Government News Saturday January 8th

Arab League chief due in Baghdad Sat to set stage for summit
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By Mohammad Al-Ghazzi BAGHDAD, Jan 7 (KUNA) -- Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa is scheduled to arrive here on Saturday morning to review with the Iraqi leaders the arrangements for the Arab Summit, due in late March.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and a number of senior officials will be receiving Moussa and his party tomorrow, a ministry official told KUNA here on Friday.
In a midday joint press conference with Zebari, Moussa is expected to announce the League's blessing to Iraq's newly-formed government, which won a parliamentary vote of confidence on December 21.
The league chief will also hold talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Al-Nujaifi, as well as leaders of the major parliamentary blocs, including head of the Iraqi List and former interim prime minister Iyad Allawi, leader of the National Iraqi Alliance (NIA) Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, and Chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Ammar Al-Hakim.
A delegation from League has visited Baghdad on Thursday to arrange for Moussa's meetings with the Iraqi leaders, the source said.
The agenda of visit also includes an address Moussa will deliver to the Iraqi House of Representatives (lower chamber of parliament).
The speech is expected to focus on the Arab support to the country after the formation of a new government, insiders of the League's mission here said.
Moussa will visit Najaf city, some 160 km south of Baghdad, to meet Shiite leader Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, as well as Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church Emmanuel III Delly.
In the northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, Moussa will hold talks with president and prime minister of the regional government Masaud Barazani and Borhom Saleh respectively, the sources added.
Moussa has recently hailed the improvement of the situation in Iraq and the cancellation of the sanctions, imposed by the UN Security Council on the country under Chapter VII of the UN Charter during Saddam Hussein era.
In pre-visit statements, he said the visit would be part of the League's advocacy for national reconciliation in Iraq and for the country's restoring of its regional role, noting that the Arab world is looking forward to such a constructive role.
During their 22nd ordinary summit, held in Sirte, Libya, on March 27, 2010, the Arab leaders agreed to convene the upcoming summit in Baghdad so show support to the efforts being made by the Iraqi government to rebuild and stabilize the country in the political, economic and social sectors.
The coming March summit will be the third gathering of Arab heads of state and government in Iraq after the events of 1978 and 1990. (end) mhg.gb KUNA 080036 Jan 11NNNN

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Iraqi delegation to Iran to demarcate the border and install the retaining struts

2011-01-07 18:16:08 2011-01-07 18:16:08


بغداد ( إيبا ).. BAGHDAD (Iba) .. An official source at the Prime Minister that Iraq would send a government delegation to Iran to discuss border demarcation and knee sleeve.
The Web site quoted the media of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUKmedia for government adviser Abdul Hussein Al Jabri said the prime minister has formed a new technical committee to discuss the issue of border pillars and the mechanism for the demarcation of the border again.

He noted that the Committee would go on Sunday to Tehran to discuss the border file and saline water after it has been coordination with Iran during a visit by Iranian Foreign Minister to Baghdad.

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The launch of appointments during the three months
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بغداد - الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
"Al Sabah" from reliable sources, the appointments were allocated by the government within the budgets of the years 2010 and 2011 will be launched within three months.
Sources close to the government unveiled the "morning" on the move being to accelerate the release of these grades, especially with the presence of large numbers of graduates unemployed.
Indicated that the source of parliamentary uncovered «morning» recently, a tendency the Government and after approval expected the House to release 287 000 degrees and careers next year, adding that "work was underway to agree to release 115 thousand degrees and career was stopped last February and are designed within the budget the year 2010, in addition to 172 thousand degrees and functional government allocated to ministries and government departments within the budget year 2011. "
The sources added: "The head of the House of Representatives Osama Nujaifi Wade directions to begin the process at all according to the grades assigned to each department of the State", pointing out that the issue of appointments require some time, but will not exceed the date three months, especially with a quest for consensus, whether executed before the formation of the Federal Council or to speed up formation during this period.
The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers had confirmed the "morning" that the grades that have been included within the budget of 2011, most of that earmarked for the installation contractors with government departments on the permanent staffing, including the Associates of the protection of vital installations in the Ministry of the Interior, and expected to be ratified on the budget law in House of Representatives during the next few days. It is scheduled to begin the House of Representatives after the holiday, read the budget, after the cancellation of the first reading.
Al Sabah" from reliable sources, the appointments were allocated by the government within the budgets of the years 2010 and 2011 will be launched within three months. Sources close to the government unveiled the "morning" on the move being to accelerate the release of these grades, especially with the presence of large numbers of graduates unemployed work. indicated that the source of parliamentary uncovered «morning» recently, a tendency the Government and after approval expected the House to release 287 000 degrees and careers next year, adding that "work was underway to agree to release 115 thousand degrees and career was stopped last February and are designed within the budget year 2010, in addition to 172 thousand degrees and functional allocated by the government of the ministries and government departments within the budget year 2011. "The sources added:" The head of the House of Representatives Osama Nujaifi Wade directions to begin the process at all according to the grades assigned to each department of the State ", pointing out that the the issue of appointments require some time, but will not exceed the date three months, especially with a quest for consensus, whether executed before the formation of the Federal Council or speed up the formation during this period. The Secretary General of the Council of Ministers had confirmed the "morning" that the grades that were included in the Budget 2011, devoted mostly to install the contractors with government departments on the permanent staffing, including the Associates of the protection of vital installations in the Ministry of the Interior, is expected to ratify the Law of the budget in the House of Representatives during the next few days. It is scheduled to begin the House of Representatives after the holiday, read the budget, after the cancellation of the first reading.

Sadr calls to give Iraq government a chance

Saturday, January 08, 2011 11:01 GMT

Cleric Sayyed Moqtada Al Sadr asked his followers to give Iraq's new government a chance.
Al Sadr warned however that if the government fails to serve the people, Al Sadr Front would have to interfere to reform it.
He called the government to meet its promises, get the occupier out of the country and release “innocent fighters”.



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Parliament tomorrow will discuss three important issues; Committees, Budget, and Cabinet


A member of the National Alliance, Jaafar al-Moussawi said the parliamentary session tomorrow, will discuss three important issues is the issue of parliamentary committees with the approval of the budget in 2011 Add to agree on the actual cabinet ministers instead of the Agency and the most important security ministries. “

He said al-Moussawi told the news agency public opinion (and babysit): “The issue of parliamentary committees had been resolved and agreed upon with the rest of the political blocs have been identified twelve of the Committee of the National Coalition and seven to the Iraqi and four committees to the Kurdistan Alliance and chairman of the Committee assigned to the block change the Kurdish and the Commission to minorities the other. “

Mushir to: “What remains is the legality of these committees, and both Coalition and Iraqi Kurdistan under the chairmanship of the committees attached to this resolution has gone to the senior leadership to be resolved.” The sources confirmed that the leaders of the groups had agreed to parliamentary committees and will be distributed tomorrow.

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