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Baghdad, 7 June 2021 – Recovery strategies targeting Iraq’s vulnerable populations – including women, youth and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) – must be prioritized to ensure inclusive and sustainable recovery from COVID-19 in Iraq, according to two new complementary reports released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Iraq in collaboration with the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Baghdad - 7th June 2021

UN-Habitat’s Executive Director (ED), Mrs. Maimunah Sharif, met with Ambassador Suzuki, Japan’s Ambassador to Iraq and thanked the Government of Japan for its longstanding partnership and continued trust in UN-Habitat’s initiatives.

Baghdad, 8  June 2021 - UN Habitat’s Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, has visited Iraq for the first time and called for all levels of the Government to work together on urban sustainability, resilience and climate change.

Dohuk, Iraq –  The Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, Ms. Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano, visited Shariya IDP Camp in Dohuk governorate. The visit came in the aftermath of a fire on 4 June, that destroyed some 288 tents in the camp, leaving over 1000 persons homeless.

UNHCR, which leads the Camp Coordination/Camp Management and Shelter Clusters in Iraq, welcomes the Government’s to allow the construction of semi-upgraded shelters in camps for displaced persons in Duhok Governate.

Baghdad – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has today been signed between the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers’ (GSCOM) Women Empowerment Directorate and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to advance gender equality and women empowerment in Iraq.

A virtual event with key national and international partners took place, shedding lights on some of the root causes and consequences of child labour in Iraq and efforts to address them.