Thread: Archive - Latest News Think Tank - 15/01/09 - 04/05/09

Barham Salih, recognizes the integrity of disclosure of "financial interests" as Maliki

Peace, First Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, on Wednesday, disclosure of financial interests to the Integrity Commission to join the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the list of 20 ministers recognized that the financial disclosure of their interests earlier.

The statement published by the official site of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan's favor, that "the integrity of the delivery of today (Wednesday), the form to detect the financial interests of the First Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Salih, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki."

The head of the integrity Rahim al had announced (10-3) that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki delivered a form to disclose financial interests, which amounted to 427,350 dollars, which makes the first-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister disclosed the financial obligation.

The statement added that the benefit "is the first Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq reveals the financial obligation," without disclosing the value of financial disclosure by Integrity.

And the transfer of the integrity of the site saying that she takes this opportunity to "call upon all involved to report their financial interests to disclose and deposit it to the circle of control in the body, as the Prime Minister and his first deputy."

The head of the integrity Rahim al had announced (10-3) that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki delivered a form to disclose financial interests, which amounted to 427,350 dollars, which makes the first-Maliki, Iraqi Prime Minister disclosed the financial obligation.

The aide in (3-13) that the 20 ministers who came to the financial integrity Khovathm the final of this year, pointing out that the delayed disclosure of the annual account will be suspended from work, according to the laws in force.

The detection system is the program of financial interests to disclose property, movable and immovable property of the employees covered by the senior officials of the State, including the Prime Minister, ministers, governors, judges and others.

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Consensus: There is confusion in the street, charging the government failures of Parliament

spokesman said the Iraqi Accordance Front spokesman Salim al-Jubouri, on Wednesday, said there was "confusion" in the street, loading of the House of Representatives and political leaders as part of the existing problems that need to be oriented towards the government need to be accomplished.

Jubouri said in a statement posted on the MILF website, "There is a confusion in the street in general is a parliament and political leaders, a large part of the existing problems, many of which should be oriented towards the government need to accomplish."

The "Parliament is not on the operational or service, not a hand down to the street to remove the practical problems exist, what should it work this business is when the government and the failure to get this aspect must be prepared on the accountability of administrative corruption, or in default on a particular aspect ".

He added that "one of the problems that confront us at this moment is the cause of the problems occurring because there is no law which defines the authority of the ****utive powers of the Prime Minister and the powers of ministers and the powers of the President of the Republic and the mutual terms of reference, including, therefore, it gave the power of the Prime Minister sometimes be extended to take the powers are in Constitution of the President of the Republic or down to the powers of the Minister to the lack of clarity in this aspect. "

It was considered that "the Government should be proud of the parliament if he was exercising control, direction and accountability to the ****utive branch and communicate with them in accordance with constitutional powers," and that "whatever the government will remain is the daughter of proud of the parliament and the parliament, if a strong government and able to carry out its mandated" .

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Secretariat of the Council of Ministers directed to non-discrimination in the completion of the transaction "mode or bribery"

A General Secretariat of the Cabinet directive to ministries and official institutions to all the non-discrimination in the completion of transactions of citizens and business owners of the contractors, "the mode of bribery or" at the expense of other transactions.

The secretary said in a statement issued today and received the agency (Voices of Iraq) a copy of the completion of the transaction through the medium or bribery "is a violation of the rights of the citizen and work contexts and origins," and called for "strict adherence to due process and in controlling the sequence of transactions and the delivery system in accordance with clear and strict surveillance and punitive action to take on the greatest conflict with the fact that this is one of the administrative corruption and prejudice to the work career. "

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Head of Arab banks union announces Baghdad meet

Fouad Shaker, secretary general of the Union of Arab Banks announced Tuesday that that the union intends to hold a conference in Baghdad at the end of 2009 or beginning of 2010. The conference is aimed at discussing Iraq's financial role in offering assistance to Arab financial institutions. Shaker stressed on the important economic role that Iraq plays in the region and the achievements of the Iraqi financial sector in the past few months. He announced that the union has decided to establish an Arab financial center for training, research and investments in Baghdad. Abu al-Hussein Abdel-Azim al-Yassiri, head of the board of directors of Al-Rafidayn bank, stressed on the cultural, political, economic and financial role that Iraq plays in the region, saying that Iraq restored its security and economic strength, adding that Al-Rafidayn bank constitutes 70 percent of the Iraqi financial market.

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Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi: the National Economic Forum was the first real opportunity to highlight the economic challenges facing the economy in various sectors

Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, said the permanent committee will be formed to follow up the implementation of the recommendations of the Economic Forum and will have another pause to review what has been achieved from these recommendations will also be follow-up and control of government agencies in order to reap the desired fruits.

And His Excellency during a speech at the end of the first National Economic Forum, Tuesday, 24 -3 - 2009

"The Forum's recommendations will be distributed and will be printed and submitted to the Presidential Commission in the relevant field of economics, oil and gas for review and presentation to the Council of Ministers."

