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Published on Thu, March 19 / March 2015 20:09
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made the President of the Human Rights Department at the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Hassan al-Janabi, on Thursday, the word Iraq in front of the 28th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, within the discussion of the universal periodic Iraq review report and approval.The following is the text of the speech:
Mr. President
1. ft my delegation last October his league in the universal periodic review mechanism to the Human Rights Council and we would like to applaud the renewed interest shown by the Council of the report, which resulted in a number of recommendations that may be the level of our answer them within this paragraph of the twenty-eighth regular session of the Council .
2. The Iraqi government has paid special attention to the recommendations issued by your council after the interactive dialogue that accompanied the periodic review in the second round, and the Council of Ministers approved in its resolution No. 107 of 2015, the approval of the majority of the recommendations, considering that the implementation of the recommendations is part of the implementation of National Plan for Human Rights from 2013 to 2017. And that goals can be summarized as follows:
Improve the human rights situation and make it a key part in the context of the general policy of the state .
Make the plan public tool for the sound management and good governance, strengthening the rule of law.
Promote tolerance, harmony and respect for cultural, religious and national diversity and promoting national cohesion environment .
Improve education, health, housing, nutrition and social services programs, and achieving justice.
Promote the principles of human rights within the government and in the broader community by encouraging organizations and citizens to promote activity in the field of human rights .
A comprehensive and systematic approach to the protection and promotion of women, children, minorities and vulnerable groups rights .
Local and international mobilization of resources through technical cooperation programs with partners.
Mr. President 3. 've Iraq received during the discussion of his second league last October 229 recommendation was formed after the national committee to study the recommendations and take the appropriate position on them , included representatives from the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Ministries, and human rights, Interior, Planning, Justice, Ministry of State for Women and the Supreme Judicial Council and representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
4. The Committee held several meetings and met a number of civil society organizations and many of the activists in the field of human rights to create a common vision and work to implement the recommendations in line with the government program, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and national legislation in force.
5. The Commission has proposed to the government to accept 76% of the recommendations and so the government has accepted my recommendation 175 with 54 unable to accept the recommendation, political and social conditions currently prevailing in the country.
6. The support of the Government of Iraq to the recommendations consistent with the principles of the Permanent Constitution of the State and national constants and social norms and values, as well as with the development plan and the government's program for the period from 2014 until 2018. In fact, the vast majority of the accepted recommendations are part of the government program, which is committed by the Government of d. Haider al-Abadi, which included the following:
Activating the principle of accountability at all levels, development of indicators and criteria for measuring and evaluating the performance used by the legislative, executive and supervisory authorities to establish the performance, accounting periodically and annually and activating the role of regulatory bodies that should be the subject of other monitoring and evaluation.
Separation between the political and administrative positions and the application of the principle of equal-based opportunities on the basis of merit, and the removal of executive institutions from political influence to achieve Aomatah political gains, and respect for the powers and functions of state formations according to the laws, and passed by the Constitution to achieve a balance between the people of Iraq, the components of the armed forces and security agencies, and the formation of the Federal Service for the organization of the federal public office affairs.
Strict adherence to the principles of human rights in all state institutions, including security, in particular, the protection of the citizen of the violations and abuses and work to complete the necessary resources and capabilities that enable the Human Rights Commission of activating the role.
Bear arms, however, the state, and the prohibition of any armed formation outside the control of the state as stipulated by the Constitution.
Ensure that the security forces perform its duties in protecting the citizens and innocent and avoid harming them and their property while countering terrorism.
Expand the coverage of social security and pension systems, and coverage of workers in the private sector, with trades and professions and the self-employed in order to achieve social stability and better planning of the labor market and reducing unemployment.
Cooperation and coordination with the House of Representatives in the areas of legislation and oversight, and what can the executive and legislative branches of the performance of their role and their integration in order to achieve the national interests and serve the citizens.
Subjecting differences financial, administrative and legal issues in the federal, regional and local levels to the Constitution and the rule of law through the competent federal bodies, without or subjected to political consensus.
Fruitful and constructive cooperation in the security side, and rally the international position to confront terrorism in Iraq and taking action on the criminalization of acts of terrorism faced by Iraq.
Commitment to the basic principles contained in the document the political agreement between the political blocs to participate in the Government of National Unity and take them in the material required in accordance with the time periods on the basis of adherence to the constitution and to work with all of its articles and clauses without selectivity, resolution of all disputes and outstanding problems on the basis of as a common factor to all Iraqis .
