{"id":321382,"date":"2026-01-04T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321382"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:43:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:43:17","slug":"iraq-takes-over-un-compound-in-baghdad-as-mission-concludes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=321382","title":{"rendered":"Iraq Takes Over UN Compound In Baghdad As Mission Concludes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (NNN-NINA) &#8211; Iraq, yesterday, took over the United Nations Integrated Compound in Baghdad, as the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), concluded its mandate at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said, the handover document was signed by Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Uloom, and Claudio Cordoni, the deputy special representative of the U.N. secretary-general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both sides emphasised that, the mission&#8217;s closure marks a new phase of development partnership, led by the UN country team, in alignment with Iraq&#8217;s national priorities, the statement said, adding that, Bahr Al-Uloom praised UNAMI&#8217;s two-decade contribution to Iraq&#8217;s stability and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The handover followed a high-level ceremony on Dec 13, 2025, at which Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia&#8217; al-Sudani, and UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, marked the end of UNAMI&#8217;s mandate, signaling a shift from crisis management to long-term development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNAMI was mandated by the UN Security Council in 2003, at the request of the Iraqi government, following a U.S.-led invasion, to advise and assist the government. Its operations ended after a final 19-month mandate extension approved in May, 2024.&#8211; NNN-NINA   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (NNN-NINA) &#8211; Iraq, yesterday, took over the United Nations Integrated Compound in Baghdad, as the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), concluded its mandate at the end of 2025. A statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said, the handover document was signed by Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister, Mohammed Hussein Bahr Al-Uloom, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":321386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,286,217,194],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321382"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321383,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321382\/revisions\/321383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/321386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}