The document .. Security Council resolution on the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII

The document .. Security Council resolution on the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII



Saturday, 9 December

Alsumaria News / Baghdad
The agency publishes Alsumaria News, the text of the Security Council resolution issued on the exit of Iraq from Chapter VII.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Mahjoub said in a statement received Alsumaria News, a copy of it that " the Security Council issued a decision to exit Iraq from Chapter VII of the oil - for - food program, and restore it to its natural position and international status."

"This came after a series of diplomatic successes achieved by the Foreign Ministry," Mahjoub said, adding that "Iraq has completed all the obligations of the program."

On March 30, 2017, Prime Minister Haidar Abadi stressed the existence of continuous work in cooperation with the United Nations to close the file of Chapter VII, noting that his government supports the international efforts to hunt down and punish the "terrorists". UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community To assist Iraq in the relief of displaced persons and the reconstruction of liberated areas.

On October 23, 2012, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry announced that the Emir of the State of Kuwait had agreed to settle the issue of Kuwait Airways' compensation resulting from the Iraq war, while confirming that Kuwait had informed the law firms in Britain to stop all claims on Iraqi Airlines and properties.

The Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations have recently seen progress in resolving some of the outstanding problems. The two sides agreed during the visit of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Kuwait in March 2012 to end the issue of compensation related to Kuwait Airways and the maintenance of border signs. Foundations and common frameworks for solving all files, within short time tables.

Kuwait has demanded that Iraq pay $ 1.2 billion in compensation for the seizure of 17 aircraft owned by Kuwait Airways since 1990. The file has led to political problems between Iraq and Kuwait after the latter sued Iraqi Airways for freezing assets in Jordan and Britain. In 2010, which led to the decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers in May of the same year, the liquidation and cancellation of the company and offered to sell to private companies, and also decided to cancel all associated administrative formations, while retaining the cadre after the sale to a private company.

Iraq has been subject to Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations imposed after the invasion of the regime of former President Saddam Hussein, the State of Kuwait in August of the same year, and allows the item to use force against Iraq as a threat to international security, in addition to freezing large amounts of Its financial assets in international banks to pay compensation to those affected by the invasion.



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