7. The recommendations that could not be accepted at the present time, the delegation would like to clarify the following:
That it was linked to the complexities of the political and security situation is difficult experienced by Iraq as a result of terrorist attacks, especially the attack Daash regulation and control of the regions and governorates of Iraq, and concern for the state institutions to fight it and the fight against terrorism,
Iraq retain the sovereign right to follow proper legal system, in line with the norms and social values and traditions of the Iraqi people, and not inconsistent with the international obligations.
Feeling that the legislation required to fulfill the resulting obligations to accept those recommendations need a longer time frame than is available within a comprehensive review mechanism.
· The Iraqi government will work hard to re-consider the recommendations that could not be accepted at the present time and take the necessary measures to change the situation on them prior to the discussion of the next report.
8. Iraq has discussed his periodic reports to the Committee against all forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW ) and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ( CERD ) in 2014, and the report of the National Committee on the Rights of the Child, the first Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child pornography, the Second Optional Protocol on the involvement of children and armed conflict in the month of January of this year, and all the other national periodical of the reports by the joining of international conventions concerned with human rights during the year,
including the Convention against Torture ( CAT ) , the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( CED ) , and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( CESCR ) , and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( CCPR ).Mr. President
9. Iraq is exposed to a terrorist attack carried out by Daash terrorist entity since last June where he managed the organization of the control of parts of the ground in Iraq, and has committed brutal crimes rise to the level of genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes, represented massacres heinous mass executions of prisoners and elements of the armed from captured soldiers, clerics and defenseless civilians, children and women who rejected terrorism as women enchant Yazidis and other minorities,
and committed the forced displacement and indiscriminate killings, torture and sexual abuse against women and children and forced marriage, and the demolition of shrines and places of worship and historical pillars and cultural heritage crimes as recently happened in Mosul Museum, scraping and sabotage ancient city of Nimrud and urban city.
10. In the horrific massacre of the entity Daash terrorist in 12/06/2014 crime of mass murder of more than 1,700 military disarmed and civilians from Spyker military base and that shooting them as they folded arms, and throwing their bodies into the Tigris River, Uwe big dig became mass graves and evidence for one of the worst forms of the collective punishment,
the perpetrators of the wicked filming some chapters and posted on social networking sites, to add insult to the crime and the challenge of public opinion, exactly as happened with the journalists, activists and human rights defenders, and abductees from different nationalities, British, Japanese, American and Jordanian, French and others.
11. We have proved the final confrontation with the terrorism that the Iraqi armed forces and security services and crowd the popular and the sons of the tribes are unified role, based on the appeal of religious good reference in Najaf, holy war against terrorism, and emerged a clear
manifestation of the unity and cohesion of the Iraqi people of all factions,
support and assign friendly countries and sister, both in the military or humanitarian, has played a big role in stopping the expansion Daash gangs, and edit large areas of control and siege in tight spaces, as happened in the provinces of Diyala, Kirkuk and Salah al-Din.
12. that the outcome of the number of provinces that have been terrorist attacks conditions require that the government adopt an emergency action plan to address the consequences of such attacks, particularly addressing the problem of displaced people and their livelihoods and secure adequate housing requirements,
and organize the enrollment of their children and their daughters in school, and the provision of health supplies, where he faces Many of the children at risk of death, especially newborns, who are born in an unhealthy environment in places of displacement, and in this regard, my government hopes of Member States to provide humanitarian support, especially for the two categories of children and women.
13. The conditions suffered by Iraq before and after the events of 2003 has produced conditions that are unprecedented from the lack of security, political and social stability, has left lasting scars on the children, and we realize that Iraq has serious challenges to implement its obligations as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols,
and point out that the competent authorities are working continuously in the areas of education, health care and protection to promote the implementation of the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the development of legislative frameworks and the formation of child-related institutions, and in this field must be noted the development of the following institutions that contribute to achieving this:
Family Court
Four specialized domestic violence courts
Family Protection Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior
Offices receive complaints of citizens in all government institutions to follow the circle of citizens in the affairs of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also have the competence to receive complaints of human rights.
The establishment of a hotline telephone at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to protect children and provide services to them and the reference to a social worker and specialist mental and medical specialist and service alternative care services Aaoaúah and social services, judicial, police and hospitals.
