Iraq wants the UN mission to end its mission after 2025
May 11, 2024
Baghdad [Iraq], May 11: The Iraqi government has asked the United Nations to end the mission's mission in the country by 2025, according to AFP.
In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani described what he considered "positive developments and achievements" achieved by the Iraqi government, according to AFP on May 10.
Mr al-Sudani said the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which has existed since 2003, had overcome "many major challenges", and concluded that there was no longer a basis to continue maintaining it. This mission is in Iraq.
Since then, Mr. al-Sudani called on the United Nations to end the mission's operations in Iraq on December 31, 2025. He said that UNAMI during this time should only focus on issues related to "economic reform, service delivery, sustainable development, climate change and other development areas".
UNAMI was established in 2003 by a United Nations Security Council resolution, at the request of the Iraqi government, expanded four years later, and reviewed annually. UNAMI advises the Iraqi government on political dialogue and reconciliation, as well as electoral support and security sector reform.
It is expected that next week, the Security Council will discuss extending UNAMI because the current mandate will end at the end of this month. During the most recent extension of UNAMI in May 2023, the Security Council asked the UN secretary-general to conduct a strategic review, overseen by German diplomat Volker Perthes.
In a report released in March, Mr. Perthes signaled a possible termination of UNAMI, concluding that "the two-year period identified by the (Iraqi) government for the termination of that mission is likely to be the enough time to make further progress".
Mr. Perthes further concluded that a two-year period would provide enough time to reassure Iraqis who do not want the end of UNAMI that the transition "will not lead to a reversal of democratic gains or threaten peace." peace and security", according to AFP.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper
