Due to the deterioration of security conditions. Decline jobs and aggravation of unem
Due to the deterioration of security conditions. Decline jobs and aggravation of unemployment in Iraq
Baghdad - (Voices of Iraq)
The deteriorating security situation has cast a shadow over all aspects of life in Iraq, but the economic conditions were the most affected. Where receded jobs and widespread unemployment to a large extent , One statistic that the rate of unemployment reached (40%) of the population.
The United Nations report on human rights in Iraq, which was issued on August 31 in August 2006, had indicated that the unemployment rate rose significantly in Iraq and that more than (70%) of the Iraqi people living under the poverty line.
He said Ahmed Hussein (construction worker) News Agency (Voices of Iraq) alone "since fifteen days and we sit on the sidewalk without work. There, we find the feed by Auwaelena. "
Shows Hajj Saad Aladnani (businessman) to provide employment "depends on the stability of the security situation," saying that the only way out of the impasse security fence "requires the concerted efforts of the large between the citizen and security agencies."
Aladnani He pointed out that "it is the duty of the Iraqi government to create more job opportunities for all unemployed
Work. "
Her mother Ahmed, the owner of a shop, "we can no longer live safely in our country. Every day I hear
On the migration of many Iraqis outside Iraq and between different cities, either for sectarian reasons or economic or security. "
It went on to say, "no longer is the Iraqi citizen who chooses to place housing loves it, but it should surrender of the extent to which it will choose a place against his will."
It was natural that generates violence, which Iraq is undergoing a feeling among most young people, especially those scientists need to migrate to the outside of Iraq and the search for an opportunity to work in other countries, which contributed greatly to unload Iraq competencies.
He said social scientist Abdul Hamid satisfaction that "one of the most prominent reasons for which the owners certificates to the migration of Iraq is the case of ongoing violence and indiscriminate killings series, which now aims of this elite scientific community."
Abd al-Rida added, "We believe the existence of political purposes behind targeting scientists is the first to return to Iraq early times and try to strip it of scientific content."
He called on the Iraqi government to "stand in (this sordid conspiracy) and the protection of Iraqi minds of the serial, which is targeting the travel without mercy."
He pointed out that Abd al-Rida "brain drain began this reflected negatively on the social conditions of the Iraqi citizen."
But the media source in the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs said, "Adoption of the House of the Investment Law, which focus on the operation of 50% of Iraqis in any of the investment projects will contribute positively to the elimination of unemployment."
While the source declined to provide official statistic on the unemployment rate in Iraq, the expectation that "the country will witness the implementation of giant projects in the coming months and will require professional cadres and this will provide employment opportunities for the unemployed and combat unemployment."
The source pointed out that "the ministry in connection with the financing of small enterprises in Iraq to combat unemployment."
For his part, he said Jafar Alsaidi President of the Association of the unemployed, which is one of the institutions of civil society and take from the Baghdad-based "suffering from a major crisis due to lack of job opportunities, most of the appointments in the government departments are under the headings favoritism and partisan affiliations."
He added, "due to the current circumstances emigrated large number of Iraqi youths outside the country to search for jobs with another number of them resorted to the dishonoring of the free sale of cigarettes, clothes and other professions might not suit the Thossilathm scientific works that qualify them for the important functions in the State."
He pointed out that "the unemployment rate in Iraq at the preliminary statistical about 40% of the total population of the Iraqi people."
He continued, "will continue the series of Iraqi migration to more secure areas inside and outside Iraq for security reasons, which lose their jobs and make them the latest in a list of the unemployed."
Alsaidi said "there is a significant disparity in the percentage of unemployed between Baghdad and the other governorates, especially departments where less stable security as percentages of unemployed compared to the capital which is witnessing a wave of daily violence that is a situation of fear of going out into the street and doing business normally."
He warned the President of the Association of the unemployed at the continued deterioration of the security situation, saying "we will be in front of a big problem difficult for the government to deal with."
He appealed to the Iraqi government Alsaidi "opened many outlets to operate as unemployed youth and to pay them adequately," stressing that "this measure will help to reduce the wave of violence in the Iraqi street."
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Iraq oil law stuck on contracts
Iraq oil law stuck on contracts
WASHINGTON, 14 December 2006 (UPI)
The completion of Iraqi oil law negotiations now hinge on whether the central or regional government has final say on oil contracts, a roadblock negotiators don't seem willing to give on.
There has been some advancement on creating a federal oil law, necessary for development of and investment in the world's third-largest crude reserves, though a top Kurdish official warns compromises his side has made have not been finalized yet.
Qubad Talabany, the Kurdistan Regional Government's representative to the United States, told United Press International Tuesday a new round of negotiations have begun in Baghdad but "we haven't made progress yet."
Sunnis and some Shiite factions in the negotiating committee are demanding the central government have the final word on all oil contracts while the KRG is leading the push to let this aspect be a regional autonomy issue.
Iraq has an estimated 115 billion barrels of proven oil reserves, the third largest in the world, nearly all of it located in the Shiite-controlled south or Kurdish north.
Negotiations on an oil law mirror the fate of Iraq: Sunnis fear the federalism that could result in money from Iraq's oil being withheld. They, along with some Shiite factions, eye a deciding role in a strong central government. Kurds and competing Shiite blocs are in favor of regional rights, fearing a central government doling out money could nix their fair share.
The current constitution is vague on control over oil, stating only existing oil is within the central government's purview and leaving all new or future oil in limbo.
The KRG, and others, interpret this to mean everything not explicitly detailed for the federal government implicitly falls under regional control.
Kurdistan has been semi-autonomous since 1991 and relatively free of the violence plaguing Iraq.
Within this setting, it has begun developing its oil sector, even signing contracts for exploration and production, which the central government has said aren't valid.
"The regions have their sovereignty," Talabany said. "Contracts must be respected by the central government."
He blames a strong centralized government for the Kurdish suffering during much of last century.
"The days of the Kurds being held hostage by Baghdad are over," he said. "We will not be made to feel like beggars."
Hamid al-Bayati, Iraq's representative to the United Nations, said central control brings unanimity across the oil sector, for investors and Iraqis.
"The compromise is the region will have a say on selecting the companies, selecting the proposals, but approval will be the central government," Bayati told UPI.
He said negotiations will continue "until the law is approved."
"This is the conflict you have," said Mohammed Zine, regional manager of Middle East for the energy analyst IHS.
He said now Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is facing heat to end violence in Iraq and is in turn resting "big pressure on the government and Oil Minister" to deliver an oil law to the Parliament.
He said he doesn't think this will happen by the end of the year, though there is no telling on daily events in Iraq.
"I don't see what the rush is. Even if you sign a contract there is still big problems with security."
A final oil law will have three main results:
1 - settle internal disputes over control of and revenues from oil;
2 - lay a groundwork for the estimated $20 billion of investments needed after years of neglect and mismanagement under Saddam Hussein, the toll of U.N. sanctions, the U.S.-led war and ongoing attacks by Sunni and Shiite militias;
3- and both will lead to increased income that can be put toward other reconstruction and upgrade security in the country.
News reports over the weekend claimed a deal on the oil law was close, though Talabany explained each glossed over major remaining issues.
He said while the Kurds have compromised on oil revenue sharing and allowing the central government to be responsible for this collecting and redistributing it, "the mechanisms for distribution of revenues have not been agreed upon yet."
He said oversight, technical and constitutional details "to ensure regions get their share of revenues" have not been finalized. This comes from the fear a central government, be it fueled by greed or a sectarian agenda, will not deliver on the money a region may be due.
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