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Erbil / Iraq: hosted the city of Arbil in on 14 and 15 June Anao this conference on decentralization and local governance in Iraq, organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with the participation of ministers and members of the boards local and civil society organizations, where participants discussed the issue of decentralization and issued a set of recommendations will be presented to parliament and the government.
Said Christopher Kolic program officer at the Department of emerging issues and conflicts in the United Nations Economic and social development in Western Asia "(ESCWA), told (Voices of Iraq)," We at the United Nations, and especially in the organization (ESCWA) stress the necessity of activating the partnerships of local, national, and today we have this conference a tremendous effort; is the fruit of our engagement and our work with national authorities, this is the work of a purely national its methodology, objectives and content and consequences, "adding that" the aim is to make recommendations by the Iraqis themselves, not of an international body or foreign or UN or other, this is the first and last goal and concerted efforts between local authorities and the UN have reached a Mptgana to upgrade and improve performance in Iraq and in all provinces. "
He Kolic "The conference was based on studies and surveys out to all of Iraq's provinces in terms of systems, legislative frameworks and legal and procedural, so we got to the size of human resources and infrastructure in the provinces that are the contribution and support to the work of the decentralized in the circuit of Iraq today."
"The conference reviewed all the surveys that have been developed by local partners, and I like to pay tribute to their efforts tremendous illusion; House of Wisdom, Central Bureau of Statistics, National Center for the development of administrative and technical information in Baghdad, and the region cooperated with the census the Kurdistan Region of the Ministry of Planning, Local Partners enriched the study, and reached a number of recommendations based on a two-fold, part legal and part administrative, and participants discussed the recommendations at the last meeting were approved and will be submitted to the parliament and the central government, and the Government of the region to be activated. "
On the nature of the conference participants spoke Kolic "There is a representation of a high level all social strata; from the federal government, and the Government of the Region, and governors, and heads of provincial councils, and members of the House of Representatives, and the community a civilian representative of the power to give the viewpoint represents the aspirations of local communities, about dealing with the power and participation in decision-making. "
Regarding the definition of decentralization and nature, and does mean the federal or another form explained that "decentralization landing is the way followed approved in the Iraqi constitution, we respect the decisions and aspirations of the Iraqi and existing systems in the Constitution and appreciate as well as other laws, and work together with the Iraqis to overcome any obstacles they face, we are dealing with as stipulated in the constitution regarding the characterization of Iraq Kvdralah or confederation, it is important to stem this vision of reality and the privacy of Iraq, we do not interfere in giving our opinion of the preference system to another, but we support the artistic, technical and moral partnerships and local authorities to determine their vision and looked forward to the future and the most suitable systems that can be followed by Iraq to rise to the ideal levels of governance and administration. "
For his part, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs d. Trhan Mufti is one of the participants in the conference "Administrative Decentralization means giving the powers of administrative, financial and wide to the provinces, governors and provincial councils, they are authorized administrative, different from the federal, which is the validity of administrative policy, and different is a turn for the Confederate because they carry validity of administrative sovereign, and this is one of the nodes in the Iraqi constitution, which was discussed in this Conference, Article 115 of the Constitution provides that in case of domestic legislation be the first of the federal legislation, and that means giving the sovereign of the provinces and the Confederacy. "
He said the mufti, "I am from my point of view of Iraq now needs to be decentralized, and are then cross to the federal and federal, because the constitution stipulates that Iraq is a federal state, but that turns into a confederation, it is contrary to the preamble of the Constitution."
Associate Managing governor of Basra, a good, considered the conference "a sequel to conferences held in Amman, Baghdad, set up by the Ministry of State for Provincial Affairs and the State Council, was preparing a draft of the pre-conferences contain recommendations were approved by the participants, after long discussions have not abandoned the dispute in views about the validity of the provincial council in legislation, and on the other powers granted to him, including the granting of the right to dispose of funds, and other issues. "
Hassan said "conference is an important step in the way of discussion of local government system based on the distribution of powers and shared between the sons of one people" following up "We continue to seek, because Iraq is a pioneer of democracy in the region, and to have the system of government in which a pluralistic and based on the division of powers, and this What worked and traded him. "
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