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Prime Minister Dr. Haidar Abbadi arrives in Basra Governorate prime ======= Minister Dr. Haidar Abbadi arrived in Basra Governorate from Brussels, where he participated in the international coalition meeting against ISIL terrorist gangs. ————— Prime Minister’s Information Office 13-July-2018

Stability of Iraq is vital to regional security: UN’s Guterres

By Rudaw 22 minutes ago

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I have not forgotten Iraq,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.

With the end of major offensives against ISIS, Iraq is now struggling to rebuild war-damaged villages and cities and provide the security and stability needed to help the 2 million Iraqis still displaced return to their homes.

“The stability of Iraq, the democratic nature of Iraq, the non-sectarian nature of Iraq is, I think, a fundamental contribution for the whole region and for peace and security globally,” said Guterres in answer to a question from Rudaw’s Majeed Gly.

“I believe all the international community should be fully engaged in supporting Iraq in the process that is now taking place,” he added.

He would like to see Iraq work its way through the drawn out election process after the disputed May 12 vote and emerge as a nation “with the full capacity to put their resources at the disposal of their own people.”

The World Food Programme estimates that as many as 8.7 million people across Iraq will require some form of humanitarian assistance over the course of 2018 – mainly in Nineveh, Kirkuk, and Anbar provinces.

In Nineveh’s largest city, Mosul, the extent of the devastation “cannot be underestimated,” according to Amin Awad, UNHCR’s director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Iraq received pledges of $30 billion dollars for reconstruction in a donor conference in Kuwait earlier this year, falling far short of their $80-$100 billion target.

The Iraqi government has dedicated $540 million for reconstruction this year “to bring back stability and the voluntary return of IDPs to the liberated areas,” Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said at a NATO meeting in Brussels on Thursday.

The funds will be given to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to administer according to a government plan, Abadi added, in perhaps an unstated acknowledgement of Iraq’s corruption problem.

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Abadi proposes the formation of a government that gathers all the blocs winning the elections and emphasizes: Democracy requires the cooperation of all

Policy  2018/07/12 22:34  105  Editor:

Baghdad today _ Baghdad

On Thursday, July 12, 2018, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi proposed forming a government that would bring together all the political blocs that won the elections. He stressed the need for all components to participate in the next government.

“Based on our relations with NATO over the past two years, NATO has decided to send a team under the direction of a Canadian commander and we confirm that it is not combat units, but units to train Iraqi security forces,” Abadi told reporters in Brussels on the sidelines of an international coalition meeting against the organization. In various fields and achieve investment cooperation and security cooperation, “noting that” the world needs us as we need the world, Iraq has considerable experience in the fight against terrorism and intelligence effort, and therefore need to cooperate to fight terrorism. ”

As for the formation of the new Iraqi government, he said: “Of course you know that we believe in democracy, democracy produced several political blocs to cooperate together, and it is difficult for a mass or two to form a government, but we need the cooperation of all blocks.”

He explained: “Our approach is to participate all Iraqis and all the political blocs winning over the next four years, we have united in the face of urging and won, and we need to unite and cooperate for the stability of Iraq and move forward, Iraq in various components,” stressing that ” In the next government and we are keen on that and we are the middle case is a state of moderation and we want to attract everyone to it. ”

He went on saying: “We hope to form a government during the next few years, and this is not the hands of politicians, but the Electoral Commission, which has to end the counting and sorting and then announce the results and ratified by the Federal Court and then start countdown to the convening of parliament and the formation of the new government,” continued: ” This is very close, and at present we are working with the political blocs to make it faster. ”

Prime Minister Haider Abadi arrived in Brussels on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, to attend an international coalition meeting against a sympathetic organization and met with officials from all over the world.

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Abadi urges world countries to reconstruct war-torn Iraqi cities

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

Baghdad (Iraqi news.com) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the international community to reconstruct Iraqi cities that were destroyed in the brutal war against Islamic State.

Speaking in a televised speech ahead of his visit to Brussels to attend meetings of the global anti-IS coalition, slated for Thursday, Abadi said that “the Iraqi government has allocated a large portion of its budget for the reconstruction process and provision of job opportunities in the country.”

“Iraq took the lead in fighting terrorism on behalf of the world in order to keep Iraqi people, the region and the world safe,” Abadi pointed out, adding that Iraq managed to eliminate terrorism and defeat the Islamic State military.

Abadi declared last December final victory over Islamic State, three years after the militant group captured about a third of Iraq’s territory.

In a speech during the international media conference held at the journalists syndicate in Baghdad in December, Abadi said, “Our troops gained full control on the Iraqi-Syrian borders. We announce the end of war against Islamic State.”

“Our battle against the enemy, who wanted to destroy our civilization, is over. Thus, we gained victory through our unity and determination that made us defeat IS in a short time,” he said.

