Thread: Chapter VII

Mahmoud Othman: Iraq out from under Chapter VII after Iraq made real progress to form a government

A member of the House leadership of the coalition blocs Kurdish MP Mahmoud Othman said the U.S. is trying hard to get Iraq out from under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, especially after Iraq made real progress in terms of government formation.

Osman said in a statement that there are serious attempts to get Iraq under Chapter VII, indicating that the U.S. delegate to the United States made promises to the implementation of the end of the year.

Othman added that the selection of this time to get Iraq at the end of next year 2011 to coincide with the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq and this is what we understand to have heard politicians.

He said they promised to support efforts to get out of Iraq from Chapter VII, this would be the presence of Biden and presiding over a meeting of the Security Council in order to explain the situation in Iraq, explaining that, under the security agreement between Iraq and the United States will stick to Washington to work to rid Iraq of the consequences of Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which resolution passed after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on August 2, -1990 and the development of which the country under the jurisdiction of this chapter and imposed an economic embargo and the freezing of its assets in international banks, noting that Sunday's meeting comes at a time took over the United States this month presidency of the UN Security Council where indicated foreign Iraqi and a joint US-Iraqi desire to hold a special meeting of the Security Council to review the Iraqi actions in fulfillment of international obligations, stressing that the U S Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan said that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will chair the ministerial meeting of the Council on Iraq next Sunday and this will be an important opportunity for the international community to recognize the progress to Iraq, real progress both in terms of the formation of the government or the important steps taken to get out from under the pain of separation and that there are a number of issues related to Iraq, listed on the agenda of the Council for the current month, including the Development Fund for Iraq and the mission of the United Nations to help Iraq (UNAMI) and other topics.

He explained that in the light of the recent progress made especially in the political arena in Iraq, it provides an opportunity to enhance discussion of these issues in the high-level meeting of the Security Council.

The deputy U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, Stuart Jones said that Iraq would emerge from Chapter VII the end of this year after he has met the obligations of all, and that his country's troops remaining in Iraq was transformed from a combat force to the advisory despite the presence of attacks, improvised and missiles still targeted as well as foreign workers with.

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Zebari confirms the cancellation of the resolutions imposed on Iraq under Chapter VII of the case with the exception of Kuwait

Said Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari that he was lifting all the resolutions imposed on Iraq under Chapter VII, except in the case with Kuwait, pointing out that Iraq has broken the record of the number of UN resolutions imposed on it.

And said Hoshyar Zebari, at a press conference, on Wednesday evening, after the meeting which was held on Iraq at the headquarters of the UN Security Council, said that "Iraq is seeking to emerge from Chapter VII, in practice there were only the situation between Iraq and Kuwait under the chapter," stressing "Iraq is working to address all the issues with our brothers in Kuwait with the responsibility of high to close this file once and for all."

Zebari said that "the liberation of Iraq from the restrictions, sanctions and restriction of freedom in dealing with the world, will accelerate his return safe and sound to its position as a responsible and active role in the international community."

Zebari pointed out that "Iraq break the record in the number of UN resolutions imposed on it under Chapter VII, which amounted to more than 70 resolutions," noting that "we continued our effort to abolish all of these decisions."

The Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said, yesterday, during a speech Iraq speech to the UN Security Council meeting on Iraq, the greatest challenge facing Iraq is to build a state of institutions based on inclusiveness and national reconciliation, which has an independent judicial system is a provision in the implementation of the principles of justice and accountability.

The Council approved during its meeting, on Wednesday, three special resolutions in Iraq, ending the first oil for food program, while calling the other to extend the immunity that protects Iraq from claims associated with an era of former President Saddam Hussein to the June 30, 2011 (six months) instead of stop in later this month as scheduled at the beginning, after Iraq said it would not request any further extensions of the work (the Development Fund for Iraq) which was the immunity from claims for compensation.

In the third resolution, approved by the UN Security Council to lift the ban on imports of Iraq's nuclear program to implement the civilian nuclear ending restrictions on weapons of mass destruction, missiles and so put an end to the ban lasted 19 years, under resolution 687 of 1991.

The Iraqi government is keen to ensure the extension of the work of the Fund which was established in 2003 after the fall of Saddam Hussein in order to protect revenues from sales of oil and natural gas in Iraq.

