Economy | 10/08/2024 Mawazine News - Baghdad The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq announced on Saturday a record increase in electronic payment operations from 800 billion to 2 trillion dinars in one year, noting that government payments reached 912 billion dinars during July 2024.
This came during his participation in a specialized workshop on accelerating the transition to electronic payment, organized by the "Osool" Foundation for Economic Development and Sustainable Development, followed by Shafak News Agency.
Al-Alaq said during his speech at the workshop that the Central Bank of Iraq works side by side with the government program and the Prime Minister's direction in supporting electronic payment, and we are proud of what we have achieved so far, indicating that in 2023, the amounts processed through the national switchboard witnessed a significant increase, reflecting the development of the infrastructure and the expansion in the use of electronic payment channels and the impact of the campaign launched by the Prime Minister to activate electronic payment operations in general, and in the government sector in particular.
He added that these upward trends continued to develop in 2024, as the amounts processed in the national switchboard systems reached more than 2 trillion Iraqi dinars in July alone, compared to 800 billion dinars in the same month of 2023, and became 1 trillion dinars in January 2024, and government payments witnessed an additional increase, reaching 912 billion Iraqi dinars last July compared to 287 million dinars in the same month of 2023.
Al-Alaq indicated that payments at fuel stations in Baghdad alone increased significantly, recording more than 44 billion dinars in July of this year, compared to 183 million dinars in July of 2023, and 4.5 billion dinars in December 2023.
Al-Alaq revealed a huge increase in the number of POS points of sale to reach more than 50 thousand points of sale this year compared to approximately 11 thousand POS points of sale at the beginning of 2023, and thousands of them in government institutions after It was zero before the campaign was launched in June 2023.
Al-Alaq expressed his hope that government institutions would adopt the establishment of specialized units in electronic payment technologies to work on following up and developing this important aspect. https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=253011
Iraq,Reports # United Nations # UNAMI # Iraq The Iraqi government, headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, took a step that successive governments after 2003 had not taken before, by asking the United Nations to end its political mission in the country by the end of 2025, which it has been carrying out for more than two decades, as Baghdad’s request to the organization stated that its presence was no longer necessary.
However, local observers tell Al-Jabal that Iraq needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach safety.
Al-Sudani stressed that in these circumstances and after 20 years of democratic transition and overcoming various challenges, the reasons for the presence of a political mission in Iraq no longer exist, calling for the mission's mandate to be permanently terminated on December 31, 2025, based on the letter he sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.
Al-Sudani called for UNAMI to focus until then on files related to economic reform, combating climate change, and development issues.
What Does The United Nations In Iraq Consist Of?
The United Nations consists of two field missions (UNAMI and UNITAD), and UN agencies, funds and programmes, operating at the community, governorate and national levels throughout Iraq.
As for field missions, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is a special political mission established in 2003 by United Nations Security Council resolution 1500, at the request of the Government of the Republic of Iraq. The mandate of the Mission is to advise and assist the Government on a range of issues.
This includes promoting inclusive political dialogue and national reconciliation, assisting in the electoral process, planning for a nationwide census, facilitating regional dialogue between Iraq and its neighbors, and promoting the protection of human rights and judicial and legal reforms. The Mission is also mandated by its mandate to work with government partners and civil society to coordinate the humanitarian and development efforts of specialized United Nations agencies, funds and programmes.
While the Mission does not implement humanitarian or development programmes itself, it does promote the development and humanitarian landscape in Iraq, linking Iraqi partners – both government and civil society organizations – with the technical expertise available within the United Nations Country Team in Iraq.
The Mission is headed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, assisted by a Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance, and another Deputy Special Representative who also serves as Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.
New Special Representative For Iraq
In the middle of last month, the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan as its new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
The international organization said in a statement that "the Secretary-General of the United Nations announced the appointment of Mohammed Al-Hassan from the Sultanate of Oman as his new Special Representative in Iraq and Head of the UNAMI mission, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert from the Netherlands."
Al-Hassan has diverse diplomatic experience, as his career spans more than 30 years in the field of preventive diplomacy, peacebuilding and development. His most recent position was Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations since 2019, according to the same statement.
Prior to that, Al Hassan held several positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Muscat. Among the senior positions he held were Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Oman to the Russian Federation, and during the same period he was a non-resident ambassador to Belarus, Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova.
Informed sources told Al-Jabal that Mohammed Al-Hassan will soon begin his work, succeeding Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
In this context, the Prime Minister's Advisor for International Relations, Farhad Alaa Al-Din, confirmed that the United Nations mission will end its tasks at the end of 2025, and Iraq expressed its gratitude and thanks for all the work and assistance provided by the mission over the past two decades.
