Int''l Compact with Iraq preparatory meeting issued final communique
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Int'l Compact with Iraq preparatory meeting issued final communique
KUWAIT, Oct 31 (KUNA) -- The fifth and final preparatory meeting for the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Tuesday said recognizing challenges facing Iraq has helped shaping up strategies, objectives and benchmarks to overcome all difficulties facing the nation.
In a final communique following a one-day meeting, the ICI said the participants recognized the current challenges facing Iraq, which lead to shaping a series of strategies, objectives and benchmarks that would help in composing an integrated plan to overcome all difficulties.
"The compact, jointly co-chaired by the Government of Iraq and the United Nations, with the support of the World Bank, will over the next five years, bring together the international community and multilateral organizations to support Iraq in achieving its national vision" that would achieve security, democracy, freedom, equality and prosperity for Iraq, noted the communique.
ICI aims at creating a mutually reinforcing dynamic of national consensus and international support that would back up the Iraqi government's programs, restore Iraqi people's trust in the state, establish a framework of mutual commitments to support Iraq, settle security and political challenges, ascertain good governance, as well as kick start economic development.
The compact's members have pledged to provide Iraq with financial, technical and political support to overcome all current difficulties.
"Mindful of the urgency of rapid progress and firmly endorsing the compact as presented, the formal adoption of ICI is scheduled for a high-level event during the next six weeks," explained the communique. (pickup previous) kt.
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