Iraq has been under since 1990 under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, which imposed on him after the invasion of the regime of President Saddam Hussein of Kuwait in August of the same year, and this item allows the use of force against Iraq as a threat to international security, in addition to the freezing of large amounts of its assets financial in the international banks to pay compensation to those affected by the invasion of Kuwait.

And consists of Chapter VII of the 13 articles, is resolution 678, issued in 1990 and calling for the ousting Iraq from Kuwait, by force of the provisions of this chapter, Iraq is still under Tailth, because the survival of the issue of the remains of Kuwaiti citizens and prisoners of war in Iraq and Kuwaiti property, including archives of the Amiri Diwan and the Crown Prince's Court and the question of environmental awards and oil, which is not only about the state of Kuwait and other Arab countries and companies still have some rights.

Kuwait had asked the UN Security Council, in July of 2009, before its to discuss Iraq's international obligations not to raise Iraq from the list of Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations before has met all its obligations, especially in the cases of compensation, prisoners and missing Kuwaitis and its emphasis on the need to respect Iraq of resolution 833 judge the demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait, after Iraqi objections that appear from time to time on the demarcation of the border, and then reiterated the same demands this week by a number of Kuwaiti Parliament.

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Welcome the decision of the international sanctions lifted on Iraq

"Weekly": the decision of Security Council on Wednesday to cancel the majority of the sanctions that were imposed on Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait during the era of former president Saddam Hussein, has been welcomed internationally, and praised Washington's lifting of the majority of Iraq's obligations towards the international community, while The Arab League welcomed the decision of the Security Council, expressing the hope that this will be a prelude to ending the suffering of Iraq.

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Philip Crowley abolition of the UN Security Council for the remaining restrictions on Iraq since it invaded Kuwait in 1990 as a milestone in efforts to restore the normalization of Iraq with the international community.

Crowley declared for the adoption of Security Council during a special session held Wednesday under the chairmanship of Vice President Joe Biden three important measures to help restore Iraq to the international legal status and which were occupied before the invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

The Crowley that the Security Council passed three resolutions to end the restrictions on weapons of mass destruction and energy production of civil nuclear imposed on Iraq following the first Gulf War in 1991, as well as the oil for food program, and also to abrogate the development of the proceeds of exports of oil and natural gas in the Development Fund for Iraq after the June 30 next.

Crowley explained that the United States hopes that Iraq will continue implementation of its commitments in the Compensation Fund for victims of the invasion of Kuwait through a bilateral mechanism between the two countries. Crowley added that the United States encourages the Kuwait and Iraq, a vigil for direct negotiations on all outstanding issues between them.

Biden was announced in his speech before the Security Council that the Council reaffirms its support for Iraq's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, also stresses the need to maintain security and stability.

Biden added, "The Security Council supports an inclusive political process and the agreement reached on Iraqi leaders to form a power-sharing government of national partnership represents the will of Iraqi citizens, as reflected in the legislative elections that took place on the seventh of March of this year."

"The Security Council reaffirms the need to combat terrorism in all its forms, also stresses that any act of terrorism will not succeed in blocking the peace process and democracy and the rebuilding of Iraq, which is supported by the people and Government of Iraq and the international community as a whole."

Biden added that the Council is urging Iraqis to continue their efforts to promote federalism, democracy and pluralism in the context of a unified Iraq.

He also welcomed the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, the issuance of this decision, and said that Iraqis are still suffering from lack of security, violence and lack of employment opportunities, is that today determines how much of the normalization of Iraq's progress and status in the community of States.

Austria, in turn welcomed the decision of the Security Council on Wednesday the judge to end the majority of the international sanctions that were imposed on Iraq during the rule of the former Iraqi regime.

The secretary general of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Johannes Kirlh in a statement released here Saturday evening that this resolution represents the international recognition of Iraq's efforts to implement its international obligations and resolve the political problems in a democratic way.

But the official Austrian student Iraqi leadership at the same time implementing all its commitments and gain the confidence of the international community by ensuring the borders of Kuwait and the quest to search for missing Kuwaitis and commitment to disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

He called on Iraq to ratify the additional inspection protocol to the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-

The secretary-general of Foreign Affairs of Austria at the end of his statement that the world acknowledged Tuesday that Iraq no longer poses a threat to world peace, but Iraq must be proved as soon as possible as a partner can be relied upon in the field of disarmament.

