Baghdad pushes for wider U.N. role in Iraq
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Iraq urged regional and world powers on Saturday to back an expanded U.N. role in Iraq but U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase U.N. staff.
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Iraq is stepping up efforts to improve relations with neighbouring Iran, which has been highly critical of the military action against Shiite militias in Iraq.
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The plan calls for Iraqi troops to assume the primary responsibility for security in Baghdad early next year.
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Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister on Wednesday called on the international community to increase the flow of aid and speed up the implementation of projects to help rebuild the war-torn country.
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell gave understated praise Thursday for preparations the United Nations is making to support elections in Iraq, and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the world body will beef up its support if need be.
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1 November 2004 - The United Nations envoy for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, met today in Baghdad with interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi for talks on the situation in the country and the UN role in helping it through the transitional process.
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United Nations, Sep 15 - Iraq has appealed to the international community to send more troops to protect the United Nations staff needed for holding of elections by January 31 next year and thwart terrorist attempt to disrupt the poll process.
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The United Nations announced Wednesday that it was expanding its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Erbil in the Kurdish north and Basra in the south
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday on the Iraqi government to do more to foster national unity, warning the violence-ridden country was in "grave danger" of collapsing into civil war.
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The U.N. secretary-general said Saturday the world body plans to open a new office in Baghdad to encourage cooperation between Iraq and its neighbors, but voiced strong concerns about the continuing security problems in the country.
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The Bush administration has begun mobilizing support for a third U.N. resolution that would impose tougher sanctions against Iran, as the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad said yesterday that one of the biggest and still unfolding surprises in Iraq has been the depth of Iran's...
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The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved new arrangements proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to protect an expanded U.N. staff in Iraq.
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The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday he is sending a representative to Baghdad to help millions of displaced Iraqis return home, showing a strengthened U.N. commitment to deal with the crisis and confidence in recent security gains.
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UNITED NATIONS - Iraq urged regional and world powers yesterday to back an expanded United Nations role in Iraq, but UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said there was more to be done on security before he could increase UN staff.
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Iraq must do more to heal its political wounds and revive its economy or elections could fail to achieve their goal of stability and legitimacy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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TOKYO : Iraq pleaded with the international community to play a bigger part in rebuilding the war-shattered nation at a donors conference to assess how to spend billions of dollars in aid.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.