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Preparatory Group Meeting, Abu Dhabi - 10 September
2006 (Summary)
 On
10 September 2006, the Government of the United Arab
Emirates hosted a preparatory meeting on the
International Compact with Iraq (ICI) of States and
multilateral institutions in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was
opened by H.E Dr. Mohammad Khalfan bin Kherbash,
Minister of State for Financial and Industrial Affairs
of the United Arab Emirates, and co-chaired by H.E Dr.
Barham Salih, Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, and H.E Mr.
Mark Malloch Brown, Deputy Secretary-General of the
United Nations.
The purpose of the meeting was to
assess the preparatory work of the ICI, an initiative of
the Iraqi Government supported by the International
Community. The event was attended by representatives of
13 Governments, the European Union, European Commission
and League of Arab States, and senior officials of the
World Bank, IMF, Islamic Development Bank, The Arab Fund
for Economic and Social Development. The meeting
resulted in an agreement on the direction and process of
the ICI as presented by the Government of Iraq.
 The
participants welcomed the commitments made by the
Government of Iraq within a comprehensive political,
security and economic framework that addresses the
urgent needs of the Iraqi people. The participants also
pledged their support to work closely with the
Government of Iraq in further developing the ICI with
the assistance of the United Nations and the World Bank.
They affirmed that the International Reconstruction Fund
Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) will be re-calibrated as an
important instrument for the international community to
support the implementation of the ICI. For its part, the
United Nations is committed to support and facilitate
the ICI, through its mission and agencies in Iraq and
the good offices of the Secretary-General and his
representatives.
The Preparatory Group Meeting
recognized the need to expeditiously complete the
development of the ICI through a broad consultative
process at the national, regional and international
levels. To this end, the participants expressed their
commitment to working towards the adoption of the ICI by
the end of the year.
A further Preparatory Meeting is
likely to take place towards the end of October, 2006.
This is a summary of the
conference proceedings. For a link to the Abu Dhabi
Declaration which resulted from the conference, please
click on the link below:
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