The Security Council commends Iraq's commitment to return Kuwaiti property

Editorial Date: 2019/2/16 11:31
{International: Al Furat News} Kuwait's permanent delegation to the United Nations presented a presidential statement to the Security Council on developments related to the search for Kuwaiti missing persons, third-country nationals and Kuwaiti property, including national archives.

The draft presidential statement circulated by the delegation states that the Security Council recalls its resolution 2107 (2013) on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait and all its previous presidential decisions and statements dealing with issues of missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and the return of Kuwaiti property, including national archives, Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to paragraph 4 of resolution 2107 (2013).

According to the draft, the Security Council stresses UNAMI's ongoing efforts to implement resolution 2107 (2013) and expresses its full support to the Special Representative, the Mission's Head of Mission, Jeanine Blachachart, and the Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs of the Mission, Alice and Paul, in their efforts to resolve outstanding issues relating to women Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and the return of Kuwaiti property, including national archives, and urge them to continue working on these issues.

The Security Council expresses its profound gratitude to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and to the former United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, Kofi Annan, for his tireless efforts to fully implement resolution 2107.

The Security Council, in the presidential statement, notes the strong bilateral relations between Iraq and Kuwait and commends the continued support of the Government of Kuwait for Iraq's stabilization efforts and welcomes Iraq's efforts to meet all remaining commitments in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.

The Security Council also notes the ongoing cooperation between Iraq and Kuwait in the search for missing Kuwaiti and third-country nationals and the positive efforts of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in this important humanitarian endeavor and encourages the Iraqi Government to continue to make these efforts in the same constructive spirit and to ensure that all institutional and financial support And the appropriate technical capacity to facilitate future activities and also encourages the international community to provide the necessary advanced and innovative technical equipment to the Iraqi authorities to help identify burial sites in accordance with best practices.

The Security Council shares the view expressed by the Secretary-General in his reports that the verification of the fate of missing persons and the provision of responses to their bereaved families depend on demonstrating firm commitment and taking action and adopting new and innovative ways of advancing the issue.

The Security Council expresses its strong support for the perseverance of the members of the tripartite mechanism and its chairmanship of the International Committee of the Red Cross in their efforts to find the remains of those missing. The Security Council is informed of the last meeting of the Technical Subcommittee of the Tripartite Commission on 11 December 2018 and the last meeting of the Thirteenth Committee on 13 December.

The Security Council welcomes the continued commitment of the Government of Iraq to return all remaining Kuwaiti property, including the national archives, and notes the important steps recently taken by the Governments of Iraq and Kuwait to activate this file and welcomes the special process of handing over a batch of Kuwaiti property paid by President Barham Saleh during his recent visit To Kuwait last November.

The Security Council encourages the Iraqi Government to continue its search for lost property and to promote the search for lost Kuwaiti national archives and expresses its intention to keep these important issues under consideration.

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