10.1 |
Reconstruction: March 2003 to June 2004
The
provisions of resolution 1483 are described in detail in Section
9.1.
In
addressing reconstruction, the resolution:
•
requested the
Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative for Iraq,
with a
co-ordinating
role focused on reconstruction and humanitarian assistance,
reporting
regularly
to the UN;
•
supported “the
formation, by the people of Iraq with the help of the
Authority
and working
with the Special Representative, of an Iraqi interim
administration
as a
transitional administration run by Iraqis, until an internationally
recognized,
representative
government is established by the people of Iraq and assumes
the
responsibilities
of the Authority”;
•
lifted all
sanctions on Iraq except those related to arms;
•
noted the
establishment of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI), which would
be
audited by
independent public accountants approved by an International
Advisory and
Monitoring
Board (IAMB) comprising representatives of the UN
Secretary-General, the
IMF, the
Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development, and the World
Bank;
•
noted that
disbursements from the DFI would be “at the direction of the
Authority,
in consultation
with the interim Iraqi administration”;
•
underlined
that the DFI should be used “in a transparent manner to meet
the
humanitarian
needs of the Iraqi people, for the economic reconstruction and
repair of
Iraq’s
infrastructure, for the continued disarmament of Iraq, and for the
costs of Iraqi
civilian
administration, and for other purposes benefiting the people of
Iraq”;
•
requested the
UN Secretary-General to continue operation of the OFF for up to
six
months from
22 May;
•
decided that
all export sales of Iraqi petroleum, petroleum products, and
natural
gas should
be made “consistent with prevailing international market best
practices”,
and that 95
percent of the revenue should be deposited into the DFI (with 5
percent
deposited
into the UN Compensation Fund for victims of Saddam Hussein’s
1990
Section
10.3 describes in more detail the negotiations between the US and
the UK over
who should
control disbursements from the DFI, which would hold Iraqi oil
revenues and
other
funds.
395.
On 27 May,
Mr Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary-General, named Mr Sérgio
Vieira de
Mello as
his Special Representative to “lead the United Nations effort in
Iraq for the next
396.
Mr Vieira
de Mello arrived in Iraq on 2 June.222
220
UN Security
Council Resolution 1483 (2003).
221
UN, Press
Release, 27 May 2003, Transcript
of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan
and Special
Representative for Iraq, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, 27
May.
222
Letter
Straw to Blair, 5 June 2003, ‘Iraq: Winning the Peace’ attaching
Briefing FCO/UND, ‘Role of the
UN
Secretary-General’s Special Representative in Iraq’.
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