(4 Nov 2024)
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Najaf, Iraq – 4 November 2024
1. Various of Imam Ali shrine in the holy city of Najaf
2. UN cars arriving to Sistani residency in the city
3. Various of UN representative walking towards al-Sistani’s house
4. Reporters
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed al-Hassan, United Nations Special Representative in Iraq:
"It is true that the role of the UNAMI mission, after 21 years, is largely achieved, and it will end its work by late 2025 under a resolution from the Security Council and at the request of the Iraqi government. However, the UN’s presence and support will continue for Iraq."
6. Reporters
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed al-Hassan, United Nations Special Representative in Iraq:
"Also, I assured His Excellency that the United Nations will not abandon Iraq and will remain supportive of its path toward stability, sustainable development, and respect for human rights."
8. People walking by Shrine Street in the city
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed al-Hassan, United Nations Special Representative in Iraq:
"We are here to serve this country and we do not intervene in its internal affairs but in a good way and advice only. We provide technical support and consultation based on a request from Iraq. The United Nations will help Iraq all that it asks, and in everything we can offer."
10. UN representative getting into car to leave
11. Various of UN cars leaving the area in Najaf
STORYLINE:
The UN Special Representative in Iraq visited Marjaiya – the highest Shia religious authority – on Monday in Najaf.
Mohamed al-Hassan, United Nations Special Representative in Iraq arrived in Najaf this morning and met with Ali al-Sistani, the highest Shia religious authority in Iraq.
Upon a request from the Iraq government, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq UNAMI will end its operations in the country in late 2025.
"The United Nations will not abandon Iraq and will remain supportive of its path towards stability, sustainable development, and respect of human rights," Said al-Hassan in a press conference he held after the meeting with al Sistani.
The UN special representative thanked al-Sistani for his ongoing support to UNAMI mission in the country and said that the U.N. remains ready to provide advice and everything they can, if the Iraqi government asked them.
"We are here to serve this country and we do not intervene in its internal affairs but in a good way and (giving) advice only," he said.
The UNAMI was formed by the United Nations Security Council on Aug. 14, 2003 to support development efforts in the country, months after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime in April 2003.
At a request from Baghdad, the Security Council decided that the United Nations’ political mission in Iraq would leave the country by the end of 2025.
AP video shot by Ali Sadiq
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