News, Rumors and Opinions Thursday 5-18-2023
TNT:
Tishwash: The Finance Committee meets to
finalize the budget law
The Finance Committee discussed the following files:
Supporting strategic projects and following development
paths
Providing the necessary resources to develop priority sectors and improving public services and infrastructure
Contributing to investing natural resources in order to
achieve financial and economic stability for the state in accordance with the
implementation of the government program
Mechanism for determining the need for spending units from
allocations Finance for the possibility of making transfers
Ensuring exchange priorities
Maximizing non-oil revenues
Emphasizing the involvement of the private
sector to contribute to improving production and continuity of
projects link
CandyKisses:
Iraq’s file in a special session of the UN Security Council. Notes and praises
Shafaq News / The UN Security Council will hold a special
hearing on Iraq on Thursday, in New York, during which the representative of
the Secretary-General of the United Nations Jenin Blaskhart is expected to
deliver a speech on recent developments in the country, as well as the recent
report of the UNAMI mission and issues related to Kuwait's losses from the
Iraqi invasion.
The "Security Council News" website stated in a
report translated by Shafaq News Agency, that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed
Shia Al-Sudani recently announced the approval of the Council of Ministers on
the draft budget for the years 2023-2025, which is supposed to deal with the
priorities he set in his government program such as combating corruption and
unemployment, creating jobs, supporting low-income segments, reforming the
economic and financial sectors and strengthening public services.
The report indicated that Blaskhart is expected to provide
the Security Council with a follow-up on relations between the federal
government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as the two governments
continued their dialogue on outstanding issues, such as revenue sharing and oil
law, in addition to the first visit of Sudan to the region on March 14 and 15,
in addition to the arbitration case that froze the flow of oil sales from the
region to Turkey, and then the settlement that took place between the
governments of Baghdad and Erbil on this issue on May 11.
According to the UN report, the security situation will
also be one of the axes of the words of Blaskhart, as ISIS continued to launch
attacks, mainly in the governorates of Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Kirkuk, Nineveh
and Salah al-Din, while the Iraqi security forces continued to confront
terrorist operations.
The report pointed out that the number of attacks
attributed to ISIS during the first quarter of 2023 (92 attacks, compared to
188 attacks during the first quarter of 2022), the lowest quarterly figure
since Iraq declared victory over ISIS in December 2017, highlighting an overall
decrease in attacks.
Blaskhart is also expected to address the harmful effects
of climate change on Iraq, which is one of the most vulnerable countries in the
world to climate, and suffers from increasing water scarcity as a result of
desertification, salinity and disagreements over water management with
neighboring countries, causing a decrease in the water level in the Tigris and
Euphrates rivers.
In addition, in her press briefing before the Security
Council, Blaskhart will address issues of human rights and the humanitarian
situation in Iraq.
A representative of civil society in Iraq will participate
in the session, where she will talk about issues focusing on women, peace and
security, and will call, according to the report, for justice in women's
participation in political life, and the importance of passing the law on
violence against women.
Besides, Blaskhart will raise the issue of regional
impacts on Iraq.
The members of the Security Council are expected to
commend the progress made by the Iraqi authorities in implementing their
government programs, including the agreement on the budget, the scheduling of
provincial elections, and the interim agreement between Baghdad and Erbil on
the sharing of oil revenues.
They may also welcome success in operations against ISIS
and promoting security stability, stressing the importance of dealing with the
root causes of extremism.
The session will also address, according to the report,
the end of the UNAMI mandate scheduled for May 31, as some countries are
expected to demand that the mission’s role be strengthened on issues such as
women, human rights and climate change.
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Courtesy of Dinar Guru
Mnt Goat I have to say it is all very
good and the CBI and GOI are working together to move in the
direction they need to take for us to very possibly see the reinstatement back
to FOREX (Foreign Currency Exchange) by June or about. There are no
obstacles. They must have a budget passed and in place. Also
they must have agreements for the oil and gas law... we may be in
the window to finally see this RV to the end... We will just have to sit
tight and wait this one out.
Clare Article: "The Central Bank
disables all electronic payment cards.. and a source of {Euphrates News}
explains" Quote: "Master Card and [Suge] have been
suspended, including palm cards, pending instructions from the Central
Bank," noting that "most of the cards issued in Iraq are suspended
due to a change in the central bank's system and may return to work in the next
two days."
