Archive for May 19, 2011

Agreement to provide for the strange and Yasiri Parliament of the interior, national security and defense instead of al-Obeidi al-Dulaimi

Palm – reveal the source of a parliamentary early, Wednesday, that the political blocs have agreed on the nomination of Khalid al-Obeidi of the Ministry of Defence, saying that Maliki will Obeidi with candidates for the ministries of interior and national security to vote on them in a special session will be held early next June, while the eye of the Iraqi List to a political movement to resolve the File security ministries as soon as possible.

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Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 19, 2011

Since 2003, the United States has been an active partner to help Iraqis strengthen their democracy, build civil society, improve security, and re-integrate fully into the regional and global community and economy. Since 2009, we have worked through the U.S. Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement to reinvigorate this partnership in a range of sectors, including democracy-building, security, education, energy, trade, health, culture, information technology, law enforcement, and judicial cooperation.

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A will accept the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the afternoon of 05.19.2011 Steve Chabot Mr. Chairman, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia in the Foreign Relations Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and a member of the House of Representatives Karen Bass Council Member Bill Huiznikia in the presence of U.S. Ambassador James Jeffrey.

During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations after the withdrawal of U.S. forces end of this year, and prospects of development based on the agreement Alasttrateji between the two countries in 2008 and in the interest of the two peoples and two countries.

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Iyad AllawiAllawi’s executive position to be votes on soon

19/05/2011 17:32
Baghdad, May 19  – The creation of the position of the President of the National Council of Strategic Policies, a new post that was key to the resolution of the political crisis following the last election, will be voted on in parliament soon, a spokesperson for al-Iraqiya political bloc said today.

The bloc, led by former Prime Minister, Ayad Allawi, won the greatest number of seats at the last election, but the State of Law Coalition (SLC), led by current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and the Sadrists, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, banded together to form a majority.

The post of the president of the council was created to appease Mr Allawi with an executive position. However, more than a year later the council and its presidency have yet to materialize.

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Barzani discusses with the implementation of Article 140 Melkert

President of the Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani in the resort of Salah al-Din, on Wednesday, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Ad Melkert and discussed with him the implementation of Article 140 and the role of UNAMI in this regard.

The two sides discussed also the question of the survival of a limited American force in Iraq after the end of the year and the issue of maintaining security in areas disputed by the joint forces.

The statement said the two sides also discussed the three provincial elections in the region in addition to the census year and the role of the United Nations in the vote.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

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19/05/2011

Specialists confirmed the existence of mechanisms for the replacement of banknotes in banks

Complain about the number of people difficult to deal with the banknotes that are defective and are traded in markets and banks, Adin it as another burden added to their shoulders, while stressing specialists and a mechanism to replace the banknotes damaged through delivery to the Central Bank or one of the bank branches spread across the country.

An official source at the central bank said in a statement the “morning” that the percentage of what can be replaced from the currency damaged in the bank by the banks does not exceed 30 percent of the overall ratio of bad in the markets and among citizens, noting that it is not true that banks re-currency itself into citizens without converting them to the Central Bank to be replaced.

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May 19 2011

Parliamentarians for “morning”: the file must be resolved diplomatically debt and compensation

Deputies from various blocs emphasized the importance of keeping Iraqi funds abroad under international protection, stressed that this protection will not allow these funds looted from any third party. He urged lawmakers in comments to “morning” on the need to move diplomatically to settle claims and resolving the issue of debt and compensation, especially with the State of Kuwait Deputy said it the Liberal bloc of the sadrist Governor zamli conditions experienced by Iraq occupation make keep this money very important under international protection, particularly to Iraq remains under Chapter VII, in case of lifting u. n. Or the Americans handcuffed them the money will go to creditors “.

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Planning of elevated inflation index for the month of Nissan’s 0.8% annual inflation to 5.8%

The Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation, on Thursday, the high inflation index for the month of April by 0.8%, as well as high annual inflation rate of 5.8% compared to the previous March and April 2010.

Said the spokesman of the Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi said in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “The inflation index for the month of April rose by 0.8% compared to last March, at the time of record annual inflation in April 2011 also higher compared to Nissan 2010 by 5.8%.”

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The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the International Center of the laws of civil society (ICNL) working in collaboration with the Department of non-governmental organizations and NGOs to develop the same awareness project for registration of NGOs.

Mr. Adam Stipe Rkovski, Portfolio Manager of Iraqi civil society in the United Nations Office for Project Services – Office of the Iraq said in a statement received site N, a copy of “Registration is a tool, not an end in itself, but the non-governmental organizations would be unable today to work in Iraq Without registration, where they will face difficulties with the government authorities, the problem is the lack of adequate understanding of the registration process. It is by helping non-governmental organizations and direct, we hope they will be able to address the issues involved, such as improving basic services and targeting the needs of young people. “

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May 18 2011The Iraqi authorities are bracing for a possible influx of returnees from neighbouring countries affected by violent protests, especially Syria, and say hundreds have already returned from Libya.

