The head of the United Nations political mission in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council on Tuesday she expected to step down at the end of May, adding the country was "on a knife edge". The former Dutch defence minister was appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in late 2018. The U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq aims to advance inclusive political dialogue and helps coordinate humanitarian and development aid.
Pressing Iraq’s leaders, ‘all of them’, to pull country back from ledge, mission head tells Security Council absence of functioning government hard to justify.
<p>The absence of a functioning government in Iraq one year after elections were held is hard to justify, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday, urging political leaders to put aside their differences for the common good. </p>
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