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Basra, Iraq, 28 January 2023 - UN-Habitat with partners has embarked on a new project on improving cities’ resilience against the impact of sand and dust storms. The project kick-off was celebrated in form of a workshop with over 50 participants, co-hosted by the Governorate of Basra and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.

The UNICEF project has served to resolve the issues related to the high turbidity in the river in the Amedi area in Duhok by providing water treatment infrastructure to ensure clean and safe water for the communities in the area.

The Ministry of Justice of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and UNICEF presented a new report, a “Mapping and Assessment of the Child Justice System in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq”.

2 February 2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), conducted a workshop in Ninawa Governorate to support and renew the capacity of veterinarians to identify, early diagnose, timely report the disease events to the veterinary hospital, manage the risks of this disease and monitor it, as well as the prevention and control strategy for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in this province.

The United Nations in Iraq condemns the abhorrent killing of Tiba al-Ali, a 22-year-old woman. 

Baghdad, Iraq, 05 February 2023 – Led by the Government of Iraq, the United Nations Development Programme Iraq (UNDP), and the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund, a three-day workshop has brought together experts and practitioners on reintegration in addition to representatives from government, academia, civil society, and UN agencies to discuss reintegration policy components and approaches considering international frameworks and best practices.