BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Election officials in Iraq issued orders for campaign silence Friday for the provincial elections as observers monitor the polls for the Saturday balloting.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Iraqi election officials worry there may be charges of fraud filed by candidates defeated in the polls for provincial elections Saturday.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi election officials have ensured that female candidates will receive appropriate representation at the provincial level, the U.N. envoy to Iraq said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Voters in the Iraqi provincial elections will be assigned polling stations for the first time in an effort to eliminate fraud, election officials said Tuesday.

BASRA, Iraq, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The United Nations hailed a move to establish a federal region in Iraq's Basra province as a sign of a strong democracy emerging in the war-torn country.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Violence in Iraq, though a serious concern, has dropped substantially, contributing to an overall improvement in conditions, a United Nations report said.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- The U.N. special envoy to Iraq welcomed a decision by the Iraqi Parliament to adopt a constitutionally mandated independent commission for human rights.

TEHRAN, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- The United Nations' top official in Iraq met Wednesday in Tehran with Saeed Jalili, Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council.

TEHRAN, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Iran supports the work of the United Nations toward safeguarding Iraqi sovereignty but calls for a more active role, the Iranian foreign minister said Tuesday.