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For its part, the Arab League welcomed the decision of the Security Council, expressing the hope that this will be a prelude to ending the suffering of Iraq.

The League reiterated that Iraq must build on this decision to restore control its destiny and move to rebuild itself, especially the process of arming the military, which is preparing to replace the foreign troops.

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He welcomed Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a session of the Security Council resolution lifting the sanctions, pointing to evidence that they change the Iraqi political process after the fall of the former regime.

He said, "My Government welcomes and deeply appreciates the decision by consensus to members of the Council, and Iraq will continue to meet its international obligations. The lifting of these sanctions on Iraq, evidence that the new Iraq, Iraq is quite different from what it was."

Also expressed, Undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, however, Abbawi hoped to resolve outstanding issues with Kuwait after the formation of the new Iraqi government.

As noted, a military expert of Kuwait Abdul-Karim Algrpley that Kuwait was not worried about lifting the sanctions on Iraq.

The estimated Kuwaiti reparations owed by Iraq by about $ 22 billion.

The UN Security Council passed three resolutions that ended the first under the oil for food program, which was adopted in the nineties of the last century, during the economic embargo on Iraq.

He said the second resolution to end the International Department of the Iraqi resources through the Development Fund for Iraq in the thirtieth of June 2011.

Three resolutions were adopted unanimously with the exception of the decision to cancel the oil-for-food France abstained from voting on it, saying it did not provide all the guarantees required in this regard.

French reservation

He said the French ambassador to the UN Security Council Gerard Arrow of the Council, without elaborating, that the resolution is not available to him "all the guarantees that we deem necessary to terminate the program."

The news agency Reuters, one of the diplomats as saying that the reason for this is that France felt that the text lacks adequate safeguards are not exposed to BNP Paribas, based in Paris for any monetary damages because of his participation in the program.

Iraq has been under the provisions of Chapter VII after Security Council resolution 678 of 1990 following the Iraqi troops entered Kuwait in August of the same year, it allowed the UN resolution to use military force to eject Iraq from there, and according to the provisions in Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations .

The UN Security Council on Wednesday a major package of international sanctions imposed on Iraq during the era of the late President Saddam Hussein, most notably the decision to ban the supply of arms and military equipment that will allow him to develop peaceful nuclear programs, and the program was known as the "oil for food".

The Security Council passed at a meeting chaired by Vice President Joe Biden cancellation of the decision to ban the supply of arms and military equipment to Iraq, which was issued in 1990 to prevent Iraq from importing chemicals and nuclear technology that could be used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.

The Security Council was announced last February that it would lift restrictions on Iraq's activities in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, after Baghdad had ratified a number of international conventions, Including an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency on inspections active.

The lifting of this limitation, although yesterday that the Iraqi parliament has not yet ratified the Protocol to the IAEA's inspections, Iraq has urged the resolution to ratify it "as soon as possible" and called for a review of progress over the past 12 months.

Oil for Food

Also canceled other decision of the Security Council what was known as "oil-for-food" program, which was founded in the nineties to benefit from the proceeds of oil exports in the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people.

This decision was the only one who is not approved unanimously by the Security Council, where France abstained from voting, saying that the resolution is not available to him all the guarantees that are necessary to terminate the program, according to the French ambassador in the Security Council Gerard Aro.

Development funds

It also paved the third resolution to cancel the extension of the Development Fund for Iraq to operate for only six months until June 30 next. This fund was established after the U.S. invasion in March 2003 and use the revenues from exports of oil for the purposes of development.

This will result in the resolution to the elimination of all the immunities which were protecting Iraq from claims related to the period of Saddam's rule.

And will continue to Baghdad - according to a U.S. official - to pay 5% of the proceeds of Iraq's oil war reparations, mostly to Kuwait despite Iraq's claim to re-negotiate those payments so that he can use more money in development projects that need it.
Western diplomats say that the value of compensation that must be paid by Iraq of Kuwait up to $ 22 billion.

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MP Mahmoud Othman: the decision to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, but a positive late

A member of the House of Representatives for a coalition of Kurdish blocs Mahmoud Othman said "the decision to remove Iraq from Chapter VII is positive and this Malashk which, considering the decision that he came late and was supposed to issue such a decision before the seven years from now."

