UN official in Iraq for talks on int'l partnership
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The No. 2 United Nations official met with top Iraqi leaders in Baghdad on Thursday to promote a new partnership meant to help muster political and economic support for Iraq's new government, the UN said.
Mark Malloch Brown, the deputy UN secretary-general, discussed setting up a preparatory group that will have the backing of the World Bank and include representatives of international donors, the UN said in a news release from its headquarters in New York.
The International Compact for Iraq was set up last month at the behest of Iraq's new prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki. Its main task at the start will be charting a five-year course to "consolidate peace and pursue political, economic and social development," the statement said.
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