Baghdad, 28 March 2018 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG) Mr. Ján Kubiš, congratulated Iraqi political parties and blocks for signing the Electoral Charter of Honour on Wednesday in Baghdad.
Baghdad, 28 March 2018 – The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) welcomes the contribution of USD 4.5 million from the Government of Japan to support the UNMAS Iraq emergency response related to on-going humanitarian and stabilization efforts in liberated areas contaminated with explosive hazards. Close to 2.3 million people are still displaced. Schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, electrical power stations and water treatment plants are still contaminated by explosive hazards in liberated areas.
Baghdad, 23 March 2018 --- Japan has renewed its commitment to the work WHO does in the Republic of Iraq by meeting lifesaving needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in the governorates of Ninewa, Erbil and Duhok.
On 19-20 March 2018, the UN Environment and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) hosted a workshop in Mosul to develop debris management scenarios.
BAGHDAD, 21 March 2018 – A handover ceremony was held today to mark the completion of the project to “Improve the Impact and Effectiveness of Community Police in the Newly Liberated Areas in Iraq”. The project was funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in cooperation with the Government of Iraq.
Mosul, March 20, 2018 - Home to a very ethnically and religiously diverse population, Mosul is a symbol of interreligious coexistence and cultural diversity in modern Iraq. During Daesh occupation, the damage inflicted deliberately on the city and the surrounding areas within the Governorate of Nineveh has been unprecedented.
I would like to wish the people of the Kurdistan Region and the whole of Iraq a Happy Nowruz on behalf of the United Nations family in Iraq.
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, 15-16 March 2018 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Human Rights Office (HRO), within its program of technical support to civil society organizations in the Kurdistan Region, conducted a “Specialized Training on Preparation of the Shadow Report for Treaty Bodies: the CEDAW Convention” in Sulaimaniyah.