14. In terms of legislation to combat human trafficking law was issued, and the law of prohibition of inciting the 2013 violence games, and law students grant and students of public schools in 2014, and the Law on social protection in 2014, and the law of literacy in 2011, and the law preventing the Iraqi compulsion to change nationality, 2012 and the law with disabilities and special needs of 2013, and the anti-smoking law in 2012, the rights and privileges of the disabled and those with special needs in 2011 in the Kurdistan region of Law.
15. In the area of women's rights has been the national strategy to combat violence against women, adoption, and a strategy for the Advancement of Women and the National Action Plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, Iraq is -nspaa- race in the implementation of the decision and respond to the needs and interests of women in Iraq.
16. With regard to the political empowerment of women has provided new circumstances better conditions for the participation of women in politics, where the tracking mechanism of the quota (quota) to allocate 25% of the seats in parliament for women, and women occupy in the current parliament 83 seats out of 328 parliamentary seats,
has been elected 22 women were without reference to the quota system, which reflects the increasing awareness of the potential of women's political participation, as well as there are in the boards of the provinces of 117 women , and in the Parliament of the territory of Kurdistan, there are currently 36 or OL of the total of 111 parliamentary seats .
17. Iraq has achieved a remarkable development in the field of the advancement of women through the adoption of several national strategies and adopting many of the public policies and programs, including:
Poverty alleviation strategy
National Development Plans for the years 2010-2013 and 2014 -2017.
National Employment Policy
Lending programs
Housing programs
The establishment of legal clinics and social circles in the affairs of citizens in all state institutions
National Plan for Human Rights
Violence Against Women Strategy
Violence against women in Kurdistan strategy
The federal government involvement with the Kurdistan Regional Government launched the National Plan for the implementation of
Security Council resolution 1325 on 06.02.2014
18. It also carried out a series of women's programs, including:
Establishing budgets network sensitive to gender to five ministerial sectors with the support of UN WOMEN
Integrate the concept of gender in the administrative reform program within the project of modernization of the public sector in the framework of cooperation between Iraq and the United Nations
Open legal aid offices in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme
Development departments Family Protection population funding support of the United Nations Fund UNFPA
Economic empowerment of women by ensuring that rates for women in appointments and loans, and residential complexes and increase social welfare allocations
Establishing Businesswomen Center in collaboration with the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
The establishment of the Women's Development Fund
Open offices for women in the provinces
The establishment of the National Center for Research on Women at the University of Baghdad
19. The Government of Iraq has sought to interest the legislative aspect of the protection of human rights in general, including the rights of women and of the most important achievements in this area include:
Concessional lending law to support small income-generating projects No. 10 of 2012
Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 28 of 2012
Care for people with Disability Act and the special needs of No. 38 of 2013
Modifying the Social Welfare Act No. 126 of 1980, which included the inclusion of displaced and in detention and Mahkumat subsidy social protection network
Council of Ministers Resolution No. 178 of 2013 by which double the unskilled wage in the various economic sectors to become 250 thousand dinars instead of the previous wage was 120 thousand dinars per month.
20. has caused the terrorist attack on Iraq, the displacement of about 2.6 million people, distributed in all governorates of Iraq and that the United Nations is fully aware of the humanitarian situation experienced by those for the displaced, and the Iraqi government has allocated funds as grants emergency and in coordination with the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNAMI international organizations relevant Moreover, the Iraqi government to monitor a large part of its budget for the year 2015 to support the reality of displaced Iraqis and the provision of emergency humanitarian aid as food and clothing, blankets and tents.
21. As the government in collaboration with the World Health Organization to provide health needs, especially for women, children and people with special needs of medicines and other health supplies, as well as the case as far as the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education which was extended to hold examinations for the years of study and send committees teaching to the camps for displaced people and facilitate enrollment and providing a helping hand to them, and in coordination with the United Nations organizations.
22. In conclusion, my delegation wishes to express its full commitment to international mechanisms concerned with human rights and reaffirms its commitment to the voluntary fully with all international partners to the success of the universal periodic review mechanism so as to enhance the situation of human rights in the world.
And calls on the international community to provide the necessary technical assistance to Iraq who is facing terrorism in defense of his people and his land and cultural and civilizational legacy and to ensure the promotion and respect of human rights for all its components and constituents.
