May 11, 2010Iraq signs agreement to boost development and economic growth with the United Nations
The organization described as historic
بغداد ـ عمر عبد اللطيف Baghdad, Omar Abdel-Latif
Iraq signed Tuesday with the United Nations Convention to promote development and economic growth, service delivery and organization described as historic.
The humanitarian coordinator, resident in Iraq, Christine McNab at the signing ceremony which was attended by the (morning) that Iraq and the United Nations and signed the agreement, the first part of the United Nations development assistance extended over the next five years, usually mark the beginning a new phase of partnership strategy between the funds and programs and agencies of the United on one side and the Government of Iraq on the other hand, after the country team of the United Nations established the framework of the United Nations development assistance in cooperation with the Government of Iraq and other partners.
Described McNab which had signed the document on behalf of the United Nations on signing a historic day for either Iraq or the United Nations, it begins a phase of partnership solid designed to achieve a better future for Iraq and its people, indicating that the United Nations will contribute over the next five years in building state institutions and establish peace through five key areas of priority covering the overall economic growth, environmental management and promote good governance and protect human rights and ensure universal access to quality basic services and benefit from the capabilities of women, youth and children in particular, in order to ensure their contribution in all areas of life, emphasizing the United Nations continued to broadcast programs of outreach to groups that are most vulnerable especially the needy and displaced persons and refugees, returnees and people with special needs of marginalized groups, expressing confidence that the organization within the UN framework for development assistance with national development plan will contribute significantly to improving the lives of all members of the Iraqi people.
She stressed that the agreement includes the provision of funding required for development programs by the agencies of the Organization of the UN and the international donor community, in addition to co-financing by the Government of Iraq in line with the obligations set forth in the Paris Declaration on aid effectiveness, as well as on the mobilization of private sector capacity to participate in the process of national development.
For his part, Deputy Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Sami when Paul during the ceremony that the framework of the United Nations Development Assistance is the product of intensive consultation process with the government, which reflects the priorities of the five-year national development, which is the human capital actor the basic foundation for building the new Iraq.
He Paul, who signed a framework of the United Nations Development Assistance on behalf of the Iraqi government is very pleased with the signing of this framework, as the government will work here very closely with the UN and its partners to strengthen the Iraqi economy and accelerate the development process and make Iraq a better place in which men and women a decent life in peace and prosperity .
For its part, said Director General of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Planning Huda Abdul Malik, we have witnessed today the signing of the Framework Agreement Strategic Program of the United Nations for the next five years after the agreements concluded on a temporary basis for a year or two, making projects and programs that stem from this strategizing with the impact of short- term and can not give sustainable solutions to the problems of economic, social and environmental.
It said in a statement summarized by the (morning) that such a framework, which was signed with the United Nations will result from the programs and projects with a recipe a long-term and taking into account sustainable development and requirements of economic growth, social development and environmental management, good governance and the role of law in it.
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