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UN Special Representative for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert said any unlawful attempts to prolong or discredit the electoral results process in the country, “or worse: to alter the electoral results through for instance intimidation and pressure, can only backfire,” and called on all stakeholders “not to go down that path.” UNIFEED

20 years after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1373, the Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) Michèle Coninsx said the resolution “remains as relevant as it was on the day of its adoption” as “the terrorist threat persists” and has “sought to survive and evolve.” UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world “to take action and inject liquidity into the Afghan economy to avoid collapse” and to “create the conditions that would allow Afghan professionals and civil servants to continue working to serve the Afghan population.” UNIFEED

Iraqi President Barham Salih said the early elections set to take place in his country next month will be “decisive and will have an impact on Iraq and perhaps the entire region.” UNIFEED

Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi condemned the “continued illegal US sanctions” levied against his country and demanded that “this organized crime against humanity be recorded as a symbol and reality of the so-called American human rights.” UNIFEED

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) called for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrollment remain critically low. UNHCR

“With the election date rapidly approaching, Iraq will have our support at every step of the way,” the top UN official in Iraq said at the Security Council meeting on Iraq on Wednesday. UNIFEED

The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, Vladimir Voronkov, said, “we will need to ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as launching pad for global terrorism.” UNIFEED

After a government decision to close all camps for internally displaced in Iraq, in November 2020, many Iraqis were forced to go back to destroyed villages and damaged homes. UNHCR and partners are paving the main road to connect the village with lifesaving services and rebuilt these classrooms so the residents may begin a new chapter of life. UNHCR

United States ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said her country would continue “standing up and speaking out until China’s government stops its crimes against humanity and the genocide of Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang.” UNIFEED