(20 Nov 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Baghdad, Iraq – 20 November 2024
1. Various of Tigris River in Baghdad
2. Various of security forces deployed on streets
3. Census field researchers gathered in Sadr City
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Ali, supervisor of census procedure in al Sadr City:
"Today, we will continue the general census procedure in Sadr City. We have approximately 1,460 counters (employees) distributed across the neighborhood of Sadr City, between Sadr 1 and Sadr 2. Indeed, this will be carried out with the efforts of our brothers at the Ministry of Education and the local government of Sadr City."
5. Census team members visiting houses
6. Various of census team member collecting data from resident
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nazar Abdul-Hassan, Sadr City resident:
"The census is an important step for society, as it will identify poverty levels and unemployment rates. All of these will be measured in the census. We have been waiting for this for a while."
8. Census team members working
9. Close of logo on vest
10. Census team member speaking with resident, UPSOUND (Arabic): "You are two families, one lives upstairs and you live… "
11. Various of census team members in street
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Irbil, Iraq – 20 November 2024
12. Drive by shot in city center of Irbil
13. Various of empty street market
14. Various of Irbil citadel and main square
15. Wide of empty street in Irbil
STORYLINE:
Iraq launched its first population census in decades on Wednesday, marking a step toward modernizing data collection and planning in a country long affected by conflict and political divisions.
The census is expected to have significant implications for Iraq’s resource distribution, budget allocations and development planning.
Iraqi people in Baghdad were optimistic about the long-awaited census, calling it an important step for society.
Hussein Ali, the supervisor of the census procedure in Sadr City, said about 1,460 employees were working across the neighborhoods of Sadr City on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, some minority groups fear that a documented decline in numbers will lead to decreased political influence and economic benefits in the country’s sectarian power-sharing system.
The counts in territories like Kirkuk, Diyala and Mosul, areas disputed between the central government in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish regional government in the north, have drawn intense scrutiny.
Iraq’s last general census that included the entire country was held in 1987, during the rule of Saddam Hussein’s regime, while the 1997 census did not include the Kurdish region of Iraq.
The 2024 census will be the first to employ advanced technologies for gathering and analyzing data, providing a comprehensive picture of Iraq’s demographic, social, and economic landscape.
The count will be carried out using the "de jure" method, in which people are counted in their usual area of residence, said Ali Arian Saleh, the executive director of the census at the Ministry of Planning.
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