News Focus: Iraq

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Martin Kobler

Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the UN Assistance Mission

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Established following Security Council resolution 1500

Key tasks outlined in resolution 1546

Electoral Support - Information on the 2010 Elections in Iraq

About UNAMI

Secretary-General

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Security Council

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Reports to Security Council

· Latest reports (From 2007)

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Fact sheets

· March 2010 elections

· UN in Iraq

The International Compact with Iraq

The five-year plan aims to help Iraq on the path towards peace, sound governance and economic reconstruction.

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Fact Sheet on the International Compact.

Mid-year progress report.

Map of the region

UN aid agencies

Humanitarian Coordination - ReliefWeb/OCHA

Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia - ESCWA

Human Rights - OHCHR

Development - UNDP

Environment - UNEP

UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org. - UNESCO

Women - UNFPA

Human Settlements - UNHABITAT

Refugees - UNHCR

Children - UNICEF

Food - WFP

Health - WHO

International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq

To ensure swift, flexible, and coordinated donor financing for priority investments in Iraq, the UN and the World Bank created the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI).

UN Development Group Iraq Trust Fund

The UN Development Group (UNDG) Iraq Trust Fund (ITF) is administered by the UN Development Programme on behalf of itself and Participating UN Organizations.

Monitoring

International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB)

- An audit oversight body for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI)
- DFI was established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1483

Weapons inspections:

UNMOVIC – The UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission. Created by Security Council resolution 1284 (1999).

UNSCOM – The UN Special Commission. Established by Security Council resolution 687 (1991); in action until 1999.

INVO – Iraq Nuclear Verification Office of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Created by the IAEA in 1991, initially as the Iraq Action Team.

Compensation

United Nations Compensation Commission

Created in 1991, mandated to process claims and pay compensation for losses and damage suffered as a direct result of Iraq's unlawful invasion and occupation of Kuwait. More>>

Chronology of key developments

Click here for a selection of key developments in 2002 - 2003

Dark day for UN 19 August 2003

Terrorist attack on UN office in Baghdad shocks world body

Backgrounders and archives

Efforts by Annan's envoy Lakhdar Brahimi

- Background

Electoral fact sheet | PDF

Oil-for-Food inquiry

Reports 6 Dec. 2006 1 Sept. 2006 2 Jun. 2006 3 Mar. 2006 8 Dec. 2005 7 Sept. 2005 7 Jun. 2005 7 Mar. 2005 8 Dec. 2004 3 Sept. 2004 5 Aug. 2004 5 Dec. 2003 17 Jul. 2003
Statements and briefings Kofi Annan Spec. Rep./Spokesman Archive - Baghdad briefings Archive - UN agencies brief. Archive - Amman brief. Eng. Archive - Amman brief. Fr.