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Top UN official has completed a tour of
Iraqi Kurdistan region
19.9.2007
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Wrapping up his tour of duty, top UN official in
Iraq pays farewell visit to Kurdistan.
September 19, 2007
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', --
Wrapping up his three-year term as the top United
Nations envoy in Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s
Special Representative Ashraf Qazi has completed a
tour of Kurdistan region in 'Iraq' of the
strife-torn country, assuring Kurdish leaders there
of continued UN cooperation and consultation.
Mr. Qazi, who has been named as the chief UN officer
for Sudan and will be succeeded in Iraq by Staffan
de Mistura, a veteran UN Middle East envoy, held
talks with Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani and
Vice President Qosrat Rasul Ali, as well as Iraqi
Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and other
regional officials.
He reiterated UN commitments to Iraq and assured
them that Mr. de Mistura would show “the same spirit
of cooperation and consultation,” the UN Assistance
Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said in a news release. |
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, the U.N. Special
Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq |
Mr. Qazi visited the Kalawa camp for internally
displaced persons (IDPs) in Sulaimaniyah, and
listened to the grievances of the camp residents,
promising to raise their concerns with the proper
national and regional authorities and set in motion
available UN programmes for lessening their
hardship.
He also spoke at the Sulaimaniyah Public Library
before a large group of notables, highlighting his
experience in Iraq and clarifying any misconception
around an expanded UN role in the country.
Last month, the Security Council adopted resolution
1770 extending and expanding UNAMI’s mandate,
including the promotion of national dialogue and
reconciliation.
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