Archive for May 24, 2011

The Council of Ministers, and for the first time in more than eight years, its regular meeting at the presidential palace.

A source in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday: “The cabinet held a meeting this afternoon and for the first time in the presidential palace, after the palace was under the supervision of American forces.
The U.S. forces handed over the presidential palace to the Iraqi government last year and the government began again his rehabilitation, in preparation to meet the official figures, visiting Iraq. (more…)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Tuesday, the House of Representatives has no right to pass laws, noting that the Council of Ministers and the Presidency of the Republic are the only ones with the right legislation.

Maliki said during a press conference in Baghdad attended by all Governors, said today in the State House of Representatives has no right to initiate laws, asserting that the legislation of laws should be by the Council of Ministers or the Presidency of the Republic exclusively.

Maliki said that the right of the House of Representatives to propose a bill, and presented to the Cabinet for Mnavsth, and then sent to parliament for a vote.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

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The leader of the coalition of the state of law Alfalh, Tuesday, to talk about reducing the number of ministries will restore the political process to the stage of the restructuring of the government, stressing that the fundamental problem that has remained regarding the board and the creation of policies commensurate with the coalition, the Iraqi leader Ayad Allawi.

Ali Alfalh, in an interview for “Alsumaria News”, “Reducing the number of ministries is the responsibility of the side of the administrative, but also has to do with Bechtel and political representation of components,” adding that “talking about the reduction will bring us back to the stage of the restructuring of the government, because if he came down the number of ministries to 25 or 24, it means that half of the ministers of some blocks should leave the government. “

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Sulaimaniyah, May 24 (AKnews) – The Iraqi parliament is expected to summon Iraq’s Foreign Affairs and Transport Ministers to tackle the issue of a planned Kuwaiti port which is feared to cost Iraqi ports 60% of their traffic.

Kuwait announced plans to build the Mubarak port next to Iraq’s main Umm Qasr port in the gulf two weeks ago outraging Iraqi lawmakers, in particular, number of Shia politicians who have pledged to take action against the Kuwaiti government.

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BAGHDAD (Agencies): announced the head of the Iraqi National List in the Iraqi parliament Salman Jumaili said the list new names nominated to fill the bag and the Ministry of Defence had been vacant for months, in addition to the four names that have already been nominated.

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Ministry of Planning confirmed that the assessment of the work of the National Development Plan 2010 2014 will be after the third year of its launch.

The Undersecretary for Technical Affairs Dr Sami Matthew Paul Head of Technical Committee for the preparation of the plan: that the problems of the plan can not be wiped out most famous, or one year, but require a period longer than that because in the original rate of the time period for the implementation of Plan projects at least three years. And “if we want a real and logical to measure the effects of the plan that we should be evaluated after the third or fourth year of the start of implementation so that we can say that it achieved its objectives and to what degree and what degree of deviation.

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Baghdad, 24 May (Rn) – The Commission on the economy and investment representative, on Tuesday, the importance of the visit by the Czech delegation to Iraq, indicating that the country is on the verge of an economic renaissance largely through the determination of all investment companies to enter the Iraqi market.

The committee member said Salman al-Moussawi, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn), “The Czech government delegation’s visit to Iraq is important at the current stage, especially since there is an improvement in the security situation which makes a suitable investment ground.”

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Erbil, May 24 (Rn) – The head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq Ed Mlkerd said Tuesday that Iraq sought and work to improve the labor and an end to unemployment are good and improving Iraq’s income contributes to the entry into the global market which is mainly active in the international economy.

He said Mlkerd during the economic and social and government, which was held in Baghdad and broadcast by Al-Iraqiya semi-official “The workers returned to their reality and the impact on machine operation in the country, develop the Iraqi economy and access to the better for all people despite the presence of some Alaqzaia facing the economy as challenges in particular.”

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May 24 2011

To be held in Baghdad on a major conference aimed at supporting the Iraqi economy, with the participation of international organizations, said Ahmed Al-alwani, head of Economics at the House in a special permit for» Sabah»: «

the Conference will be held under the auspices of the World Bank and the United Nations under the title (the economic future of Iraq) and Al-alwani said … that it will discuss the economic situation of «current profiling to economic process and ways to promote», Adding to its «they aspire to submit papers and insights on the economic process, but time constraints prevented this»,

he stressed, however, that these conferences bear imperative to identify features of the Iraqi economy in the next stage of advancement of the reality of the country, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki confirmed Sunday that one of the first requirements for successful reconstruction achieved political stability and security.

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President of the Arab Parliament on the basis of Al-daqbaashi Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations are United Nations resolutions relating to Kuwait war and certainly good steps in that direction despite problems.-

deqbasi said at a press conference after a meeting of Arab Parliament at its resumed first session that attend morning yesterday, relations must be based on UN resolutions and the interests and geography , And history, Iraq and Kuwait remain, jaran in amakenhma, and I think that resolve these issues as possible.

He is still our ambition to sophisticated relationship, noting the relationship between the two countries ‘ Foreign Ministers. three members of the House, Dr. Abed Dhiab Al-ajali «Iraqi coalition» Dr. Riyad Al-zaidi «National» Alliance and Mohsen sadoon «Kurdistan Alliance», participated in the Arab parliamentary meeting, which discussed political developments in the Arab arena.

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Invited the representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq ed Mleckert the Iraqi government to carry out economic reforms and the elimination of unemployment and achieving social justice through the application of the principle of equal opportunities. (more…)

Add new names to defend and welcome to hold an extraordinary session of Parliament

Informed sources said the meetings ongoing between the political blocs have produced reach the National Alliance and the Iraqi List of the initial agreement on the nomination of Minister security, at a time in which it announced the Iraqi Recommended new names to fill the bag and the Ministry of Defence in addition to the four names, renewed its commitment to this portfolio, he welcomed the National Alliance in any direction to hold an emergency meeting to resolve this file, expected to pass candidates luggage security.

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The latest daily currency auction was held in the Central Bank of Iraq on the 24-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$) 195,227,000
Amount purchased at Auction price (US$) —–
Total offers for buying (US$) 195,227,000
Total offers for selling (US$) —–