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UNAMI: challenges to democracy in Iraq
Date: Monday 02/13/2012 10:27
Baghdad / range
representative of the Human Rights Office in the United Nations Mission (UNAMI) that there are significant challenges facing democracy in Iraq, saying that the reports that are published for the violations in Iraq can not be considered valid without seeing the details.
And Andre said Uriah, a senior official in the Office of Human Rights in the United Nations Mission (UNAMI) told the Kurdish news agency yesterday that "the reason for our visit to the province of Karbala is to see the reality of the work of civil society organizations in the city and identify the nature of its relations with local government and its usefulness to citizens to maintain the cause of human rights. "
The Uriah that "press reports which are published, in which reference to the name of international organizations concerned with human rights and indicate the existence of violations of human rights in Iraq can not be relied upon in making any decision or statement by us that there are violations of human rights especially with regard to prisons and detention centers, "but he also said," but that does not mean that we ignore any report to be submitted to us by civil society organizations and we came today to see what the reality of their work and their views in the areas of violations or the application of human rights standards. "
and the entrepreneur UN that the experience of Iraq democracy is recent for that. "The country faces many challenges," adding that Iraq needs to "give him a lot of support by local authorities and by civil society organizations and with the permanent constitution can overcome the obstacles and access to the country who can enjoy the rights in full civil rights, "as he put it.
and met Uriah number of members of the local government in the province of Karbala, 108 km southwest of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and also met with representatives of civil society organizations in the city.
and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, had discussed Thursday the past, and Representative of the Secretary General of the UN Chief of Mission (UNAMI) in Baghdad, Martin Kobler implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed between Iraq and the International Organization on Camp Ashraf, according to a statement issued by the Ministry.
The statement said that Zebari received, last Thursday, President UNAMI Martin Kobler, "and discussed the with implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed between Iraq and the International Organization on Camp Ashraf and the latest political developments in Iraq and the Arab region. "
The United Nations and the Iraqi government signed an important agreement on the temporary movement and resettlement outside the country for more than 3,000 of the residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
and take the People's Mujahedeen opposition to the Iranian government from Camp Ashraf in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad-based leadership since moved to Iraq in 1985 and received a timely manner under the auspices of the former regime, as they started to launch attacks in Iran.
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