He said Mahmoud in an interview with a reporter that "to keep Iraq under the long dimension of the seventh and the imposition of sanctions, it was because of the policies of the former regime irresponsible attitude to others, noting that Iraq is bearing the brunt of such sanctions during the seven years that have elapsed as it does not have a any legal justification for this despite the fact that the Security Council to Aeetmkn from acquiring nuclear weapons or a threat to neighboring countries."

Adding that "Kuwait still receives money from the budget of Iraq by Saddam's occupation for them and Iraq's suffering and turn to him and there are still things that restrict the work of Iraqi governments, and therefore, so decisions are not important as far as resolutions may be to end the issue of compensation for ever so that Iraq will regain its assets and its health ".

He pointed out that "the attitude of the UN Security Council is now better than before the meeting that took place six months before there is a desire to support Iraq, but to allow Iraq to the establishment of atomic energy and the purchase of Aslaha see that is not feasible in light of the continued dispute over the formation of the government these things need to be a strong government in order to start these things and that our opinion all these things as matters of formality. As long as the Kuwaiti side is satisfied."

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New international commitments after the withdrawal of Iraq from Chapter VII

UN Security Council voted, Wednesday evening, the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII, after the Council adopted three draft resolution included the extension of the work of international immunity to Iraqi funds and an end to restrictions on the production Taqo nuclear and weapons of mass destruction and the abolition of All Items seventh item, including the Food for Oil-for-mandate the Secretary General to the Security Council set up an account at about $ 20 million of oil revenues Iraq until December 2016 to cover the expenses of the relevant United Nations to end the remaining activities of the program, including the financing of the activities of the Office of the Coordinator of the United Nations High Commissioner for missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property issues.

UN Security Council met late Wednesday in New York in the presence of Iraq, represented by Minister of State, as well as representatives of the five major states, Turkey and Japan.

A statement by the UN body, which includes 15 members which was followed by Vice President Joe Biden's call for Iraq to "meet its obligations remaining rapidly under the resolutions of the relevant Security Council taken under Chapter VII concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait." Adding that "the situation now in Iraq is different a lot about the situation that existed at the time the adoption of resolution 661 of 1990. "

Out of Iraq from Chapter VII came three draft resolution, the Security Council was positions under the first resolution on the extension of the work (the Development Fund for Iraq) until June 30, 2011 instead of stopping its activities later this year as scheduled at the beginning of the command after Iraq confirmed that it will not request any further extensions of the work of the Fund. He stressed that the proceeds of exports of oil and natural gas in Iraq will not be deposited in the Development Fund for Iraq after June 2011 but he will continue to deposit five percent of them to the Compensation Fund for the invasion of Kuwait. The second draft resolution represents an end to restrictions on weapons of mass destruction and missiles and the production of civilian nuclear energy imposed on Iraq under resolution 687 of 1991. The decision was the third to take the Secretary General to take all necessary measures to stop all the remaining activities of the oil for food program and the abolition of all letters of credit claims outstanding. The Council adopted resolutions (I and II) was adopted unanimously, in France declined to vote on the draft resolution III.

According to the decision to remove Iraq from Chapter VII, the Security Council authorized the Secretary-General to establish a special account to ensure the retention of $ 20 million from the proceeds of oil until December 2016 to cover the expenses of the relevant United Nations to end the remaining activities of the program, including the financing of the activities of the Office of the Coordinator of the United Nations High Commissioner for missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property issues. as well as to keep about $ 131 million to finance the work of the United Nations and its representatives, agents, independent contractors for a period of six years with respect to all activities related to the program since its inception.

The international position of Iraq came after a series of measures carried out by seven years ago with regard to end the outstanding issues with Kuwait and the payment of compensation and work transparently with the International Organization of Atomic Energy, which was described in its latest cooperation of Iraq with "transparent." Further tightening of Baghdad in more than of the memorandum of its mission to the United Nations that "the time has come" out of the money the UN resolution.