Abadi’s announcement came two days after Russia announced a similar victory over Islamic State militants in neighboring Syria. Abadi declared Dec. 10 an annual national holiday on this occasion.

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Alaq calls on the ministries of state to cooperate with the private sector to achieve the e-government project

 

Mehdi Alalak
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Economy News Baghdad:

The Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Mahdi Alaq, called on the ministries of state to cooperate with the private sector to achieve the e-government project.

Al-Alak said in his speech to the workshop “e-government” and attended by “economy News”, “Thesubject of e-government has been particularly important after the fall of the former regime, and formed a committee extended its work for 10 years,” noting that “in 2016 decided to reshape this committee And since then we have held a series of meetings and formed a technical committee to follow up on all the details . “

He added that “there are a number of challenges facing the first e-government infrastructure project, the country has been very disconnected from the communication with the international community and modern technologies, and the state can not put traditional to cope with the need for e-government.”

He added that “the second challenge is human resources and is linked to the situation we have experienced and our lack of communication with the outside world , in addition to the legislative environment that provides suitable conditions for the launch of this large project . “

“We need to take advantage of the tremendous technological and technical development that has taken place over the past two decades, ” he said . “The efforts of all ministries should be coordinated and coordinated with the private sector so that the e-government project can be achieved by a record period . “

He pointed out that “the development of infrastructure is a positive development compared to the period in which we worked, the Ministry of Communications adopts the extension of optical cable to all ministries of the State and we have made progress in it . “

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Completion of the arrival of funds Salahuddin and Anbar to Baghdad and promised on Saturday

 

Editorial date: 2018/7/12 19:26 • 77 times read
(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Electoral Commission announced, on Thursday, the arrival of ballot boxes to the provinces of Salah al-Din and Anbar, to the counting and sorting centers in the capital Baghdad.
The spokesman of the Independent High Electoral Commission, Judge Laith Jabr Hamza said in a statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, “the transfer of ballot boxes to the governorates of [Salah al-Din and Anbar] completed their arrival to the center of counting and auditing at the Baghdad International Fair for the manual counting and counting of centers And the electoral stations, which contained complaints and appeals.
“These funds will be scrutinized in accordance with the legal contexts established by the laws and regulations in force and as of Saturday 14/7/2018 for the ballot boxes in the province of Salah al-Din, then in the hierarchy of Anbar province, under the direct supervision of the Board of Commissioners, The representatives of the United Nations, international observers, representatives of embassies of the world and representatives of political parties and the media are all invited to attend. ”
Jabr pointed out that “the transfer of ballot boxes to carry out the counting and manual counting of the provinces of Karbala, Najaf, Babylon and Diyala in a hierarchical manner in accordance with the dates set by the Board of Commissioners later and each of the provinces referred to above.”

Latest counting and sorting results in Erbil

Date of release: 2018/7/12 20:16 • 229 times read
(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) revealed a source familiar with the results of the process of partial counting and manual sorting of the results of the elections of the Council of Representatives in the province of Arbil, which was launched on Thursday.
A source told the agency {Euphrates News} that “the number of stations contested in Erbil and the enumeration counting and counting is 212 stations and was completed counting and sorting 97 stations and all results were 100% match with the electronic ballot,”
adding that “the rest of the stations will be completed on Friday, “There are problems and there is no isolation of the funds.”
The source pointed out that “the operation was under the supervision of the United Nations and international and local organizations and agents of political parties and the presence and supervision of judges assigned to the Council of Commissioners.”

 

Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr issues a statement on the demonstrations in the southern governorates

 

Release date: 2018/7/12 15:46 • 458 times read
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, issued a statement on the demonstrations in the southern provinces, while calling on the government to use foreign companies to improve the reality of electricity, while calling for the privatization of electricity provided that it is delivered to an Iraqi or foreign company and the collection of wages on the corridors of corrupt government .

He said in a press statement received by the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it today, “the government to use non-occupied foreign companies to improve the reality of electricity and beyond and protect service institutions of the Ministry of Electricity and accounting for the defaulters and corrupt immediately without distinction between the minister or simple worker, and move forward privatization of electricity provided that the companies Iraqi or foreign citizenship and the collection of wages on the corridors of corrupt government. ”
He called for “the establishment of a mechanism to pay wages according to the standard of living of citizens, and cut the emergency line from politicians at all and immediately.”
“The government should pay the generators of the nation and help the citizens to do so, and distribute some generators to some poor areas, especially villages and rural areas and distribute a share of fuel per month to benefit people with limited income.”
He urged the citizens to “rationalize and regulate the disbursement of electricity, shops and premises, and not to infringe on the lines of electricity and pay electricity wages in a smooth legal manner, and that the demonstrations (with the necessity) of peaceful and non-dispersion, while promised to send delegations to the demonstrators to see their suffering and demands to send to specialists.” is over