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Conference on Ending Statelessness in Iraq

UNHCR and Ministry of Interior hold conference in Baghdad to discuss the way forward to end statelessness in Iraq Thanks to its legal framework to reduce and prevent statelessness, thousands of stateless persons or those at risk of statelessness in Iraq have acquired Iraqi nationality over the years. However, some individuals are still suffering from […]

Germany, UNDP Strengthening Criminal Justice Services in Iraq

Germany supports UNDP in strengthening criminal justice services in Iraq Germany and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a EUR 826,250 donor agreement on strengthening Iraq's criminal justice services and improving their capacities to conduct effective interviews in line with international human rights commitments. The project promotes the application of the new regulations […]

Iraq - Country Climate and Development Report

In Iraq, a multidimensional development and climate crisis is brewing. Iraq's oil-dependent development model, weakening human and institutional capacity, and its deep social divides and inequalities are ingredients of a "perfect storm" centering on a development-climate-fragility nexus. Climate change threatens the social contract in Iraq, which has already been eroded by elite capture, widespread clientelism, […]

US adds Iraqi Entities to Sanctions List

By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated critical nodes of a key financial facilitation network of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which included four individuals and two entities in Türkiye, who have enabled the terrorist group's recruitment and financial transfers to and from […]

US Removes some Iraqi Entities from Sanctions List

By John Lee. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has deleted the following Iraq-related entities from its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list: MIDCO FINANCE S.A. (a.k.a. MIDCO FINANCIAL S.A.; a.k.a. MONTANA MANAGEMENT INC.), 57 Rue du Rhone, Geneva CH-1204, Switzerland; Panama; US FEIN CH-660-0-469-982-0 (United States); Switzerland [IRAQ2]. MIDCO […]

Germany supporting Capacity-Building in Iraq

Germany helps WFP support Iraqis affected by conflict and climate crisis through resilience-building activities The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a generous contribution of EURO 22.5 million (US$23.9) from Germany to support capacity-building activities in coordination with the Iraqi Government, as well as empowering youth through vocational training and assisting vulnerable communities in […]

Enhanced Climate Resilience in Southern Iraq

FAO launches the SIDA funded project, Enhanced Climate Resilience of vulnerable agriculture households in Southern Iraq Under the patronage of the Minister of Agriculture, H.E Abbas JabrAl-Aliawi, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Iraq launched in Najaf the project "Enhanced Climate Resilience of vulnerable agriculture households in Southern Iraq" funded […]

Renovation of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Erbil

WHO gives fresh momentum to secondary health care services in Kurdistan Iraq The World Health Organization (WHO) in Iraq, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, has just completed the renovation and expansion of a neonatal intensive care unit in the maternity teaching hospital in Erbil. The unit can […]

IOM, Finland supporting Economic Recovery in Iraq

IOM, Finland to support local economic recovery for women and conflict-affected populations in Iraq In the face of Iraq's deepening financial crisis, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Iraq and the Government of Finland launched a EUR 2,000,000 project to support displacement-affected individuals whose businesses were destroyed or severely damaged by the conflict with […]