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Economy News Baghdad: The World Bank announced that Iraq is among the top five economies that have achieved the most reforms in the world. “The Middle East and North Africa economies have implemented 10 reforms, and Iraq has implemented four reforms to win the position among the top five economies that have achieved the most reforms in the world,” the World Bank said in its report Women and Business and Law 2018. “Iraq’s reforms covered areas of access to institutions, access to employment, incentives to work and protection of women from violence,” he said. “In the area of access to employment, Iraq increased the paid maternity leave from 72 days to 98 days and the enactment of a new labor law prohibiting gender discrimination,” he said, noting that “the new labor law also allows employers to terminate workers’ contracts when they reach the age of Five-year retirement for women. “
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Day: April 14, 2018
Security Council rejects a draft for Russia on the attack on Syria and “NATO” see the strikes
6 hours ago
The United Nations Security Council rejected a draft resolution drafted by Russia on Saturday to denounce the “aggression against the Syrian Arab Republic by the United States and its allies in violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.”
The draft resolution received only the support of Russia, China and Bolivia. Eight countries opposed it and four abstained. In order to pass a Security Council resolution, it must win the support of nine members without veto power from permanent members – Russia, China, France, Britain and the United States.
A NATO official said the United States, France and Britain would brief NATO envoys on Saturday on coordinated air strikes on Syrian government targets overnight.
The meeting, attended by 29 NATO envoys, is expected to begin at around 1300 GMT.
NATO did not take part in the strikes, but NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday in a statement he supported the strikes.
“This will reduce the regime’s ability to carry out more attacks against the people using chemical weapons.”
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Legal expert speaks to / Mawazine News / about the legality of holding parliamentary sessions in the coming period
Political Since 2018-04-14 at 20:51 (Baghdad time)
Special – Mawazin News
The legal expert, Tariq Harb, Saturday, that the Iraqi law and the Constitution allow the House of Representatives to hold its meetings until the end of June this year.
“The constitution and the law allow the parliament to hold its meetings at any time until June 30, 2018, but the real face of the answer is inevitable, because the quorum was not achieved in the previous period, how can be achieved in the new sessions,” Harb told Mawazine News.
He added that “there are deputies started propaganda and the election campaign to run them in the elections, and on the other side there are deputies who did not run for the next elections,” but said “and therefore the candidate will be preoccupied with his election campaign and those who did not nominate will not attend for the end of its session.”
“The next session is very difficult to achieve a quorum and to achieve it will be only one session.”
It is noteworthy that a number of important laws still remain in the parliament as a result of the political differences around them, while the current parliament is less than two months old, indicating the possibility of postponing these laws to the new parliamentary session, as happened in previous sessions.
Kurdistan Financial Announces New Schedule for Salary Distribution
26 minutes ago
The Ministry of Finance announced on Saturday, a new schedule for salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region in accordance with the new amendment to the system of government savings of salaries.
The Ministry of Finance of the Kurdistan Region on Saturday announced a new schedule for the distribution of salaries, including 9 ministries and institutions, including the prime ministers and parliament, according to the new system of savings, which was approved by the Government of the Territory recently.
According to the financial table, the table includes:
On Sunday (April 15th)
Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs
Ministry of Culture and Youth
Monday, April 16
Ministry of Agriculture
Presidency of the Kurdistan Region
Kurdistan Parliament
4 Cabinet
Tuesday, April 17
Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
2 Special Needs
Wednesday, April 19
Paying the Asayish Foundation.
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Deputy in the Parliament of Kurdistan: the provincial government intends to open bank accounts for all its employees
BAGHDAD /
A member of parliament of the Kurdistan region of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Talar Latif, on Saturday, a draft law will be presented to the Parliament of the region soon to open bank accounts for each employee of Kurdistan.
Latif said in a statement to Al-Ghad Press that “the reforms that will include the salaries of the staff of the region is to work on a bill will be submitted to Parliament soon to open bank accounts for each of the staff of the region so that the government to put the salaries saved.”
“If the bill is passed in parliament, all employees will be able to pay only government loans, including agricultural loans, housing loans, water and electricity bills and marriage advances,” she said.
Latif pointed out that “the improvement of the economic and financial situation of the provincial government means that the government will put money in those accounts,” indicating that “the employee can dispose of the money is not for government loans only.”
It is noteworthy that the province witnessed earlier demonstrations in several areas in Kurdistan in protest against the delay of salaries and the system of saving the salaries of Peshmerga and staff.
