After his release from Chapter VII .. Iraq on the threshold of a new future despite the crises and events of the region

06/24/13 - Report: Ammar al-Masoudi [Baghdad - where]

Iraq these days living historic moments, if what came out of international sanctions imposed for more than 23 years, under Chapter VII of the UN Security Council before the impact of the former regime's invasion of Kuwait in 1990.


And consists of Chapter VII of the 13 articles, the longer resolution 678 issued in 1990 calling for the ousting Iraq from Kuwait by force, from the provisions of this chapter, Iraq is still under because the survival of several issues pending, such as the remains of Kuwaiti citizens and prisoners of war in Iraq, and Kuwaiti property, including the archives of the Amiri Diwan, the Crown Prince's Court, and the issue of environmental awards and oil, which is not only related to the State of Kuwait, but other Arab countries, companies claim that they do not still have some rights.


It seems that the two governments are closer than ever to end the accumulations and files stuck and Rthaha of the former regime through mutual visits of officials and show goodwill in resolving differences and look to the future.


The first step in resolving the outstanding issues after a final settlement of the issue of Iraqi Airways after signing Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in 23 of the last October 2012 Emiri Decree approving the financial settlement, following the signing of the two sides on the final settlement of the fact that Iraq to pay $ 500 million in compensation final to Kuwait Airways.


The Ministry of Transport announced on 17 of June, the current agreement with the Kuwaiti aviation authority to conduct [30] flights a week between the two countries.


This was followed by a move towards the two countries to solve the problems related to border and declared Kuwait and the UN Mission for Iraq [UNAMI] at the end of last March 2013 solve the problem of demarcation of the land border with Iraq once and for all after the removal of abuses and obstacles that were encountered in maintenance of border markers in the area of Umm Qasr border Basra province.

 

On May 28 of last visited Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Kuwait with his Kuwaiti counterpart signed a memoranda of understanding on the arrangements for the maintenance of the physical process of the border and finance the construction of a residential complex in the area of Umm Qasr border.




The Zebari has signed with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and head of the [UNAMI in Iraq, Martin Kobler in 26 of last May in Baghdad, the extradition agreement the amount of damages assessed by the Security Council in its resolution No. 899 of 1994 to compensate Iraqi farmers who have been affected farms a result of the demarcation of the border between Iraq and Kuwait during the period 1991 - 1994 to be followed by another step close to building a modern residential city of Umm Qasr to accommodate Iraqi families affected by the same reason.


At the navigational level Iraqi government approved on 30 January last year an agreement with Kuwait concerning the organization of navigation in the Khawr Abd Allah, overlooking the Gulf, after a long political controversy between the two countries lasted for more than two years.



As revealed the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 15 of the current near the adoption of a memorandum of understanding with Iraq on joint oil fields between the two countries.


The agent said the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Khaled Al-Jarallah on file joint development of oil fields in a press statement that "there is a memorandum prepared and will soon be adopted in the two countries and direct in oil operations in the light of this note."

 

Saw the official relations between Iraq and Kuwait developments described was positive over the past months, to end the outstanding issues between the two countries, and to remove Iraq from the international sanctions imposed on it in the seventh item, by the UN Security Council and, most recently visiting Kuwaiti delegation to Iraq on 12 June under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and the signing of six agreements and memoranda of understanding, will pave Iraq to get out of international sanctions, according to observers.

 

This was confirmed by the Foreign Ministers of the two countries during the visit of the Kuwaiti delegation to Baghdad, where he and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said during a press conference with his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah where he said, "It is an important day Permanent Kuwait and Iraq at the United Nations Sivhban together to deliver the Secretary-General of the United Nations [Ban Ki- moon and the Security Council messages about Iraq's implementation of its commitments in order to exit Iraq from Chapter VII came this progress after the effort and talks painstaking and thorny is not easy, but the cooperation of the parties and the intention sincere and the will joint made a lot of outstanding issues, particularly maintenance of border markers College and that the issue of prisoners and Mufcodean Kuwaitis and property will be issued by a new resolution in the Security Council, to convey to the provisions of this file from seventh to sixth and there is international support to close all these files and look forward to a bright future between the two countries and the focus today in the talks was the future, joint ventures and areas of cooperation. "


 

And financial compensation owed by Iraq after the invasion of the former regime of Kuwait, Zebari said that "all the files will be closed except for Kuwaiti reparations, amounting to about $ 11 billion and possible to close this file things are becoming, however, Iraq and not in the hands of Kuwait or the Security Council and نسطيع say that we are practically emerged from the provisions of Chapter VII and we got to finish commendable rid our country of all these commitments, which came as a result of wars and adventures of the former regime. "


Iraq must pay 5 per cent of the total oil revenues to Kuwait, UN mandated compensation for the damage to Kuwait because of the invasion of Alouette by the former regime of Kuwait for the period from August 1990 to February 1991 ..


