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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Qassim Abdul-Zahra

UN chief visits Iraq to mark end of assistance mission set up after 2003 invasion

Iraq United Nations - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

United National Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Baghdad on Saturday to mark the end of the political mission set up in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.

The U.N. Security Council, at Iraq’s request, voted last year to wind down the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), by the end of 2025. The mission was set up to coordinate post-conflict humanitarian and reconstruction efforts and help restore a representative government in the country.

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