[RED DEMOCRATICA] UN envoy: "Political process" must be part of Iraq solution

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | UN: Drug deaths declined, opium production rose in 2012 Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   June 26, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story UN envoy: "Political process" must be part of Iraq solution The Iraqi government cannot use military means alone to solve its crisis, says Nickolay Mladenov, the United Nations secretary-general's representative in Iraq. Separately, the UN has increased its humanitarian aid funding appeal for Iraq from $103 million to more than $312 million. 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