The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
555.
When the IIG
was constituted, the UK and the US ceased to be Occupying
Powers
and instead
were operating under resolution 1546 (2004) and the annexed letters
from
Dr Allawi
and Mr Powell (see Section 9.2).501
The points
of relevance for SSR were that
the
Security Council:
•
welcomed
ongoing efforts by the incoming IIG to develop the ISF,
operating
under the
authority of the IIG and its successors, “which will progressively
play
a greater
role and ultimately assume full responsibility for the maintenance
of
security
and stability in Iraq”;
•
recognised
that the MNF would assist in building the capability of the
ISF,
through a
programme of recruitment, training, equipping, mentoring
and
monitoring;
•
emphasised
the importance of developing effective Iraqi police and
border
enforcement,
under the control of the MOI, and the FPS, under the MOI
and
other
ministries, for the maintenance of law, order and security; it
requested
Member
States and international organisations to assist the IIG in
building the
capability
of those institutions;
•
attributed
a number of roles to the Special Representative to the
Secretary
General and
the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq including promoting
the
protection
of human rights, reconciliation and judicial and legal
reform;
•
welcomed
the fact that arrangements were being put in place to
establish
a security
partnership between the IIG and MNF;
•
noted that
appropriate Iraqi Ministers were responsible for the ISF, that the
IIG
had
authority to commit the ISF to the MNF to engage in operations, and
that
the security
structures planned would serve as fora for the IIG and the
MNF
to reach
agreement on security and policy issues, and ensure full
partnership
between
Iraqi security forces and the MNF, through close co‑ordination
and
consultation;
and
•
called on
Member States and international organisations to respond to
Iraqi
requests to
assist Iraqi efforts to integrate Iraqi veterans and former
militia
members
into Iraqi society.
556.
Dr Allawi’s
letter annexed to the resolution asked for the support of the
Security
Council and
the international community in providing security and stability
until Iraq was
able to
provide security for itself.
557.
Resolution
1546 (2004) expired in November 2005. It was replaced by
resolution
1637
(2005),502
and
subsequently resolutions 1723 (2006)503
and 1790
(2007).504
Those
resolutions
extended the authorisation for the MNF in Iraq until the end of
2008.
501
United
Nations Security Council resolution 1546 (2004).
502
United
Nations Security Council resolution 1637 (2005).
503
United
Nations Security Council resolution 1723 (2006).
504
United
Nations Security Council resolution 1790 (2007).
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