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UNAMI FOCUS Voice of the Mission United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) UNAMI FOCUS Voice of the Mission News Bulletin on UNAMI’s Updates & Activities Fourth Issue Mid October 2007 David Shearer, Amman 27 September 2007 The SG Hosted a Farewell Dinner/Iftar for Iraqi Government Officials and International Diplomats UNAMI Focus Interviews Incoming SRSG’s Farewell: My UNAMI Family SRSG Ashraf Qazi, with Guests, Baghdad 1 DSRSG, David Shearer October 2007 UNAMI Focus: Can you give UNAMI When I was named Special Representative of Focus readers a brief synopsis on both your the Secretary General for Iraq, I accepted the personal and professional background? And appointment with great honor, fully aware of how do you feel about your new position? Iraq’s complexities and the type of challenges Farewell Iftar / Dinner I am a New that lay ahead. I knew that achieving David Shearer (D.S): Zealander, I grew up there and I am married UNAMI’s goals would be daunting, and Before his departure to his new assignment in to a New Zealander. We have two children, would require unrelenting determination and Sudan, the Special Representative of the perseverance. Above all, I knew that age 10 and 9, a boy and girl. I have been Secretary General, Ambassador Ashraf Qazi, UNAMI’s challenging tasks can only be hosted an Iftar Dinner for Iraqi Government involved in various humanitarian and aid activities for over 20 years starting with achieved with the right team. You have been officials and international diplomats at his NGOs working in Sri-Lanka, Iraq - North of that exceptional team; professional, dedicated residence in the International Zone in and principled. Iraq -, Somalia, Rwanda and then later with Baghdad. During this event, held on Monday the UN and other organizations in Rwanda, 1 October 2007, few farewell speeches were Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kosovo, Afghanistan. As I leave, a part of me will always remain conveyed expressing gratitude and So a lot of it has been specialized around the with you. My three years with UNAMI will appreciation for the positive role Ambassador remain unforgettable, and perhaps the most area of conflict and post conflict. I also spent Qazi exemplified during his United Nations some time in London including a couple of compelling experience of my life. The assignment in Iraq that lasted over two years. years at the International Institute of Strategic bonding and friendships I made within Studies, focusing on conflict resolution UNAMI’s unique spirit are difficult to replace. issues. Then, I went back to New Zealand for a while where I was involved in politics as I also leave satisfied knowing that your new the political advisor to the New Zealand Foreign Minister. SRSG, my colleague and friend, Staffan de Mistura, is exceptionally capable and INDEX: So coming here for me is in a sense a knowledgeable with all issues related to Iraq. combination of the various aspects of my With your support, his choice to lead - SRSG Farewell 1 career. This job is enormously challenging in UNAMI at this critical juncture is certain to - Incoming DSRSG 1&2 many ways, it is the cutting edge perhaps enhance the Mission’s prospects for meeting -Launch of Human Rights Report 2 where aid, humanitarian work and state its obligations and UN commitments to Iraq -Human Rights Update 2 building converges, in an extremely difficult as called for in the new mandate under - Political Affairs Update 4 operating - probably the most challenging UNSCR 1770. place in the world. That challenge, was really - Constitutional Support Update 3 one of the motivating factors for me applying Farewell for now my colleagues. I wish all - Humanitarian, Reconstruction. & for this job and I was extremely happy to be the best and stay safe. Development. Activities 3 given the opportunity to take it. - Electoral Update 3&4 UNAMI Focus: What do you hope to - Brief from PIO 4 ***** achieve by taking up this position? - Fiji Guard-Rugby Game 4 D.S: Well, the component of the UN’s work under my leadership is really about 1 rebuilding and developing Iraq and (continued Page 2) Interview with David Shearer (continued) UNAMI Focus: A majority of UN agencies UNAMI Launches its 11th Report on are based in Amman; isn’t there a need and/or Human Rights in Iraq supporting Iraqis doing that. I realize that my plans to change that situation? part has also to fit with the other side of the On 11 October 2007, the Human Rights political negotiations and particularly the D.S.: With the adoption of SRC 1770, we now Office launched its eleventh report on the reconciliation. So I will be looking to have an opportunity to expand our presence on situation of human rights in the country support, as much as I can, Staffan de Mistura, the ground, as well as to increase the number