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06-10-2010, 04:22 PM
6/10/2010
Feb. 2010 link ~ Iraq predicts "package deal" will be reached with Kuwait after elections and May 25th link ~ Iraqi UN Ambassador ~ Everything will go smoothly with Kuwait after new Iraqi Gov''t - Al-Bayati ...
Despite progress, more needs to be done to close Kuwaiti missing, property

UNITED NATIONS, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday expressed satisfaction at the progress reached in the issues of the missing Kuwaiti and other nationals and property, BUT urged both Kuwait and Iraq to cooperate further to bring these files to a satisfactory closure.

In his bi-annual report to the Security Council on the subject,UN Chief Ban Ki Moon called Iraq to implement all Security Council Resolutions before exiting the UN Charter Chapter VII ... Ban said "I commend the concrete efforts undertaken by Iraq to meet its responsibilities (in this regard) and the proactive and supportive attitude of Kuwait.

"Nevertheless, the positive results attained up to date have been primarily of a preparatory nature. No confirmed remains of Kuwaiti or third country nationals have been found during the reporting period. The main task of discovering and identifying them, and finally closing the files, lies ahead. "This objective can be achieved only through close cooperation and building bridges of trust between Iraq and Kuwait. The continued support of the international community and of the Security Council is essential for making significant and tangible progress in this important humanitarian issue."

Out of 605 people, 369 are still on the list of the missing nationals who were abducted and later killed by the Saddam regime during the 1990 occupation of Kuwait. Ban called on Iraq and Kuwait to "continue to act in the spirit of the confidence and cooperation-building process and apply this to the resolution of a larger set of outstanding issues between the two countries which should contribute to the further strengthening of their good-neighbourly relations and enhancing regional stability."

"It appears that the confidence and cooperation-building period between Iraq and Kuwait, launched in April 2009, has proven to be useful in galvanizing the search for the missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals. It has helped to strengthen the practical cooperation between the parties concerned and to streamline the activities of various Iraqi government bodies and institutions under the Inter-Ministerial Committee, thus demonstrating that a genuine effort can bring results," Ban said in his report.

For that purpose, Ban recommended that the Security Council extend the financing of the mandate of Gennady Tarasov, the UN High-level Coordinator for both files, until December 2010 in order to "build the present momentum" towards the implementation of the relevant council resolution.

He said that the Kuwaiti government officials Tarasov met with during his visit to Kuwait earlier this year stressed the "importance of clarifying the fate of missing Kuwaiti nationals, which continued to be a source of anguish for many families in their country, as well as the Kuwaiti property including the national archives." He added that during their meetings with Tarasov, both Kuwaiti and Iraqi officials "found it necessary to accelerate practical steps on the ground with a view to achieving progress."

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