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STORY: UN / IRAQ UNAMI VOTE
TRT: 01:15
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations Headquarters
31 MAY 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Various shots, Security Council
3. Wide shot, Council vote
4. Wide shot, Council
5. Med shot, United States Ambassador Robert Wood addressing Council
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert A. Wood, Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, United States:
“We all recognize that Iraq has changed dramatically in recent years, and that UNAMI’s mission needed to be realigned as part of our commitment to fostering a secure, stable, and sovereign Iraq. Iraq and UNAMI, have much to be proud of. And we, as members of this Council, will continue to monitor further progress toward achieving important milestones in the Secretary-General's forthcoming reports and recommendations.”
7. Med shot, Russian Ambassador Anna Evstigneeva addressing Council
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna M. Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“We are convinced that in the 20 years since its establishment UNAMI has fully realized its potential to assist in the restoration of Iraqi statehood, and that the people of Iraq are now ready to assume full responsibility for the country's political future.”
9. Wide shot, end of Council session
The Security Council today (31 May) unanimously extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) for a final 19-month period until 31 December 2025, after which the mission will cease its operations.
The resolution requests the Secretary-General to prepare, in consultation with the Iraqi government, a transition and liquidation plan to be completed by 31 December 2024 for the transfer of UNAMI’s tasks, the mission’s drawdown, and the withdrawal of its personnel and assets, including an end-date for the liquidation period.
Ambassador Robert Wood of the United States, the penholder on Iraq, said, “we all recognize that Iraq has changed dramatically in recent years, and that UNAMI’s mission needed to be realigned as part of our commitment to fostering a secure, stable, and sovereign Iraq.
For her part, Russian Ambassador Anna Evstigneeva said, “we are convinced that in the 20 years since its establishment UNAMI has fully realized its potential to assist in the restoration of Iraqi statehood, and that the people of Iraq are now ready to assume full responsibility for the country's political future.”
The Iraqi government had requested to close UNAMI by 31 May 2026 through a two-year transition period that would limit the mission’s mandated tasks to humanitarian and development activities during the first year, followed by a year-long transfer of residual tasks to the UN Country Team (UNCT).