He Twenty years after the adoption of resolution 661 UN Security Council, which is the second decision issued against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the development of which Iraq under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations and imposed on him an economic embargo froze its assets in international banks. According to the resolution, Iraq remains subject to the requirements of Chapter VII that the stresses of the United Nations Security Council's commitment to Baghdad with all the international resolutions concerning the occupation of Kuwait, including the file of compensation. and after the implementation of resolution 986 known as Oil for Food Programme, the United Nations to develop 5% of the proceeds from the sale of Iraqi oil since 1997 in a special fund to compensate Kuwait for losses suffered as a result of the invasion.

Leaks reported by the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said his consultations, the Security Council to take a final position on Iraq, and Washington created the international atmosphere for the abolition of the international trusteeship in Iraq, as one of U.S. commitments to Iraq after 2003.

Last week, Washington said a delegate in the Security Council, Susan Rice, said he "would be an important opportunity for the international community to find out the real progress made by Iraq concerning the composition of the government in addition to the important steps taken for the completion of its commitment to the Chapter VII."

For his part, UN Secretary-General of the United Nations to Iraq, Ad Melkert yesterday at a news conference in Cairo that "it is important to get out of Iraq from Chapter VII, and of the international point of view to be that there are effective relationships between Iraq and Kuwait and the entire region and restore the special relations and friendly relations between two countries. "

The common border between the two sides one of the most important points of contention so far, and that prompts Kuwaitis demarcated, as well as compensation for a file which resulted in large paid by Iraq of Kuwait.

The Kuwait and Iraq had agreed Tuesday to withdraw about 500 meters from the international boundary between them deep into their territory step aimed at ending the border problems pending between them, and pledged to build 50 houses for Iraqi citizens homes are located very closely to the border and affect the sound vision and close monitoring of the area border.

Position of Kuwait in hand in line for weeks with the need to remove Iraq from Section VII, where Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad in September 21 last, support for that, saying that "Kuwait is the first country to wish to exit Iraq from Chapter VII, and this means that Iraq completed the implementation of resolutions and international obligations. "

Confirmed in the Kuwaiti press in a timely manner "Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Prime Minister announced his agreement with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to end the outstanding issues with Iraq."

Kuwait has sought since the fall of the former regime in the spring of 2003 to establish diplomatic relations firm with Baghdad, referring to being considered for Iraq on the basis of its political system is the new friend her, where dispatched Baghdad in mid-year, its first ambassador to Kuwait to establish "strategic relations" document, while it was Kuwait has sent its first ambassador to Baghdad since 2008.

The Undersecretary of the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, however, Abawi, had confirmed the (Rn) on August 23 last that "Iraq has paid so far $ 30 billion of debt of Kuwait and remained, including $ 22 billion dollars." And stressed that Baghdad is seeking to end the file of debt and compensation Kuwait exit from Chapter VII soon. stressing his country's commitment to international resolutions of the Security Council on its neighbor Kuwait to close this file without delay.

While Bush's Chief of the Arab world in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait Jassem Mubaraki's (Rn) in the September 14, said he, "There are no outstanding issues with Iraq, and found minor problems, we have joint committees regarding the demarcation of the border and farms of joint and fishermen and coastal waters as well as Safwan border expansion port and oil fields in common, and will take these problems to be solved in the future. "

In Iraq announced on 19 September last in the statement of the spokesman for his government Ali al-Dabbagh's (Rn) that "Iraq has begun the first step to resolve outstanding problems with Kuwait through the installation of border markers of the land boundary between the two countries, which demonstrates the commitment of Iraq, UN resolutions, stressing that "the Iraqi government is working to activate the Convention on the Unification of fields, joint oil, which could be where a joint investment between the two audit third party, include this step also solve the problem of farm common border in the town of Safwan in Basra province and belonging to farmers Iraqis."

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Tomorrow .. Zebari said in Parliament to review the Iraqi relations - Saudi Arabia and file Chapter VII

Of the decision to add the House of Representatives and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Thursday, to discuss the phrase files. A parliamentary source said the "morning": that the meeting will be devoted to discuss the Iraqi relations - Saudi Arabia and file updates of Iraqi prisoners in the Kingdom, in addition to arrangements for a final exit from Chapter VII. The source continued: Nearly 30 deputies will be posing questions to Zebari, Iraq's international relations concerning the ways and its recovery, as well as other files. The House of Representatives had discussed at its regular twenty-first session held under the chairmanship of Osama Nujaifi Speaker of Parliament, the problems of cement factories in Anbar and ancient Babylon, in addition to other topics were discussed during the meeting.

