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The government is resolved to provide an appropriate atmosphere for holding the provincial councils elections in the right way
October election days vary, Maliki says May 20, 2008
Next year will witness a remarkable improvement in security across the country
New Iraqi Cabinet taking shape May 21, 2008
The debts of Iraq ..., which we inherited from the dictator, hamper the reconstruction process
Iraq asks nations to forgive foreign debt May 29, 2008
This is part of strengthening the democratic process, when each eligible voter has a say
U.N. backs petition for federalized Basra Dec 18, 2008
Campaign violence in Iraq must not be allowed to intimidate candidates or interfere with the right of every Iraqi to exercise their vote on Jan. 31
U.N. condemns Mosul assassination Jan 02, 2009
Staffan de Mistura (born 25 January 1947, Stockholm, Sweden) is a long-serving Italian-Swedish diplomat. After a 36 year career in various UN agencies, United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon appointed him as his Special Representative (SRSG) for Iraq on 11 September 2007. He was the successor of SRSG Ashraf Qazi and assumed his responsibilities in the Mission Area on 5 November and in Baghdad on 11 November 2007. In July 2009 de Mistura became the Deputy Executive Director for External Relations of the World Food Programme in Rome. On March 1, 2010 de Mistura assumed the post of the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) in Afghanistan.
De Mistura’s previous UN posts have included that of Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Iraq, Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Southern Lebanon, and Director of the UN Information Center in Rome. His work has taken him to many of the World's most volatile trouble-spots including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan and the former Yugoslavia.
De Mistura was born in 1947, the son of a Swedish mother and an Italian father.