By NNN-KUNA,
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the passage of the Iraq provincial election law by the country’s Council of Representatives, predicting that it will help political normalization in the country, his office said in a statement.
He described it as a “very important step forward which should contribute to political normalization in Iraq.”
The law is the result of months of intense discussions, and the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) was able to support this process significantly by facilitating dialogue and offering compromise proposals, the statement said Wednesday.
Ban pledged that the United Nations will continue to assist the Iraqi High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to ensure timely preparations of the provincial elections with the view of holding elections that are “credible and accepted by the Iraqi people, including the nation’s minorities.”