In his interview with Al-Jabal, he stated that Iraq looks forward to continuing cooperation with the independent organizations and agencies affiliated with the United Nations according to an agreed upon program and according to Iraq’s needs, especially in the field of technical support, transfer of expertise, and building institutional capacities.
Iraq Needs International Expertise
Meanwhile, political and legal expert, Khaled Al-Ardawi, reveals that the international mission’s stay or exit is a matter decided by Iraqi need, as the presence of international missions is completely useful to help unstable peoples and countries or those that have emerged from severe military and political conflicts that have left a negative impact on their social and political cohesion, constitutional structure and security stability, due to the long international experience of the United Nations in this field, and its neutral role in setting advisory policies and strategies for governments in addressing their problems.
Al-Ardawi explained to Al-Jabal that anyone following the Iraqi situation in all fields can easily see that the Iraqi political, social and security situation is still fragile, and that our country still needs neutral and professional international expertise to help it reach the shore of safety.
Accordingly, the government’s decision to expel the UN mission remains respected, but it must reconsider it through technical committees, far from urgent political impressions.
Political Pressures
Meanwhile, the political researcher, Mujasha’ Muhammad Al-Tamimi, saw that the observer of the situation in Iraq sees that it is politically, economically, security-wise and socially unstable, so Iraq needs the help of friends to overcome its crises, and the United Nations and its mission in Iraq carry out advisory and guidance operations, not imposing decisions and transmitting reliable reports to the international community, so I see that Iraq needs the United Nations mission to help.
According to what Al-Tamimi told Al-Jabal, it seems that the Iraqi request to end the United Nations mission came as a result of political pressures imposed on the Iraqi government. Up until now, it is not believed that Iraq will abandon the role of the United Nations even after the end of its mission in Iraq. There may be a change of heart from the government if it sees that the situation in Iraq needs a United Nations mission. https://aljeebal.com/posts/305
That's all! It's all started! I was on a Zoom call a few hours ago at about 4am. This came in Reno: There was a meeting in Reno, a big meeting, and they discovered that many Dinars and Zim, Precatorios and other bonds were fraudulent. There is a lot of fraud. They also discovered that some of these bonds were used in terrorism. They have to check everything, many bad apples on this trip, they have all been caught. I said this before: be careful who you buy bonds from. If you buy on EBAY, it is a risk you are taking. He doesn't know if those bonds are registered or under contract. They are not authenticated. An expert has to review them at the exchange center to authenticate them. And they may say, "Sorry, your bonuses aren't real, they're worthless." There are drug brokers selling bonds for $60, for example, but they are not authenticated. So if you go to EBAY and buy Yellow Dragon bonds for 12 dollars, thinking you saved money.
When you go to the redemption center and have loose bonds, Yellow Dragons, German bonds, etc., loose bonds, NOT boxes, they will go through the expert process to be authenticated. If they are not real, they will reject you. I have always been honest with you about purchasing through the correct channels.
We have experts with our Yellow Dragon Bonuses. We have attorneys, and all bonds have been authenticated, placed under contract, registered and everything is ready to go. The boxes are all sealed. Our whale can't open them. This happens to most whales, as all the boxes are sealed and cannot be opened.
However, this is good news as we know they are making things safe and taking care of us. They are authenticating the bonds and making sure there are good people on this journey. Also, at 3 pm Brazil time, what I have been told by several sources in Brazil, is that Tier4B was released – the notifications were released. If that's true, that will create a ripple effect from Reno and other platforms.
It is from two platforms in Brazil, which are San Paolo and Brasilia.
People have received notifications of bondholders ready to go to Reno. One person, a large bondholder, a very good friend of mine and this person, has millions of boxes... That person was notified. They are flying to Reno tomorrow and I was elated for that person.
Another person who lives here in Australia was notified that they will have to fly to Brazil to prepare the Medbeds. Medbeds are ready! Medbeds are real!
So everything is ready for this month: the month of August is the month of our blessing. Everything comes from.
I received another call from a platform, elated, shouting Hallelujah – They received the call that on August 15 their funds will be released.
Precatoria – it is taking a little longer. All funds will go to QFS accounts. They are waiting to get the green light.
I was on a Zoom call with my platform a few minutes ago, which came to me via audio of Skye saying that you will receive a Q phone when you go to your Medbeds, and also a replicator, but these are people who have humanitarian projects. That's great!
If there are no projects, you will receive them later.
A replicator is like a microwave that does everything. I'm sure you've seen the videos. They are huge and you will probably have to install them in your house.
