News Focus: Iraq
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses Iraq Compact review conference in Stockholm
Key resources:
Statements/resolutions
Reports prior to 2007
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UN Mission
International Compact
The International Compact with Iraq
The five-year plan aims to help Iraq on the path towards peace, sound governance and economic reconstruction.
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Fact Sheet on the International Compact.
Mid-year progress report.
Special advisor
Ibrahim Gambari, Secretary-General's Special Advisor on the International Compact
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UN agencies
Map of the region
UN aid agencies
Humanitarian Coordination - ReliefWeb/OCHA
Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia - ESCWA
Human Rights - OHCHR
Development - UNDP
Environment - UNEP
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org. - UNESCO
Women - UNFPA
Human Settlements - UNHABITAT
Refugees - UNHCR
Children - UNICEF
Food - WFP
Health - WHO
Other links and documents:
Reconstruction and Development
International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq
To ensure swift, flexible, and coordinated donor financing for priority investments in Iraq, the UN and the World Bank created the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI).
UN Development Group Iraq Trust Fund
The UN Development Group (UNDG) Iraq Trust Fund (ITF) is administered by the UN Development Programme on behalf of itself and Participating UN Organizations.
Other bodies
Monitoring
International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB)
- An audit oversight body for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI)
- DFI was established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1483
Weapons inspections:
UNMOVIC – The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. Created by Security Council resolution 1284 (1999).
UNSCOM – The UN Special Commission. Established by Security Council resolution 687 (1991); in action until 1999.
INVO – Iraq Nuclear Verification Office of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Created by the IAEA in 1991, initially as the Iraq Action Team.
Compensation
United Nations Compensation Commission
Created in 1991, mandated to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damage suffered as a direct result of Iraq's unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait. More>>
Looking back
Chronology of key developments
Click here for a selection of key developments in 2002 - 2003
Backgrounders and archives
Efforts by Annan's envoy Lakhdar Brahimi
Electoral fact sheet | PDF
Oil-for-Food inquiry
If I were asked to use one word to describe the situation in Iraq today, I would choose the word “hope.” There is new hope that the people and Government of Iraq are overcoming daunting challenges and working together to rebuild their country, after years of war, dictatorship and neglect.
Secretary-General's address to the Annual Review Conference of the International Compact with Iraq, 29 May '08