“Although there has been no major threat against Iraqi families until now. We are closely monitoring the developments and are ready for any emergencies,” said Iraq Migration and Displacement Minister Dendar Najman Al-Dosky.

“We have established an emergency committee with the concerned ministries, UNHCR [the UN Refugee Agency], the Iraqi Red Crescent and other international organizations and set up a centre to register the returning refugees, offer the needed services and help them reach their destinations inside Iraq,” he told IRIN.

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Iraqi List announces its agreement with the state law to activate the Barzani

Announced that the Iraqi List, Thursday, agreed with the state law to activate the agreements Erbil including the National Council for the strategic policy, stressing that any convergence and agreement between Iraq and the rule of law does not mean to isolate and marginalize the Sadrists, or any force other players.

A spokesman for the list Shaker book in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “The meeting which was held two days before at the home of Deputy Prime Minister Ruz Nuri Shaways between representatives of the Iraqi List and the rule of law, was reached in which to activate the agreements Irbil, including the National Council for the strategic policy,” noting that “the National Council for the strategic policies will be presented soon to the Parliament to vote on the president.”

The book that “the leaders of the blocs will meet soon to resolve all outstanding issues within the Convention Barzani”, not striking out that “Iraq is optimistic, but cautiously, because of what happened from the procrastination of the state of law regarding the terms of the agreement.”

The book that “no convergence and agreement between the Iraqi list and state law does not mean to isolate and marginalize the Sadrists, or any force other actors in the political process.”

The Kurdistan Alliance MP Chuan Mohamed Taha, revealed yesterday, in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, for signs of a solution to the political crisis in Iraq in the coming days, is a meeting soon between the leaders of political blocs in Baghdad attended by the President of the Kurdistan region, while assuring that the Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Rose Shaways search mechanism with the political blocs to reach agreement on the security ministries and the formation of strategic policies.

He revealed the Kurdistan Alliance, First Tuesday, an initiative Kurdish seconds to resolve the differences between Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the leader of the Iraqi List, Iyad Allawi, about candidates for the ministries of security at the American desire, noting that the initiative include the activation of the remaining items of the first on the powers of the President of Council policies, and sit to the table of dialogue to resolve points of contention between al-Maliki, Allawi, rather than an exchange of letters.

A delegation from the U.S. Congress including Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, accompanied by U.S. ambassador in Baghdad James Jeffrey and the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, General Austin, met Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani in the resort of Salah al-Din, on the ninth of May current, and invited him to launch a new initiative to resolve the crisis of candidates for the ministries of security between al-Maliki, Allawi to be complementary to those put forward by late last year and led to the formation of the current government.

The leader of the Kurdistan Alliance, Mahmoud Othman, in the 13 of May, the absence of any direction to the President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani of the new initiative on the current political situation, while he pointed to a U.S. pressure in this direction, called to publish the details of the Convention on the Erbil to find out who has not met.

The head of Iraq’s Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani, in September 2010, an initiative on resolving the political crisis in Iraq include the formation of a committee of between eight and twelve representatives of the political blocs to begin talks to form a new government and work to resolve outstanding differences, and convening meetings of the expanded for the leaders to resolve the issue of the three presidencies .

And spin differences between the Iraqi List and the National Alliance on some of the terms of the Irbil, including the draft Law on the Council strategic policies supreme, and most important of these differences the mechanism to select the President of the Council, as the demands of the Iraqi List to be the mechanism of choice in the House of Representatives, which rejected the National Alliance and demands to be among the which is within the National Council for the strategic policy and status enjoyed by the person who chairs the council and the powers it be described as general secretary or president.

There are also differences between the parties over the nomination of candidates for security posts vacant in the government, was identified as the Iraqi List, the uniqueness of Maliki’s nomination of candidates is a repudiation of the Agreement on Irbil, which gave the Iraqi list the full right according to the political consensus that oozes from it deems appropriate for the post of defense minister, saying it would reject vote on the candidates Maliki categorically.

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05/18/2011 15:39

BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Media Advisor to Prime Minister Ali al-Moussawi, on Wednesday, that the Maliki will be submitted at the end of the timeout per cent on its final assessment For the performance of ministries based on the daily reports of up successively to the Council of Ministers.

The al-Moussawi told (Voices of Iraq) that “the daily reports Up to the Council of Ministers to conduct an ongoing evaluation of the performance of all ministries, as the Prime Minister emphasized the importance of this issue during the cabinet meeting, on Tuesday, “noting that” al-Maliki will present his assessment of the ministries in its final form at the end of the deadline and submitted to the Iraqi people. “

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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 19-MAY-2011. The results were as follows:

DETAILS NOTES
Number of banks 20
Auction price selling dinar / US$ 1170
Auction price buying dinar / US$ —–
Amount sold at auction price (US$) 246,702,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 246,702,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–