News Focus: Iraq
Key Resources
UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)
- 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
Security Council
Reports to Security Council
Fact sheets
The International Compact with Iraq
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The five-year plan aims to help Iraq on the path towards peace, sound governance and economic reconstruction.
- 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
- Electoral fact sheet | PDF
- Oil-for-Food inquiry
Reports
Statements and Briefings
The terrorists of Da'esh who have suffered defeats at the battlefront are seeking to avenge their losses by targeting vulnerable civilians.
Ján Kubiš, Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for Iraq, in statement on terrorist attack in Baghdad, 3 July 2016
Video
Iraqis Flee to Syrian Border Camp - 29 May 2015
