23 January 2021 – Missan: Poor smallholder farmers and landless rural households in the Southern Governorates of Iraq will soon receive support to improve their agricultural productivity and livelihoods.
24 January 2021 - Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
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The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack in Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, 21 January 2021. The attack, which was claimed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) resulted in at least 32 deaths and at least 110 injured.
“I am deeply shocked and outraged by the calculated brutality and wickedness of the double suicide attacks at Tayaran Square – bombs deliberately detonated to cause wanton killing and injuring of civilians. On behalf of the whole UN family in Iraq, I wish to express our heartfelt condolences to those who have lost their loved ones in these attacks. I also wish a rapid recovery to those who have been injured.
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly double suicide bombing targeting civilians at a market in Baghdad today. He expresses his deep condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and people of Iraq, and wishes a speedy recovery to those injured.
Unemployment remains a persistent challenge in Iraq especially for youth and women. Many internally displaced persons are unemployed, underemployed, informally employed, or out of the labour force. The COVID-19 pandemic has further compounded these employment challenges. In this context, providing jobs and livelihoods remains a high priority in order to promote social cohesion and improve resilience.
Baghdad, Iraq on 18 January 2021: The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Iraqi Ministry of Health on both the Central and Kurdistan Region levels, launched the Iraqi Clinical Handbook- an adaptation of the WHO Clinical Handbook for the health care of women subjected to violence.
