Cabinet agrees to contract with LB Group International

[ltr]January 13,2015[/ltr]

[ltr]Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Announced that [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] , on Tuesday, he agreed to contract with "LB" international group of insurance services and consulting expertise of a strategy to support [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] in the fight against corruption.

Information Office of the Council of Ministers said in a statement, "Alsumaria News" received a copy of it, "The Council of Ministers approved, today, during its second regular for 2015 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] , the classification task bills referred to the House of Representatives a manner that is consistent with the program government projects of an economic nature and the nature of the security and the nature of the service, and scientific and environmental nature. "
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PIO in his statement and added that the Council "agreed to by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and the House of Representatives office approached the House of Representatives for the purpose of urging him to expedite the enactment of important laws, which previously referred to them in a timely manner," he said, adding that he "has to approve the draft Fifth Amendment to the Law on Public Companies Act No. (22) for the year 1997, and forwarded to the State Council for audited and then submitted to the House of Representatives. "

And that he "has to approve the contract with the group (LB International) to secure the services and expertise of consulting strategy to support the Iraqi government in the fight against corruption and improve its position on the corruption of the TI record," pointing out that "The Council approved a draft accession of the Republic of Iraq to encourage agreement and protect and ensure investment between the members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference, which entered into force on 25.02.1988 and forwarded to the House of Representatives states. "

The Information Office in a statement said that "The Council also agreed on the establishment of the National Investment Commission grant the investment license for the company Nasiriyah General Trading and Contracting Company WLL (Kuwaiti nationality) for the purpose of implementation of Diwaniya, the new airport project (Nada) by investing in three stages on ad hoc (space 7000) acres in the province of Diwaniyah, "noting that he" agreed to authorize the Minister of Industry and Minerals validity initialed with Shell for the purpose of implementing the beacon / petrochemical complex joint venture to be signed within a week from the date of issuance of this decision. "

The Commission on Public Integrity in Iraq confirmed, in (December 8, 2014), it is the "first" in the Arab region obligations to the international conventions, as deemed by Transparency International "civil society organization", pointed out that there is coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education to grant certificates to the trainees on the fight against corruption.

TI defines its index based on the opinions of experts in the corruption issues within organizations such as the World Bank and the African Development Bank and the German Bertelsmann Foundation and others.[/ltr]