Baghdad, Iraq, 18 October 2016 - With the start of the operation to liberate Mosul from Daesh terrorists, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is calling on the Iraqi people to unite in support of their country’s armed forces and is urging that every step be taken to avoid civilian casualties.
(Baghdad, 17 October 2016): The intensification of military operations to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) could affect up to 1.5 million people in the city. Up to 1 million girls, boys, women and men may be forced from their homes, of which up to 700,000 may be in need of shelter assistance. Up to 200,000 people may be displaced in the first weeks of the operations. The humanitarian community, UN Agencies and NGOs, have been planning and readying assistance for months.
STATEMENT ON IRAQ
New York, 16 October 2016: I am extremely concerned for the safety of up to 1.5 million people living in Mosul who may be impacted by military operations to retake the city from ISIL. Families are at extreme risk of being caught in cross-fire or targeted by snipers. Tens of thousands of Iraqi girls, boys, women and men may be under siege or held as human shields. Thousands may be forcibly expelled or trapped between the fighting lines. Children, women, the elderly and disabled will be particularly vulnerable. Depending on the intensity and scope of the fighting, as many as one million people may be forced to flee their homes in a worst-case scenario.
Baghdad, Iraq, 15 October 2016 - The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) strongly condemns the suicide bombing today in northern Baghdad and other terrorist attacks in other areas of the country which killed or injured many civilians.
New York, 22 September 2016: The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq. They discussed the political and humanitarian situation in Iraq, as well as the next steps in Iraq’s campaign against Da’esh.
Erbil, 28 September 2016 –With the support of the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) have successfully completed the first of two specialized training courses aimed at “Improving the Impact, Effectiveness, and Gender Sensitivity of the Community Police Directorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”.
Baghdad, 11 September 2016 – Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG) Ján Kubiš extends his warmest wishes to Muslims across Iraq for a peaceful and joyous Eid ul-Adha.
The Secretary-General notes with satisfaction the completion of the relocation of more than 3,000 Camp Hurriya residents as requested by the Government of Iraq.
