UN Representative: Iraq has changed, and the progress made must be maintained
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mohammed Al-Hassan, said on Wednesday that today's Iraq is different from the previous one and progress made must be preserved.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Iraq, Mohammed Al-Hassan, said at the Sulaymaniyah Forum and attended by the reporter of the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Iraq has reached a stage that does not need the United Nations mission," pointing out that "Iraq today is different from the previous and progress made must be preserved."
He added that "Iraq is facing a constitutional entitlement, which is the elections, which we are working on their success to stabilize the process of development and reform," noting that "the region needs the stability of Iraq."
He pointed out that "the time has come for the people of the Middle East to live in safety and stability, and in the past years the situation in the region has been an occupation and external interventions."
"A few years ago, children in Iraq and Gaza were killed in full view of everyone, in addition to the sale of women of other components, including Yazidis, as commodities by extremist gangs, and this is unacceptable," he said, stressing that "everyone must join efforts to unleash a new reality."
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