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United Nations: Poverty rate in Iraq, 23 percent

Unread postPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:11 pm
by Stillw8n
United Nations: Poverty rate in Iraq, 23 percent

Baghdad, November 16 (Rn) – The United Nations Mission in Iraq on Wednesday, the poverty rate in Iraq of up to 23% confirmed they are working on creating job opportunities for young people in the oil and gas and building the capacity of government institutions to benefit from the experience.

The Country Director of UNDP in Iraq Pietro Ptchelor during a press conference at United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad that “the proportion of poverty in Iraq, according to numbers registered with the United Nations up to 23%,” indicating that “the United Nations is working to create jobs for citizens in oil and gas. “
He explained that “the mission is building the capacity of government institutions and the provincial councils to take advantage of them,” noting that “one of the biggest challenges that Iraq faces is the lack of technical capabilities that frame to provide assistance to the beneficiaries and there is a gap in technical capacity to provide assistance.”

He added that “today our program works great on supporting the national reconciliation process in Iraq, especially in the Iraqi parliament as the MPs representing different denominations, we see that if the parliamentarians committed themselves to support the national reconciliation that will reflect positively on the government’s commitment to this endeavor.”

He Ptchelor that “the United Nations today is working on a dialogue between the various components in the disputed areas, especially in Kirkuk and Nineveh.”

For her part, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations Amat Al Aleem during the conference, “the United Nations remains committed to supporting the Iraqis check who should be their national programs is the basis not of any action by the United Nations, especially the issue of federal safety and stability of Iraq.”

She added that “the object regions must invest the correct format to keep the strength of Iraq and not to resort to violence and the emphasis on resolving issues through dialogue between all parties,” noting that “any project that leads to the destruction of the human can not stand you with him under any check was Iraq governed by the Constitution and the legal definitions and clear in its constitutional. “

It showed that “the United Nations is working in partnership with the Iraqi government in a project co-financing for the rehabilitation of the education sector in Iraq through the establishment of school buildings and teacher training program where the value of $ 250 million.”

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