A new rise in the reserves of the Central Bank of Iraq

Economie| 09:13 – 09/23/2021

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Baghdad – Mawazine News

Today, Thursday, the Central Bank of Iraq announced a new rise in the bank’s foreign exchange reserves. 
The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank, Ihsan Shamran Al-Yasiri, said that “the foreign reserves of the Central Bank of Iraq witnessed a 14% increase compared to what they were on 31/12/2020.” 
Al-Yasiri added: “It was worth 54.501 million dollars, to reach on 22/9/2021 (yesterday), it reached 62.155 million dollars, an increase of 7.654 million dollars.” 
And Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi announced, last April, that the Central Bank’s foreign currency reserves had risen to more than $60 billion. 
Al-Kazemi said, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “the central bank’s foreign currency reserves rose to more than 60 billion dollars, after it was 51.9 billion before the start of the reform measures for this government.”
The Prime Minister added, “The increase came as a result of the reform measures taken by the government after many bet on their failure and lack of continuity,” adding: “We succeeded in stopping waste and great corruption in the notorious Central Bank auction, and we are proceeding with our procedures and we will not stop.” Ended 29/A87

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Kurdistan Finance begins distributing salaries for the month of September, starting next Saturday

Economie| 10:13 – 09/23/2021

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Baghdad – Mawazine News

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Region announced on Thursday that it will start distributing the salaries for the month of September, starting next Saturday.
The ministry said, in a statement received by Mawazine News, that it will distribute the salaries of this month, at a rate of 100% and without deduction.
On Tuesday, the Kurdistan Regional Government announced that it would start distributing the salaries of employees and workers in the public sector for the month of September, starting on the 25th of the same month.
The spokesman for the regional government, Jutiar Adel, said in a statement to reporters, including the correspondent of Shafak News Agency, that it is the priority of the Kurdistan Regional Government to distribute salaries to employees on time, and there is no doubt that any time the amount of 200 billion dinars arrives from Baghdad, we will distribute salaries by 100%. ..” Ended 29/A87

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=168526

Saleh from the United Nations: We succeeded in overcoming the tragedies and liberating our cities from ISIS

Policy 2021-09-23 | 14:20

Saleh from the United Nations: We succeeded in overcoming the tragedies and liberating our cities from ISIS

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The President of the Republic, Barham Salih, confirmed, on Thursday, that Iraq succeeded in overcoming the tragedies and liberating cities from “ISIS”, calling on the countries of the world to help Iraq recover its looted money.

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Washington: We are committed to supporting Iraq’s efforts to implement the white paper on economic reforms

Obelisk - the event as it happened

2021/09/23 17:39

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Baghdad / Obelisk: US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller highlighted, on Thursday, September 23, 2021, the projects supported by the American Development Finance Corporation to improve access to finance in Iraq, during a welcome speech at the Iraq Finance Fair, which was held on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 .

In a statement received by Al-Masala, the US embassy said that the US Agency for International Development has provided more than (8) million dollars in loans since 2015 to help small and medium-sized enterprises recover from the war against ISIS .

The ambassador noted the US government’s cooperation with the Ministry of Finance in the new financial transparency initiative to strengthen open budget procedures and improve public access to budget documents, including state-owned companies .

He pointed out the importance of the private sector, given that the three state-owned banks own about 85% of the total deposits.

And he indicated that the United States is committed to supporting Iraq’s efforts to implement the White Paper on economic reforms and build a vibrant and developed economy that provides job opportunities in the private sector .

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The Cabinet Secretariat announces the fortieth visitation holiday

local| 06:13 – 09/23/2021

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Baghdad – Mawazine News
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers announced, on Thursday, the suspension of official working hours for next Tuesday, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him).
And the secretariat stated in a statement, “It was decided to suspend the official working hours, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in all state departments, with the exception of service ones, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). Ended 29 / h

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Tueller talks about the American Development Corporation’s funding of projects in Iraq

09.23.2021 – 17:28
Tueller talks about the American Development Corporation's funding of projects in Iraq

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The US Ambassador to Iraq, Matthew Tueller, highlighted the projects supported by the American Development Finance Corporation to improve access to finance in Iraq, during a welcome speech at the Iraq Finance Fair, which was held yesterday.   

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The US embassy said in a statement, which Nass received a copy of (September 23, 2021), that “the US Agency for International Development has provided more than (8) million dollars in loans since 2015 to help small and medium-sized enterprises recover from the war against ISIS.”  

The ambassador noted, “The US government’s cooperation with the Ministry of Finance in the new fiscal transparency initiative to strengthen open budget procedures and improve public access to budget documents, including state-owned enterprises.”   

He pointed out, “The importance of the private sector, given that the three state-owned banks own about 85% of total deposits. The United States is committed to supporting Iraq’s efforts to implement the White Paper on economic reforms and build a vibrant and developed economy that provides job opportunities in the private sector.”

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Baghdad sends 2.5 billion dinars to the Kurdistan Region

KurdistanKurdistan RegionBaghdadPeasants’ dues 2021-09-23 09:43A-AA+

Shafaq News/ The General Directorate of Trade in the Ministry of Trade in the Kurdistan Regional Government announced, on Thursday, the imminent date of the arrival of the fourth part of the financial dues for farmers for the current year 2021 to the region.

The Director General of Trade, Nawzad Sheikh Kamel, said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, that the directorate received a notification that the fourth section of the financial dues to the farmers of the region will reach the region and include the shares of three farmers from the provinces of the region.

According to the information, the amounts that will reach the farmers of the region are two billion and 550 million dinars, distributed as follows: Sulaymaniyah / one billion and four hundred million dinars, Erbil / nine hundred and fifty million dinars, and Dohuk / one hundred and fifty million dinars.

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Security Council 1518 Sanctions Committee Removes One Entry from Its Sanctions List


PRESS RELEASE
SC/1464221 SEPTEMBER 2021

On 21 September 2021, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) removed the following entry from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities:

B. Entities and other groups

IQe.018 Name: BAGHDAD STOCK EXCHANGE A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: The White Palace, Al Nidhal Street, P.O. Box 5157, Baghdad,Baghdad, Iraq Listed on: 26 Apr. 2004 Other information: 

Press releases concerning changes to the Committee’s Sanctions List may be found in the “Press Releases” section on the Committee’s website at the following URL: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1518/press-releases.

The updated version of the Committee’s Sanctions List, available in HTML, PDF and XML format, may be found at the following URL: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1518/materials

The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List is also updated following all changes made to the Committee’s Sanctions List and is accessible at the following URL: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/un-sc-consolidated-list.

https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sc14642.doc.htm

Kurdistan Region Finance begins distributing salaries

KurdistanKurdistan Regionsalary distribution 2021-09-23 07:21A-AA+

Shafaq News/ The Ministry of Finance and Economy of Kurdistan Region announced on Thursday that it will start distributing salaries for the month of September, starting next Saturday.

The ministry said in a statement today that it will distribute the salaries of this month, at 100% and without deduction.

On Tuesday, the Kurdistan Regional Government announced that it would start distributing the salaries of employees and workers in the public sector for the month of September, starting on the 25th of the same month.

The spokesman for the regional government, Jutiar Adel, said in a statement to reporters, including the correspondent of Shafak News Agency, that it is the priority of the Kurdistan Regional Government to distribute salaries to employees on time, and there is no doubt that any time the amount of 200 billion dinars arrives from Baghdad, we will distribute salaries by 100%. .

He stated that the regional government will start distributing salaries on September 25, adding, “We will distribute salaries without deduction, provided that the federal government sends the amounts allocated to finance the monthly salaries.”

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