Member of the parliamentary economy: The government’s five-year development plan is part of the electoral campaign
BAGHDAD /
A member of the parliamentary committee on economy and investment, MP Harith al-Harthy, said Saturday that the government’s announcement of a five-year plan for development comes within the framework of electoral propaganda, pointing out that Iraq has not benefited from two previous plans in the same field.
Al-Harithi said in a statement to “Al-Ghad Press” that “Iraq has not implemented five-year development plans during the past years have already been announced by the Ministry of Planning,” noting that “the subject of a new five-year plan is surprising and useless and not to abide by what was announced In the previous”.
He pointed out that “the government’s announcement of the new plan comes within the portal of electoral propaganda aimed at obtaining the votes of citizens through the promises of the development and treatment of poverty and other files, which remained stubborn over the previous period.”
It is noteworthy that the Higher Technical Committee to prepare the National Development Plan 2018-2022 was held under the chairmanship of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning Maher Hammad Johan, an expanded meeting attended by all members of the Committee.
https://www.alghadpress.com/news/Iraq-News/153061/AlghadPress
United Nations issues a position on the US strike on Syria
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations said on Saturday that he closely followed the reports of air strikes on Syria, carried out by the United States, France and the United Kingdom.
Antonio Guterich said in a statement that the UN Charter is very clear in this regard, adding that the Security Council has the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.
Members of the Council called upon the Union and the exercise of that responsibility and urged all States Members of the United Nations to exercise restraint in such dangerous circumstances and to avoid any actions that might escalate the situation and increase the suffering of the Syrian people.
He expressed his deep disappointment at the failure of the Security Council to agree on a mechanism dedicated to effective accountability for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, urged the Council to fulfill its responsibilities and bridged the gap .
Gutierrez stressed that he will continue to engage with Member States to help achieve this goal.
The United Nations spokesman announced Friday that the Secretary-General would leave New York for Saudi Arabia to attend the League of Arab States summit.
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The popular crowd confirms its readiness for any emergency on the border with Syria
Editorial Date: 2018/4/14 14:04 • 37 times read
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The commander of the western Anbar axis in the popular crowd Qasim Musleh, on Saturday, the readiness of the crowd for any emergency on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Musleh said in a press statement that “the leadership of the operations of the island and the desert and the eighth division of the Iraqi army and the leadership of the popular crowd in the province of Qaim discussed today, ways to secure Iraqi territory infiltration of terrorist elements,” pointing out that, “the crowd forces on the readiness and readiness to deter any Infiltration of elements calling for the Iraqi territories, especially after the acceleration of events in Syria. ”
He pointed out that “the importance of cooperation between the security forces and the popular crowd and the tribal crowd, which helped to detect the whereabouts of the elements of Daash
During the search of the areas (Wadi Houran – Forest Horan – Kashiti – stores) to find a camp full of gangs” As well as a small cave and two bartenders loaded with improvised explosive devices and other containers in the same location, where they were destroyed without incident.
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Chairman of the Oil Committee of the Parliament of Kurdistan: the provincial government will not meet the promise to pay the salaries of employees
BAGHDAD / The
head of the oil and gas committee in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Sherko Jawdat, on Saturday, the ability of the provincial government to implement its promise to pay the salaries of employees.
“The Kurdistan Regional Government will not be able to fulfill its promise to pay the salaries of regional staff on time without delay,” Jawdat said in a statement to Al-Ghad Press.
He stressed that “the Kurdistan government lacks transparency in the announcement of financial resources for the region through which to pay the salaries of employees.”
“Many members of parliament in Kurdistan are skeptical about the government’s ability to provide salaries on schedule.”
He pointed out that the mass of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in the parliament of the region “had a large role in the inclusion of the salaries of protection groups for compulsory savings like other government sectors, after there were attempts by some blocks not to include these groups with compulsory savings.”
A spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, Sven Dziyi, announced on Friday that the provincial government “will distribute the salaries of staff on time and will not be delayed.”
https://www.alghadpress.com/news/Iraq-News/152999/AlghadPress
Today … more than 200 members of the bodies of integrity of the world arrive in Baghdad
Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:
A source familiar with the situation said on Saturday that more than 200 members of the bodies of integrity of the world will arrive in Baghdad.
“The Integrity Commission intends to hold a conference in the capital Baghdad, in coordination with the United Nations Development Organization and under the guidance of Prime Minister Haider Abadi,” the source told Al-Ghad Press.
He added that “is scheduled to reach Baghdad more than 200 members of the bodies of integrity from different countries of the world to attend the conference,” noting that “the conference will continue for two days from Sunday until next Monday.”
https://www.alghadpress.com/news/Iraq-News/153000/AlghadPress
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