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Published on Thu, March 19 / March 2015 20:09
Geneva / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network ( IMN ) -
made the President of the Human Rights Department at the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Hassan al-Janabi, on Thursday, the word Iraq in front of the 28th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, within the discussion of the universal periodic Iraq review report and approval.The following is the text of the speech:
Mr. President
1. ft my delegation last October his league in the universal periodic review mechanism to the Human Rights Council and we would like to applaud the renewed interest shown by the Council of the report, which resulted in a number of recommendations that may be the level of our answer them within this paragraph of the twenty-eighth regular session of the Council .
2. The Iraqi government has paid special attention to the recommendations issued by your council after the interactive dialogue that accompanied the periodic review in the second round, and the Council of Ministers approved in its resolution No. 107 of 2015, the approval of the majority of the recommendations, considering that the implementation of the recommendations is part of the implementation of National Plan for Human Rights from 2013 to 2017. And that goals can be summarized as follows:
Improve the human rights situation and make it a key part in the context of the general policy of the state .
Make the plan public tool for the sound management and good governance, strengthening the rule of law.
Promote tolerance, harmony and respect for cultural, religious and national diversity and promoting national cohesion environment .
Improve education, health, housing, nutrition and social services programs, and achieving justice.
Promote the principles of human rights within the government and in the broader community by encouraging organizations and citizens to promote activity in the field of human rights .
A comprehensive and systematic approach to the protection and promotion of women, children, minorities and vulnerable groups rights .
Local and international mobilization of resources through technical cooperation programs with partners.
Mr. President 3. 've Iraq received during the discussion of his second league last October 229 recommendation was formed after the national committee to study the recommendations and take the appropriate position on them , included representatives from the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Ministries, and human rights, Interior, Planning, Justice, Ministry of State for Women and the Supreme Judicial Council and representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
4. The Committee held several meetings and met a number of civil society organizations and many of the activists in the field of human rights to create a common vision and work to implement the recommendations in line with the government program, and not inconsistent with the Constitution and national legislation in force.
5. The Commission has proposed to the government to accept 76% of the recommendations and so the government has accepted my recommendation 175 with 54 unable to accept the recommendation, political and social conditions currently prevailing in the country.
6. The support of the Government of Iraq to the recommendations consistent with the principles of the Permanent Constitution of the State and national constants and social norms and values, as well as with the development plan and the government's program for the period from 2014 until 2018. In fact, the vast majority of the accepted recommendations are part of the government program, which is committed by the Government of d. Haider al-Abadi, which included the following:
Activating the principle of accountability at all levels, development of indicators and criteria for measuring and evaluating the performance used by the legislative, executive and supervisory authorities to establish the performance, accounting periodically and annually and activating the role of regulatory bodies that should be the subject of other monitoring and evaluation.
Separation between the political and administrative positions and the application of the principle of equal-based opportunities on the basis of merit, and the removal of executive institutions from political influence to achieve Aomatah political gains, and respect for the powers and functions of state formations according to the laws, and passed by the Constitution to achieve a balance between the people of Iraq, the components of the armed forces and security agencies, and the formation of the Federal Service for the organization of the federal public office affairs.
Strict adherence to the principles of human rights in all state institutions, including security, in particular, the protection of the citizen of the violations and abuses and work to complete the necessary resources and capabilities that enable the Human Rights Commission of activating the role.
Bear arms, however, the state, and the prohibition of any armed formation outside the control of the state as stipulated by the Constitution.
Ensure that the security forces perform its duties in protecting the citizens and innocent and avoid harming them and their property while countering terrorism.
Expand the coverage of social security and pension systems, and coverage of workers in the private sector, with trades and professions and the self-employed in order to achieve social stability and better planning of the labor market and reducing unemployment.
Cooperation and coordination with the House of Representatives in the areas of legislation and oversight, and what can the executive and legislative branches of the performance of their role and their integration in order to achieve the national interests and serve the citizens.
Subjecting differences financial, administrative and legal issues in the federal, regional and local levels to the Constitution and the rule of law through the competent federal bodies, without or subjected to political consensus.
Fruitful and constructive cooperation in the security side, and rally the international position to confront terrorism in Iraq and taking action on the criminalization of acts of terrorism faced by Iraq.
Commitment to the basic principles contained in the document the political agreement between the political blocs to participate in the Government of National Unity and take them in the material required in accordance with the time periods on the basis of adherence to the constitution and to work with all of its articles and clauses without selectivity, resolution of all disputes and outstanding problems on the basis of as a common factor to all Iraqis .
