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Preparatory Group Meeting, Kuwait - 31 October 2006
(Summary)
 On
31 October 2006, a High-Level preparatory meeting on the
International Compact with Iraq (ICI) took place in
Kuwait City, hosted by the Government of Kuwait. The
purpose of the meeting was the final consolidation of
support for and endorsement of the International Compact
with Iraq, as jointly presented by the Government of
Iraq and the United Nations.
The landmark event was widely attended with
representation of 20 States, regional and multilateral
institutions, the formal members of the preparatory
group for the ICI. The meeting marks the completion of
the preparatory process of the ICI which has been
developed by the Government of Iraq with support of the
United Nations and the World Bank.
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the serious challenges that currently face Iraq have
come to shape the Compact, the objectives, strategies
and benchmarks it contains, compose an integrated plan
to overcome them. Iraq’s international partners have
pledged to provide financial, technical and political
support to help meet these challenges on the basis of
mutual commitments to the necessary steps required to
realize their shared vision for the normalization of
Iraq.
A succession of preparatory consultations, held in Abu
Dhabi on 10 September and in Baghdad in the interim
period, has developed the technical contents of the
Compact and assured international and Iraqi consensus on
the shared vision it represents. It was determined that
further work to prioritize and sequence implementation
of ICI objectives would strengthen the plan. Similarly,
funding mechanisms such as the IRFFI would be aligned to
support Iraq’s new priorities.
The United Nations also reaffirmed its commitment to the
success of the Compact and its continued intention to
support the promotion and implementation of the ICI,
through its mission and agencies in Iraq and the good
offices of the Secretary-General and his
representatives.
Mindful of the urgency of rapid progress and firmly
endorsing the Compact as presented, the formal adoption
of ICI is scheduled for a forthcoming High-Level event.
This is a summary of the
conference proceedings. For a link to the Kuwait
Declaration which resulted from the conference, please
click on the link below:
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