At the outset of the meeting led Izzat Shabandar, Jassim Mohammed black sworn in as Vice replacements for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.

Then the Council discussed the issue of cement factories in the province of Anbar, allocated by the Ministry of Industry to the private sector, as reviewed by MP Iman Mohammadi obstacles to the performance of plant production in the province, proposed to refer the subject of contracts with the investor to the Legal Committee in the House and not to refer any other laboratories ready for investment, but opened the door for the establishment of new plants, while the deputy wondered Qasim Mohammad Qasim about the reasons that prevent the provision of the Ministry of Electricity Energy for the operation of cement plants, while drawing the Attorney Arshad Salhi to the importance of making use of the laboratories producing and focus on the need to invest laboratories stalled to secure the country's needs.

For his part, MP Ashour Hamid to the need to secure all supplies for the advancement of a factor of cement, especially in the provision of electricity to sustain the work of these laboratories, while stressed MP Precious slain on the importance of the adoption of the investment mechanism, rather than the privatization of factories, which bear negative impacts on the reality of industrial, also criticized the MP names Moussawi degradation industry during the past years, by reasons of the security situation and instability, the relative stability of investment demand for security institutions to promote industrial and economic development.

For his part, MP Ahmad al-Alwani, the responsibility for providing electricity and salaries in the cement plants allocated to the investment lies with the investor pursuant to the contract indicating that the problem does not lie in the nature and details of the contract, but in the implementation mechanism and the Ministry of Industry bears the failure that happened in this area, while proposed MP Afaf Abdul Razzaq use of clean energy and that the state inspects the work of the factories, while Wade Attorney Mahma Khalil apply the terms of the investment law of 2006 and removing obstacles that block the entry of foreign companies, suggesting that deducting the amount of $ 5 per ton of cement produced from plants that contribute to polluting the environment.

In turn, MP Bayazid Hassan on the need to encourage investment in all regions of Iraq extremely important to upgrade the industrial reality, and MP Ibrahim al-Mutlaq said the imbalance or few the responsibility of the investment, but lack of seriousness on the follow-up special items to hold the investment.

In his speech called on the president of parliament in government policy and clear in the area of investment, industry approved by the House of Representatives and is included government program, declaring host the Minister of Industry and agents in the committees of oil and natural resources and the economy, to report in this regard to the Council.

He denied Nujaifi the circulation of some of the media regarding the proportion of the expenses of the three presidencies of the federal budget, 21 percent, confirming that the investment budget and operational for the three presidencies of less than 1 percent of the state budget.

In the intervention, has announced the speaker to stop replacement of members from various governorates until the decision on this subject by the Federal Court.

In another matter, Council discussed the issue of the city of Babylon, the ancient, as suggested by Deputy Ali Alfalh the establishment of tourist cities in the city of Babylon, the ancient and the establishment of the Institute for Studies of the Sumerian, Babylonian and Research Center a special city, as well as for the selection of one of the cultural figures to work as mayor symbolic to them, while MP Alexander and berries to launch a national campaign to publicize the effects of Babylon by the media and the promise of the capital of ancient Iraq with the importance of recovery of stolen items from the ancient city, while demanded MP Batoul Farouk hold count full of archaeological sites in Iraq, and MP Ali inch importance of the formation of a private antiquities in areas of the South East and the Euphrates.

In the same vein, MP Hanan al stressed the need to raise the excesses of the ancient city of Babylon, while focused Rep. great Abdul-Zahra on the importance of wide interest by the government relics which abound in the country.

For his part, drew MP Abboud al-Issawi to take account of revision of the Act effects or other legislation, a new assessment of the damage that hit the ancient city and the exercise of cultural events, while MP Awad Al-Awadi for the damage caused ancient Babylon, by U.S. and Polish being made systematically and the importance of re-approach to maintenance of the city a new form.

In the meantime, said MP Shirwan Waili need to work on disengagement between the Ministries of Culture and Tourism and Antiquities through legislation, law defines who is responsible for the effects, as MP Mohammed Amin, the vagina is the existence of cooperation between the World Monuments Fund and the Antiquities Authority, the Iraqi part of a project it takes about 5 - 6 years to rehabilitate the ancient city of Babylon.