of covering the period from 1 April to 30 June the new Special Representative for the for the UN personnel in Baghdad. It is not a massive 2007. The report recognizes the challenges Secretary General, and try to do what I can change, but it is quite clear to me that unless we confronting the Government of Iraq in the from my side to bring in the considerable do have people, substantive staff on the ground face of ongoing violence and an ever- capacities and expertise the UN has, to assist working with the ministries, working with the deepening humanitarian crisis. in that way. Ultimately, now with the new Iraqi government, we are not going to be able to Security Council Resolution 1770, the UN develop the relationships that will enable us to For further information on the 11th Human Rights has been given a wider mandate and a greater improve the situation in other parts of Iraq. Report, please visit www.uniraq.org responsibility than that it had before. I believe we have the capabilities within the I think we need to be looking, as we have done, Human Rights Update UN to make a real difference and that is what at creative ways in which we can be present and I want to do – make a real difference. engage with the Iraqi authorities in a much UNAMI Human Rights Office (UNAMI better way. They certainly want that, and I HRO) continued its monitoring and UNAMI Focus: In light of UN SCR would like to try meeting their wishes. That of protection activities in its offices in Erbil, 1770’s call for an expanded UN role, what is course has to come within the context of the Amman and Baghdad, meeting victims and your vision for the mission regarding security environment; we have to be careful in witnesses of human rights violations, human humanitarian assistance? monitoring that as well. But I think we need to rights organizations and activists and examine the possibilities of closer engagement government and MNF officials. UNAMI much closer. This is one of the things I will be D.S.: The humanitarian situation seems to HRO visited a number of prisons and looking into in Baghdad: to maximizing our have got worst in some areas of Iraq and calls detention centers by the Iraqi Ministry of impact, and at the same time minimizing our for an accelerated response from the UN and Defense and the Ministry of Justice, as well risk in light of SCR 1770. other humanitarian partners. At the same time as those under the authority of the Kurdish the relief response needs to be coherent with Regional Government. In discussions with development and rehabilitation aims. I was UNAMI Focus: How critical in your view is the Ministry of Interior, UNAMI HRO is struck in the last three weeks with the the Iraqi refugees’ issue, and conversely, what checking on the possibility to visit the outbreak of cholera in the north of Iraq and are the critical priorities for the UN in this Ministry’s facilities in near future. the surrounding of Sulaimaniyah in regard? particular. We responded very quickly In order to address immediate needs in through the World Health Organization D.S.: The situation of Iraqi refugees is capacity building of Iraqi government and (WHO), to support the local authorities with extremely important because it is affecting the state officials, UNAMI HRO continued to equipment and advice to combat the cholera. stability in the whole region including organize various activities in Amman, So that was a humanitarian response, but the particularly in Jordan and Syria, who are Baghdad and Erbil. In June 2007, a cholera itself was a result of the breaking bearing the grunt of these refugees coming over transitional justice workshop took place in down of water networks, and water networks the border. Amman discussing the reparations in conflict need to be fixed and that is more a and post-conflict environments. The rehabilitation type of activity, – something workshop, co-organized and implemented the UNDP was looking at over the course of I think that there has been certainly an increase with the assistance of the New York-based the last three weeks. So we have to make sure in the UN’s role over the last 6 or 7 months, International Center for Transitional Justice that when there is a problem on such issues, particularly from UNHCR in doing this, but and UNOPS, aimed to engage a large number we provide an appropriate assistance both ultimately it is the root cause of the problem of parliamentarians, NGOs and other immediate and short term assistance, but also that is to be found inside Iraq itself. These stakeholders in discussing relevant concepts we follow up with the long term type of people are only fleeing Iraq because of the of transitional justice and, in the process, assistance and advice to create durable situation inside Iraq and for us, our primary outlining necessary steps to move forward.
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