7. The recommendations that could not be accepted at the present time, the delegation would like to clarify the following:
That it was linked to the complexities of the political and security situation is difficult experienced by Iraq as a result of terrorist attacks, especially the attack Daash regulation and control of the regions and governorates of Iraq, and concern for the state institutions to fight it and the fight against terrorism,
Iraq retain the sovereign right to follow proper legal system, in line with the norms and social values and traditions of the Iraqi people, and not inconsistent with the international obligations.
Feeling that the legislation required to fulfill the resulting obligations to accept those recommendations need a longer time frame than is available within a comprehensive review mechanism.
· The Iraqi government will work hard to re-consider the recommendations that could not be accepted at the present time and take the necessary measures to change the situation on them prior to the discussion of the next report.
8. Iraq has discussed his periodic reports to the Committee against all forms of Discrimination against Women ( CEDAW ) and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ( CERD ) in 2014, and the report of the National Committee on the Rights of the Child, the first Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child pornography, the Second Optional Protocol on the involvement of children and armed conflict in the month of January of this year, and all the other national periodical of the reports by the joining of international conventions concerned with human rights during the year,
including the Convention against Torture ( CAT ) , the Convention on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance ( CED ) , and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ( CESCR ) , and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights ( CCPR ).Mr. President
9. Iraq is exposed to a terrorist attack carried out by Daash terrorist entity since last June where he managed the organization of the control of parts of the ground in Iraq, and has committed brutal crimes rise to the level of genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes, represented massacres heinous mass executions of prisoners and elements of the armed from captured soldiers, clerics and defenseless civilians, children and women who rejected terrorism as women enchant Yazidis and other minorities,
and committed the forced displacement and indiscriminate killings, torture and sexual abuse against women and children and forced marriage, and the demolition of shrines and places of worship and historical pillars and cultural heritage crimes as recently happened in Mosul Museum, scraping and sabotage ancient city of Nimrud and urban city.
10. In the horrific massacre of the entity Daash terrorist in 12/06/2014 crime of mass murder of more than 1,700 military disarmed and civilians from Spyker military base and that shooting them as they folded arms, and throwing their bodies into the Tigris River, Uwe big dig became mass graves and evidence for one of the worst forms of the collective punishment,
the perpetrators of the wicked filming some chapters and posted on social networking sites, to add insult to the crime and the challenge of public opinion, exactly as happened with the journalists, activists and human rights defenders, and abductees from different nationalities, British, Japanese, American and Jordanian, French and others.
11. We have proved the final confrontation with the terrorism that the Iraqi armed forces and security services and crowd the popular and the sons of the tribes are unified role, based on the appeal of religious good reference in Najaf, holy war against terrorism, and emerged a clear
manifestation of the unity and cohesion of the Iraqi people of all factions,
support and assign friendly countries and sister, both in the military or humanitarian, has played a big role in stopping the expansion Daash gangs, and edit large areas of control and siege in tight spaces, as happened in the provinces of Diyala, Kirkuk and Salah al-Din.
12. that the outcome of the number of provinces that have been terrorist attacks conditions require that the government adopt an emergency action plan to address the consequences of such attacks, particularly addressing the problem of displaced people and their livelihoods and secure adequate housing requirements,
and organize the enrollment of their children and their daughters in school, and the provision of health supplies, where he faces Many of the children at risk of death, especially newborns, who are born in an unhealthy environment in places of displacement, and in this regard, my government hopes of Member States to provide humanitarian support, especially for the two categories of children and women.
13. The conditions suffered by Iraq before and after the events of 2003 has produced conditions that are unprecedented from the lack of security, political and social stability, has left lasting scars on the children, and we realize that Iraq has serious challenges to implement its obligations as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols,
and point out that the competent authorities are working continuously in the areas of education, health care and protection to promote the implementation of the principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the development of legislative frameworks and the formation of child-related institutions, and in this field must be noted the development of the following institutions that contribute to achieving this:
Family Court
Four specialized domestic violence courts
Family Protection Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior
Offices receive complaints of citizens in all government institutions to follow the circle of citizens in the affairs of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also have the competence to receive complaints of human rights.
The establishment of a hotline telephone at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to protect children and provide services to them and the reference to a social worker and specialist mental and medical specialist and service alternative care services Aaoaúah and social services, judicial, police and hospitals.
