a committee headed by the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers and the membership of the Adviser to the Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and the head of advisers in the Prime Minister and a number of specialists to deal with the situation of services and follow-up infrastructure projects lagging in sectors:
The Council of Ministers also approved the formation of a committee to monitor the files of integrity in the province, which has been submitted to the judiciary for review.
The Council directed the formation of a committee of the Office of Financial Control to audit the stages of the transfer of projects and contracting procedures and financial and technical issues all and determine the extent of their violation of the instructions in force. The Council mandated the above mentioned committees to visit Basra and prepare their reports there with the submission of urgent proposals to find solutions to existing problems and overcome the obstacles to the completion of these projects, And raised their proposals and recommendations to the Prime Minister to decide, as the first results of the work of these committees is what was presented to the Council of Ministers in its previous session, as the Council was briefed on the results of the visit of the committees to the province of Basra, The committee also discussed the reasons behind the delay in completing a number of projects. The directives were issued to deal with the delivery of services to the residential complexes in agreement with the investors. Results showed
The Council of Ministers decided not to include the imported materials entering the completion of the large water project of Basra, which is implemented from the allocations of the Japanese Development Loan by the resolutions of the protection of the local product issued by the Council of Ministers.

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