For his part, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah "I am happy in my presence in Baghdad in the delegation, Prime Minister Khaled Al-Sabah on his visit to Iraq comes these visits complement previous visits high-level contacts between the two countries in the past year and the first half of this year and hopefully completed visits to future As noted, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ban move to phase exceeded the outstanding issues between the two countries to future cooperation best we've accomplished visit Zebari recent of Kuwait on May 27 past what is required of us from the two countries with regard to the obligations of the resolutions of 833 and the signing of the agreement on the formation of a committee for the maintenance of the physical borders and the day will go delegates Kuwait and Iraq together to meet with the Secretary-General to submit the agreement and deposited in the United Nations. "


He noted, "and we will be in Kuwait are very happy in Iraq would emerge from Chapter VII for Iraq to become a key pillar of growth and prosperity of this region, which has suffered a lot Iraq from the large and influential countries in the region and represents a fundamental pillar in security and stability."


The morning "we proceed after this stage of understanding and follow up the remains of Kuwaiti prisoners and Kuwaiti archives under Chapter VII to Chapter VI, and this matter has been informed of the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council and will be submitted in the middle of this month and will discuss the Security Council at the end of this month, the subject and thus Iraq fulfilled its obligations under the Chapter VII. "


And around the port of Mubarak Kuwaiti between Sabah said that "the ports of the holy Faw believe in Kuwait that the region needs to number more than these ports Falcthafah population between Iraq and Kuwait and Iran in the region and programs of multilateral development in the two countries will need more of these ports and believe that these ports are not competitive and but complementary the two countries need to be more of these ports. "

 



The Secretary-General called for the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in his report, which he read at a Security Council meeting held last Tuesday, "the UN Security Council to put an end to the threat of sanctions which still threatens Iraq since it invaded Kuwait in 1990, due to the improvement in relations between the two countries."


And eagerly awaits Iraq over Kuwait UN Security Council meeting next Thursday, which will be presented by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon's report on the development of relations between the two countries and end the outstanding issues under which the lifting of international sanctions on Iraq.


And pre-empted the moon, the Security Council session a recent recommendation to remove Iraq from Chapter VII after "fulfill its international obligations towards Kuwait."



It is hoped that the visit by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the United Nations soon to resolve remove Iraq from Chapter VII.


According to Kuwait's permanent representative to the United Nations Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi said that "the draft decision to remove Iraq from the provisions of Chapter VII in the UN Security Council meeting at the end of this month will pass without hindrance."


And between Al-Otaibi said "the project end the mandate of the High-level Coordinator in Kuwait [Gennady Tarasov who was in charge until the end of last December 2012 for my missing persons and property, but remain two issues under the umbrella of the United Nations and the Baadallma the United Nations Mission to help Iraq [UNAMI] with requests Kuwait Under Chapter VI and not VII of the Charter. "


He explained that "these two issues relate to matters of purely humanitarian and not threaten international peace and security at all, and therefore there is no reason to put them under Chapter VII, which deals exclusively to the maintenance of international peace and security and allows measures and economic sanctions and authorization of military action and this is unlikely to happen with Iraq."


The Kuwaiti official noted that "relations between the two countries now evolved and progressed and we rely too much on Iraq's cooperation in accelerating the end this humanitarian files to it without the cooperation of Iraq, there will be no progress."


Iraq is seeking to get out of Chapter VII to move to Chapter VI of the UN Charter, which emphasizes the resolution of disputes between any two countries through peaceful means and through direct negotiations without the supervision of UN or other international or foreign custody or control if called for the two countries to do so.


Iraq will be after his release from the provisions of this chapter and international sanctions resulting from the non-binding upon the deposit of its oil imports in the Box "PDF any" Development Fund for Iraq, as well as his money abroad.


 

It is noteworthy that U.S. President Barack Obama, agreed on 11 of the current month of June immunity to Iraqi funds and balances deposited abroad.


The Iraqi Central Bank announced on the same day the agreement with the United States to extend legal immunity for Iraqi funds.


The bank said in a statement received [where] a copy of "that, based on the tireless efforts made by the Iraqi state through various formations and meetings held with the U.S. side, it was agreed with the U.S. government to extend immunity to Iraqi balances.


The central bank in its statement that "the agreement provides for the issuance of a decision of the U.S. President to extend immunity to balances Iraqi in the United States two branches [Account Development Fund for Iraq and the expense of the central bank]," noting that "the decision to extend the previous decision was final and ends at the end of last May," returned "the current resolution is done to the Iraqi state institutions.


But it is not limited to Baghdad's ability to manage their money and self-protection efforts, but will allow him to return to normal in the international community in terms of health, especially hardware processing and manufacturing, especially military arms and light weapons and medium-and heavy-duty, except for the internationally banned.


Where Iraq's prohibited under international sanctions until the importation of a pencil, but through the United Nations, as well as in the case of health devices and equipment.


As a country that is under Chapter VII, as is the case with Iraq is possible to intervene in its affairs by the Security Council, as happened American forces entered Iraq in 2003.


Observers promised in the event of withdrawal of Iraq from the provisions of Chapter VII registered a historic diplomatic success despite the internal crisis and the region is witnessing events affect the political and security stability as well as economic




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