"JEANINE HENNIS-PLASSCHAERT"

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council that any government in this position needs time, “and that, in itself, is already a challenge”, as “the harsh reality is that there is no time to lose.” UNIFEED

Special Representative for Iraq and head of UNAMI Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert will brief on recent developments in Iraq and the Secretary-General's reports on UNAMI and the issue of missing Kuwaiti and third-party nationals and missing Kuwaiti property. 

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council she wanted to “convey both a sense of hope, and a sense of urgency” about the future of the country. UNIFEED

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq, said, “Tragic developments are indisputably the result of the inability of Iraq’s political class to cast the die.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

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.

Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The deadly shelling of a mountain resort in northern Iraq last week represented a shocking disregard for civilian life and international obligations on civilian protection, the UN Special Representative for the country, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told an emergency session of the Security Council on Tuesday. UNIFEED

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.