Things are definitely happening.
Furthermore, I have been in contact with the next politician of my country in Chile. He has a huge humanitarian project: a railway system from Chile to Brazil that costs billions of dollars and he will be able to do it, and he has people designated to do it and he has shown me the map. He is a good Christian and conservative. He is no longer a politician because it is a corrupt system.
Tenemos expertos con nuestros Bonos Yellow Dragon. Tenemos abogados, y todos los bonos han sido autenticados, colocados bajo contrato, registrados y todo está listo para funcionar. Las cajas están todas selladas. Nuestra ballena no puede abrirlas. Esto le sucede a la mayorÃa de las ballenas, ya que todas las cajas están selladas y no se pueden abrir.
Sin embargo, estas son buenas noticias, ya que sabemos que están haciendo que las cosas sean seguras y cuidando de nosotros. Están autenticando los bonos y asegurándose de que haya buenas personas en este viaje. Además, a las 3 pm hora de Brasil, lo que me han dicho varias fuentes en Brasil, es que Tier4B fue liberado – se liberaron las notificaciones. Si eso es verdad, eso creará un efecto dominó desde Reno y otras plataformas.
Es de dos plataformas en Brasil, que son San Paolo y Brasilia.
La gente ha recibido notificaciones de tenedores de bonos listos para ir a Reno. Una persona, un gran tenedor de bonos, un muy buen amigo mÃo y esta persona, tiene millones de cajas… Esa persona fue notificada. Mañana volarán a Reno mañana y yo estaba eufórico por esa persona.
Otra persona que vive aquà en Australia recibió la notificación de que tendrá que volar a Brasil para preparar los Medbeds. ¡Los Medbeds están listos! ¡Los Medbeds son reales!
Asà que todo está listo para este mes: el mes de agosto es el mes de nuestra bendición. Todo viene de.
Recibà otra llamada de una plataforma, eufórico, gritando Aleluya – Recibieron la llamada de que el 15 de agosto sus fondos serán liberados.
Precatorios – está tardando un poco más. Todos los fondos se destinarán a cuentas QFS. Están esperando obtener luz verde.
Si no hay ningún proyecto, los recibirás más adelante.
Un replicador es como un microondas que lo hace todo. Estoy seguro de que has visto los videos. Son enormes y probablemente tengas que instalarlos en tu casa.
Definitivamente están sucediendo cosas.
Además, he estado en contacto con el próximo polÃtico de mi paÃs en Chile. Tiene un enorme proyecto humanitario: un sistema ferroviario de Chile a Brasil que cuesta miles de millones de dólares y podrá hacerlo, y tiene gente designada para hacerlo y me ha mostrado el mapa. Es un buen cristiano y conservador. Ya no es un polÃtico porque es un sistema corrupto.
Politics |Today, Baghdad Today – Baghdad Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed today, Saturday (August 10, 2024), that his government realized early on that the goals of economic and social reform must pass through the gate of women.
Al-Sudani said during the conference on combating violence against women, which was followed by "Baghdad Today", that "this conference represents an important platform for exchanging ideas and supporting the effective role of women, as without the position of women, the greatest changes in history would not have been confirmed."
He added, "In our government, we realized early on that the goals of economic and social reform must pass through the gate of women, and we embodied the fight against violence against women in our support for the Sixteen Days Campaign, and we sought within a clear approach to establish the Supreme Council for Women's Affairs to be a direct planning and executive gate, and today we are proud and honored that our government includes in its administrative institutions many leading women."
He pointed out that "we will discuss in a specialized workshop all the observations raised about the Personal Status Law." LINK
This is it, guys. I just have to wait for Elizabeth to give me the green light so I can premiere the opera for you.
The precarious have their own opera and as soon as they release those funds, they will premiere their own opera. Make no mistake, it's my opera. I will be the one who sings!
I'll see you at the meeting, probably in February. We are already close to mid-August and the end of the year is not far away. I will have about 3 months off to get off the grid and off the radar and I don't want to risk my confidentiality agreement.
I'll ask if I can do some things in the Chosen Room or if I'm allowed, but I have to be careful. Most likely it will not appear there.
We are approaching my time to leave this channel, and when I do it will be because it has already begun. I hope to have another live call tomorrow.
Take care, Wolverine (transcribed by Carpathia)
NOTE FROM CARPATHIA: Listen to the audio to hear Carpathia's off-the-cuff comments at the end of the chat.
TRANSLATION IN SPANISH
WOLVERINE
Esto es todo, muchachos. Solo tengo que esperar a que Elizabeth me llame con luz verde para poder estrenar la ópera para ustedes.