UN to blame for risk to poll: Iraqi minister
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BAGHDAD: Iraq&#39;s interim Government has warned that US-backed elections due to be held in January are at risk because the United Nations has failed to assign enough officials to monitor the vote.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday stressed the importance of persuading as many Iraqis as possible to participate in the general elections scheduled for January.
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Iraq&#39;s defence minister on Wednesday accused neighbouring Iran and Syria of supporting terrorists in his country and charged that a senior Iraqi Shiite was leading a &quot;pro-Iranian&quot; coalition into next month&#39;s national elections.
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Conditions for Iraq's election are far  from ideal and violence is expected on the day, but the vote  will go ahead on Jan. 30 and should be credible, the U.N.'s top  election official in Iraq said on Saturday.
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Iraq can hold credible polls on time  despite relentless bombings and kidnappings by anti-U.S.  insurgents bent on derailing the political process, the top  U.N. elections expert in the country said Monday.
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Iraq's president said Saturday that many Iraqis will stay away from the polls in his country's historic election because of security fears and warned the vote will fail if Sunnis don't participate.
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The United Nations has not sent enough election workers to help monitor pivotal elections scheduled for January, Iraq&#39;s foreign minister said here Wednesday.
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The United Nations has failed to fully staff its operation in Iraq, imperiling the timing and quality of the country's elections, U.S. officials and election experts said.
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Iraqi Official Says UN Has Not Sent Enough Workers to Help With Balloting in Jan. Elections. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gives a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004.
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Iraq's president urged the United Nations Tuesday to look into whether the country should go ahead with its scheduled Jan. 30 election despite violence threatening to scare voters away from the polls.
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U.N. and U.S. officials that Iraq's interim government may try to eliminate candidates through pressure on the electoral commission.
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Mistakes in Iraq 'must not derail efforts to spread democracy'
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari  said Monday the interim government is not underestimating the  security threat to planned national elections on Jan. 30 and  believes the poll can take place.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government intends to proceed with elections in January even if the United Nations withdraws its experts from the country
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Violence in Iraq could worsen after  this weekend's elections because insurgents may exploit the  uncertain period while polling results are certified and the  government assembled, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.
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22 December 2004 - As his top envoy continued meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad ahead of elections scheduled for 30 January, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Iraqi people &quot;have a chance for the first time in a long
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Fresh doubts were raised over the feasibility of holding elections in Iraq yesterday with reports that the already minuscule United Nations team there wants to pull out because of the dangerous security situation.