In another context, its first Vice-Chairman of the House of Representatives Qusay al-Suhail a brief presentation regarding the formation of committees of the House of Representatives, stating that he will rely on the formation of ad-hoc committees for a vote to convert to permanent later include 7-17 members, pointing to the existence of committees is incomplete number requires return to the leaders of parliamentary blocs who did not commit to allocate 25 per cent share of the commissions and the membership of women, which led to some of the committees should be closed to men.

For his part, gave the President of the Parliament the parliamentary blocs until next Thursday at the latest to vote on the committees Aldaimip, and to devote one fourth the membership of committees for women.

By another deputy presented Maha periodic report on the subject of dismissed politicians who were canceled counted for the political chapter for them and their demands for the return of the amounts they had received in accordance with the mechanism of calculation adopted and due to this matter of suffering for them and their families, urging the Council to issue a binding decision requires to stop the recovery of amounts paid to them.

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Zebari told parliament today's review of Chapter VII and relations with Saudi Arabia

Hosts the House of Representatives at its Thursday, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to clarify some issues related to Iraq's foreign relations.

A source in the Chamber of Deputies, told the independent press (Iba) Zebari, said that hosting the Council will focus on the subject of Chapter VII of the UN Charter and the resolutions adopted against Iraq that has remained unresolved so far.

He added: The second topic concerns the Iraqi-Saudi relations, and the issue of Iraqi detainees in Saudi prisons.

The source explained that the Platform for Action of the parliamentary session today also includes the issue of replacements for MPs who received executive positions, also includes a vote on the parliamentary standing committees, if time permitting.

He pointed out that the latter subject on the agenda is the election boards of the province and district.

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Zebari: lifting sanctions on Iraq is the beginning of the end of the restrictions of Chapter VII

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday during a host in the House of Representatives that Iraq is well advanced in the way of his release from the restrictions of Chapter VII.

Zebari said at the parliament session attended by the reporter that the resolutions of the Security Council last month that led to the cancellation of sanctions imposed on Iraq is the beginning of the end to restrict the country, the decisions of the seventh item, pointing out and end the file of outstanding issues between us and Kuwait needs to be a number of meetings and conventions under the UN umbrella.

He added that the U.S. side to claim compensation you need to work great and the follow-up legal Sntdarcha the future, adding that the Kuwaiti delegation who recently visited Iraq was to announce the support and backing for the Iraqi government and improve the atmosphere between the two sides.

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VP Hashimy confers with UNSG's Special Representative in Iraq:

Iraq's Vice-President, Tareq al-Hashimy, has conferred in Baghdad on Monday, with the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Iraq, Ad Melkert, on the current efforts to exclude Iraq out of the UN Charters's 7th Article, according to Hashimy's office.

"Hashimy had received Melkert in his office on Monday and both sides discussed the current situation in Iraq and the current preparations to hold a Security Council session, as well as the efforts exerted by different political parties to exclude Iraq from the UN Charter's 7th Article completely," the statement pointed out, adding that both sides had also discussed "the suspended political dossiers and the dossier of the Iraqi immigrants abroad."

Iraq is subject for the UN Charter's 7th Article, imposed on it after its occupation of Kuwait in 1990, allowing the use of armed force against it, charging it to "threaten international security," in addition to the freezing of huge Iraqi funds in world banks, in order to pay compensations for the parties harmed by Kuwait's occupation.

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Economist: There is hype on the assets of Iraq after the country's emergence from Chapter VII

Reduce the economic expert Majid picture of the seriousness of the consequences of exit from Chapter VII, and the end of the cover of protecting the assets of Iraq abroad, stressing that the exposure Iraqi money overseas to risk a story fabricated to cover the corruption that happened in the (oil for food and medicine) by the UN staff who were deal in this area to cover domestic issues.

Graphic and said in a statement (of the Agency news) said on Wednesday, That Iraqi funds they are talking about an estimated $ (85) million dollars, and this is something simple compared to what he spends the Iraq different institutions, but there Thuila on this issue to cover the corruption that took place in the accounts of oil for food program, calling for a focus on more important matters such as economic development that are more important than the money reserved in the seventh item because the promotion of industrial development and agricultural influence and develop the Iraqi economy.

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