UN IRAQ
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UN Security Council briefing by Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq
Madam President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, Thank you very much. With UNAMI’s next mandate renewal around the corner, I would like to take the opportunity to reflect, just a bit, and more importantly: to look ahead. In the past months, numerous people and entities have analysed the events…
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Speech by Mr. Ghulam Isaczai, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq
Excellencies, Distinguished guests, good morning. Today, I have the honor of speaking at the 3rd Baghdad International Water Conference, at the invitation of H.E. Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister of Iraq, and H.E. Aoun Diab, Minister of Water Resources. I would like to begin by highlighting some positive developments related…
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Sweden contributes additional US$ 1.9 million to support stabilization in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 04 May 2023 – The Government of Sweden has contributed an additional SEK 20 million (US$ 1.9 million) to UNDP’s flagship programme, the Funding Facility for Stabilization. Today, a signing ceremony with Her Excellency Ms. Jessica Svärdström, the Ambassador of Sweden to Iraq, and UNDP Resident Representative in…
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WFP and Ministry of Environment host national consultations on climate action in Iraq
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Iraq’s Ministry of Environment held a three-day national consultation event aimed at enhancing the country’s climate adaptation efforts. The workshop focused on bolstering Iraq’s climate information system with the aim of having unified and consolidated data across the entire country and strengthening…
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UNIDO and Government of Japan collaborate on Sustainable Development of the Food Industry in Iraq
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Government of Japan are proud to announce their collaboration on the “Emergency livelihood support to mitigate the food insecurity crisis among vulnerable people in Iraq” project. This project is part of Japan’s long-running support through the Japanese Supplementary Budget to the…
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Canada Commits to Protect Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshlands
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq and Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) signed an agreement for a project to protect Iraq’s southern Marshlands earlier this month, with a CAD 5 million (approximately US$ 3.7 million) contribution to increase biodiversity protection and people resilience in…
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FAO and partners continue to boost agricultural livelihoods in Nineveh
FAO representative in Iraq, Dr Salah El Hajj Hassan led a mission to several sites in Nineveh to follow up on the implementation of FAO-EU funded project, “Support to agricultural livelihoods of rural and peri-urban returnees and communities in Nineveh Governorate in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) joined…
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Government of Iraq and UNDP sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Government of Iraq, represented by the Prime Minister’s Office, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have reaffirmed their partnership and commitment to preventing and combating corruption in Iraq by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) designed to promote transparency, accountability, and integrity in the public and private sectors.…
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WHO Representative in Iraq meets with the Iraqi Prime Minister on World Health Day
The WHO Representative, Dr Ahmed Zouiten, met today in Baghdad with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mr. Mohammed S. Al-Sudani, on the occasion of the celebration of World Health Day, which also commemorates the 75th anniversary of the establishment of WHO on 7 April 1948. The meeting discussed the collaboration between…
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Iraq’s accession to UN Water Convention
Iraq today made history as the first country in the Middle East to join the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (known as the UN Water Convention). It becomes the 49th Party to this unique international legal and intergovernmental framework, which aims to ensure…
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