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    Does Iraq still need the role of the United Nations?

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    Does Iraq still need the role of the United Nations? Empty Does Iraq still need the role of the United Nations?

    Post by Rocky Sat 10 Aug 2024, 6:59 am

    Does Iraq still need the role of the United Nations?
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    The Iraqi government, headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, took a step that successive governments after 2003 had not taken before, by asking the United Nations to end its political mission in the country by the end of 2025, which it has been carrying out for more than two decades, as Baghdad’s request to the organization stated that its presence was no longer necessary.
     

    However, local observers tell Al-Jabal that Iraq needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach safety.
     

    Al-Sudani stressed that in these circumstances and after 20 years of democratic transition and overcoming various challenges, the reasons for the presence of a political mission in Iraq no longer exist, calling for the mission's mandate to be permanently terminated on December 31, 2025, based on the letter he sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.
     

    Al-Sudani called for UNAMI to focus until then on files related to economic reform, combating climate change, and development issues.
     

    What does the United Nations in Iraq consist of? 
     

    The United Nations consists of two field missions (UNAMI and UNITAD), and UN agencies, funds and programmes, operating at the community, governorate and national levels throughout Iraq.
     

    As for field missions, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is a special political mission established in 2003 by United Nations Security Council resolution 1500, at the request of the Government of the Republic of Iraq. The mandate of the Mission is to advise and assist the Government on a range of issues. This includes promoting inclusive political dialogue and national reconciliation, assisting in the electoral process, planning for a nationwide census, facilitating regional dialogue between Iraq and its neighbors, and promoting the protection of human rights and judicial and legal reforms. The Mission is also mandated by its mandate to work with government partners and civil society to coordinate the humanitarian and development efforts of specialized United Nations agencies, funds and programmes. 
     

    While the Mission does not implement humanitarian or development programmes itself, it does promote the development and humanitarian landscape in Iraq, linking Iraqi partners – both government and civil society organizations – with the technical expertise available within the United Nations Country Team in Iraq. The Mission is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, assisted by a Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance, and another Deputy Special Representative who also serves as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.
     

    New Special Representative for Iraq
     

    In the middle of last month, the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan as its new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
     

    The international organization said in a statement that "the Secretary-General of the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan from the Sultanate of Oman as his new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the UNAMI mission, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert from the Netherlands."
     

    Al-Hassan has diverse diplomatic experience, as his career spans more than 30 years in the field of preventive diplomacy, peacebuilding and development. His most recent position was Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations since 2019, according to the same statement.
     

    Prior to that, Al Hassan held several positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Muscat. Among the senior positions he held were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Oman to the Russian Federation, and during the same period he was a non-resident ambassador to Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova.
     

    Informed sources told Al-Jabal that Mohammed Al-Hassan will soon begin his work, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
     

    In this context, the Prime Minister's Advisor for International Relations, Farhad Alaa Al-Din, confirmed that the United Nations mission will end its tasks at the end of 2025, and Iraq expressed its gratitude and thanks for all the work and assistance provided by the mission over the past two decades.
     

    In his interview with Al-Jabal, he stated that Iraq looks forward to continuing cooperation with the independent organizations and agencies affiliated with the United Nations according to an agreed upon program and according to Iraq’s needs, especially in the field of technical support, transfer of expertise, and building institutional capacities.
     

    Iraq needs international expertise
     

    Meanwhile, political and legal expert, Khaled Al-Ardawi, reveals that the international mission’s stay or exit is a matter decided by Iraqi need, as the presence of international missions is completely useful to help unstable peoples and countries or those that have emerged from severe military and political conflicts that have left a negative impact on their social and political cohesion, constitutional structure and security stability, due to the long international experience of the United Nations in this field, and its neutral role in setting advisory policies and strategies for governments in addressing their problems. 
     

    Al-Ardawi explained to Al-Jabal that anyone following the Iraqi situation in all fields can easily see that the Iraqi political, social and security situation is still fragile, and that our country still needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach the shore of safety. Accordingly, the government’s decision to expel the UN mission remains respected, but it must reconsider it through technical committees, far from urgent political impressions.
     

    Political pressures
     

    Meanwhile, the political researcher, Mujasha’ Muhammad Al-Tamimi, saw that the observer of the situation in Iraq sees that it is politically, economically, security-wise and socially unstable, so Iraq needs the help of friends to overcome its crises, and the United Nations and its mission in Iraq carry out advisory and guidance operations, not imposing decisions and transmitting reliable reports to the international community, so I see that Iraq needs the United Nations mission to help.
     

    According to what Al-Tamimi told Al-Jabal, it seems that the Iraqi request to end the United Nations mission came as a result of political pressures imposed on the Iraqi government. Up until now, it is not believed that Iraq will abandon the role of the United Nations even after the end of its mission in Iraq. There may be a change of heart from the government if it sees that the situation in Iraq needs a United Nations mission.
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