The Report
of the Iraq Inquiry
command,
replicating NATO’s parallel role in relation to UNMIK, “with as
wide an
inclusion
of effective Coalition military partners as possible”.
762.
The level of
intervention in individual ministries “would vary from total in
the
security
field to … superficial in areas such as agriculture. The new senior
cadres could
be composed
of UN staff, as far as possible from Muslim countries, émigré
technocrats
and
non-tainted technocrats from within Iraq.”
763.
There would
also need to be a political process managed by UNMI to prepare for
a
democratic
government. The UN would:
“… engage
in a process of political consultation which would lead to a
convention
of all
Iraqi factions, both internal; and external … Under the UN
administration, work
could take
place on reconstructing government, encouraging new political
parties,
facilitating
free media and an active civil society. A new/revised/and possibly
federal
constitution
will be drafted by Iraqi experts with international guidance.
Municipal
elections
will take place.”
764.
The paper
stated that UNMI would require:
“… at least
in excess of one thousand international staff and several
thousand
foreign
police. The security force would require tens of thousands of
soldiers,
although
this figure would reduce over time. There are question[s] of how
much this
international
effort would cost and how it would be funded. This could be done
by
national
contributions or through the UN assessment system. An alternative
would
be to use
oil revenue to pay administrative and military costs. This would
require
UN authorisation,
and UNMI and security expenses would need to take
account
of debt
repayment …”
765.
There would
also need to be a financial plan, involving detailed work by
the
IFIs, to
reconcile payment of Iraq’s “huge external debts” with
reconstruction and
development
needs.
766.
The SSR
section of the Cabinet Office paper drew on an early draft of a
longer
FCO paper
on the subject, the final version of which is described later in
this Section.
The Cabinet
Office paper stated:
“Having
dismantled Saddam’s security apparatus, there will need to be a new
one.
This will
need a comprehensive security sector plan agreed with and led by
the US.
The
judiciary will need a total rebuild as well as the police.
Decisions will need to be
taken about
the size and scope of the army and intelligence
services.”
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