10.1 |
Reconstruction: March 2003 to June 2004
1069.
The UN
Security Council adopted resolution 1546 (2004) on 8 June
(see
Section 9.2).629
The
resolution:
•
Endorsed
the formation of a sovereign Interim Government of Iraq
(generally
known as
the Iraqi Interim Government or IIG) which would assume
full
responsibility
and authority for governing Iraq by 30 June 2004, while
refraining
from taking
any actions “affecting Iraq’s destiny” beyond the limited
interim
period
(until an elected Transitional Government of Iraq assumed
office).
•
Reaffirmed
the right of the Iraqi people freely to determine their own
political
future and
“to exercise full authority and control over their financial
and
natural
resources”.
•
Decided
that the Special Representative to the Secretary-General (SRSG)
and
the United
Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), at the request of
the
Iraqi
Government, should:
“�
advise the
Government of Iraq in the development of effective civil
and
social
services;
{{contribute to
the co-ordination and delivery of reconstruction,
development,
and
humanitarian assistance;
{{promote
the protection of human rights, national reconciliation, and
judicial
and legal
reform in order to strengthen the rule of law in Iraq;
and
{{advise
and assist the Government of Iraq on initial planning for
the
eventual
conduct of a comprehensive census”.
•
Recognised
that the IIG would assume the primary role in
co-ordinating
international
assistance to Iraq.
•
Noted that,
upon the dissolution of the CPA, funds in the Development Fund
for
Iraq (DFI)
“shall be disbursed solely at the direction of the Government of
Iraq,
and
decides
that the
Development Fund for Iraq shall be utilised in a
transparent
and
equitable manner and through the Iraqi budget … that the
arrangements for
the
depositing of proceeds from export sales of petroleum, petroleum
products,
and natural
gas established in paragraph 20 of resolution 1483 (2003)
shall
continue to
apply, and that the International Advisory and Monitoring
Board
(IAMB)
shall continue its activities”.
•
Welcomed
the commitment of many creditors, including those of the
Paris
Club, to
identify ways to reduce substantially Iraq’s debt, called on
Members
States,
international and regional organisations to support Iraq’s
reconstruction
effort,
urged international financial institutions and bilateral donors to
provide
their full
range of loans and other financial assistance and arrangements,
and
recognised
that the IIG would have the authority “to conclude and
implement
such
agreements and other arrangements as may be necessary in this
regard”.
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UN Security
Council resolution 1546 (2004).
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