14. In terms of legislation to combat human trafficking law was issued, and the law of prohibition of inciting the 2013 violence games, and law students grant and students of public schools in 2014, and the Law on social protection in 2014, and the law of literacy in 2011, and the law preventing the Iraqi compulsion to change nationality, 2012 and the law with disabilities and special needs of 2013, and the anti-smoking law in 2012, the rights and privileges of the disabled and those with special needs in 2011 in the Kurdistan region of Law.
15. In the area of women's rights has been the national strategy to combat violence against women, adoption, and a strategy for the Advancement of Women and the National Action Plan for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, Iraq is -nspaa- race in the implementation of the decision and respond to the needs and interests of women in Iraq.
16. With regard to the political empowerment of women has provided new circumstances better conditions for the participation of women in politics, where the tracking mechanism of the quota (quota) to allocate 25% of the seats in parliament for women, and women occupy in the current parliament 83 seats out of 328 parliamentary seats,
has been elected 22 women were without reference to the quota system, which reflects the increasing awareness of the potential of women's political participation, as well as there are in the boards of the provinces of 117 women , and in the Parliament of the territory of Kurdistan, there are currently 36 or OL of the total of 111 parliamentary seats .
17. Iraq has achieved a remarkable development in the field of the advancement of women through the adoption of several national strategies and adopting many of the public policies and programs, including:
Poverty alleviation strategy
National Development Plans for the years 2010-2013 and 2014 -2017.
National Employment Policy
Lending programs
Housing programs
The establishment of legal clinics and social circles in the affairs of citizens in all state institutions
National Plan for Human Rights
Violence Against Women Strategy
Violence against women in Kurdistan strategy
The federal government involvement with the Kurdistan Regional Government launched the National Plan for the implementation of
Security Council resolution 1325 on 06.02.2014
18. It also carried out a series of women's programs, including:
Establishing budgets network sensitive to gender to five ministerial sectors with the support of UN WOMEN
Integrate the concept of gender in the administrative reform program within the project of modernization of the public sector in the framework of cooperation between Iraq and the United Nations
Open legal aid offices in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme
Development departments Family Protection population funding support of the United Nations Fund UNFPA
Economic empowerment of women by ensuring that rates for women in appointments and loans, and residential complexes and increase social welfare allocations
Establishing Businesswomen Center in collaboration with the Federation of Chambers of Commerce
The establishment of the Women's Development Fund
Open offices for women in the provinces
The establishment of the National Center for Research on Women at the University of Baghdad
19. The Government of Iraq has sought to interest the legislative aspect of the protection of human rights in general, including the rights of women and of the most important achievements in this area include:
Concessional lending law to support small income-generating projects No. 10 of 2012
Anti-Human Trafficking Act No. 28 of 2012
Care for people with Disability Act and the special needs of No. 38 of 2013
Modifying the Social Welfare Act No. 126 of 1980, which included the inclusion of displaced and in detention and Mahkumat subsidy social protection network
Council of Ministers Resolution No. 178 of 2013 by which double the unskilled wage in the various economic sectors to become 250 thousand dinars instead of the previous wage was 120 thousand dinars per month.
20. has caused the terrorist attack on Iraq, the displacement of about 2.6 million people, distributed in all governorates of Iraq and that the United Nations is fully aware of the humanitarian situation experienced by those for the displaced, and the Iraqi government has allocated funds as grants emergency and in coordination with the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs UNAMI international organizations relevant Moreover, the Iraqi government to monitor a large part of its budget for the year 2015 to support the reality of displaced Iraqis and the provision of emergency humanitarian aid as food and clothing, blankets and tents.
21. As the government in collaboration with the World Health Organization to provide health needs, especially for women, children and people with special needs of medicines and other health supplies, as well as the case as far as the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education which was extended to hold examinations for the years of study and send committees teaching to the camps for displaced people and facilitate enrollment and providing a helping hand to them, and in coordination with the United Nations organizations.
22. In conclusion, my delegation wishes to express its full commitment to international mechanisms concerned with human rights and reaffirms its commitment to the voluntary fully with all international partners to the success of the universal periodic review mechanism so as to enhance the situation of human rights in the world.
And calls on the international community to provide the necessary technical assistance to Iraq who is facing terrorism in defense of his people and his land and cultural and civilizational legacy and to ensure the promotion and respect of human rights for all its components and constituents.
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