The Vice-President of the Republic, "The Forum possesses no magic wand with which to address the imbalance on the frequency of San gentlemen specialists but a real opportunity to highlight the economic challenges facing the economy in various sectors of the country today in an economic quandary that should accelerate efforts and employ expertise to develop solutions and put an end to a successful emergency disruption of what is happening in the Iraqi economy. "

And His Excellency Deputy Ali stressed that "there is an absence of clear economic policy at the moment and this is reflected in the papers presented at the Forum."

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Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi called for resolving the controversy and dispute between monetary policy and economic policy

Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, to find a solution to review the operational expenses Atwve way for Iraqi citizens. His Excellency The Deputy, in his intervention in the meetings of the second day of the First National Economic Forum, which is scheduled to conclude its work in Baghdad, Tuesday, 24-3-2009, states that "there is gratuitous exaggeration salaries in leadership positions in the State from the President of the Republic, and this basis, the Forum should submit a paper containing a plan to reform the salary system adopted in the higher grades, especially in the State and the three leaders should not talk about this issue, timidly, and it should start with ourselves. "

Vice-President of the Republic stressed the need for "out the decisions of the Forum an important unresolved controversy is the nature of political and financial significance in that all income comes to the Iraqi state should be hurt in the budget of the Ministry of Finance, which is the structure of expenditure for the allocation of this income as operating expenses and the need for the development regions and provinces have" , adding "There are other resources, do not pass to the general budget of the State, all returns should be undertaken of the public budget."

He called on His Excellency the Deputy to resolve the controversy and dispute between monetary policy and economic policy, noting that "speculation in the dollar to keep down inflation in the Iraq policy has not so for the purpose for which it seeks to achieve the central bank and there is a gap between the outputs of the central bank through speculation on the dollar through the real prices food on the Iraqi market, adding that "monetary policy in certain circumstances, called for increased savings, but the result was the development of savings banks to the Central Bank and not for investment purposes."

The Economic Forum meetings, in which, Dr. Mohamed Plasm research on "monetary policy in times of economic challenges," and poetry, Jalal consider "monetary policy and economic features of foggy," and Mohammed Hussein climate research on the commercial sector in Iraq,

Dr. Hammam Shammaa study the concepts of the modern economy, as well as other topics related to fiscal policy in Iraq and monetary policies in place and the intersections of cash, which starts with the end of fiscal policy in economic perspective.

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France and Iraq sign several accords Tuesday

France and Iraq, meeting in their first economic joint commission here Tuesday, are set to sign a number of accords to promote closer cooperation in several areas, sources at the Finance Ministry said Tuesday.

The joint commission is being co-chaired by French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde and Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Sharestani and is a follow up to the unannounced visit to Baghdad February 9 by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Other participants at Tuesdays meeting include Laurence Parisot, President of the Employers Federation and Herve de Charette, former Foreign Minster and now President of the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce.

Among several accords, the French and Iraqi sides are signing Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the training of Iraqi engineers in the water sector in Baghdad.

A framework agreement on investment insurance guarantees by Frances government insurance entity COFACE will also be signed with the Trade Bank of Iraq and the Iraqi Finance Ministry.

COFACE backs French investment in areas of risk and calculates risk globally and gives guarantees for French investors.

Both sides have also officially agreed to set up an ongoing joint economic commission and they are additionally signing an intergovernmental accord to set up a Commission for Franco-Iraqi Business Leaders.

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The Economist calls for improving the legal & regulatory framework for the oil sector

Iraqi economic expert called for improved legal and regulatory framework for the oil sector to provide the possibility of restructuring the oil industry.

He said Mahdi al-Ansari, an economist in the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation of Iraq and that one of the biggest countries in the world, which has oil reserves and the oil sector contributes more than 60 percent of the gross domestic product and 95 percent of hard currency resources, therefore, improve the performance of the oil sector dominates the Iraqi economy is the key to the achievement of the highest rates of growth in the economy.

"This requires the need to improve the legal and regulatory framework for the oil sector through the restructuring of this sector and the development of the work of the operating companies and the introduction of modern technology, which contribute to an increase in production. Ansari said that the upgrading of the principles of strategic partnership between Iraq and foreign oil and gas companies to move forward for important source of capital for the expansion in production and export, exploration of oil and rebuilding the oil industry and investment in the areas of technical training and management will contribute to overcoming the obstacles facing the Iraqi economy, particularly the impact of the current global crisis.

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Obama likely to visit Baghdad next month

Well informed sources that the U.S. President Barack Obama to visit Baghdad next month, to hold important talks with the leaders of the country. This increased openness of information with international and Arab, in particular, on Iraq, where he held with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem during his visit Baghdad yesterday.

Talks with officials in Baghdad, focused on bilateral security cooperation and the situation in Iraq and the region and the issues of energy and water, as predicted by the government sources said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the country today. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki government's keenness to develop relations with Syria in all areas, including serving the interests of both countries and peoples. Maliki said during a meeting with the teacher yesterday, "We want the formation of a strong relationship with our Arab brothers away from the themes and policies of the past," he said: We do not want to hold a conference on Iraq, he has lectured and effective size in the Arab arena and the region involved in decision-making that do not want them to be confined, however, a particular country. The Syrian foreign minister arrived in Baghdad on his second visit in two years. his teacher called on Arab states to return to Iraq to promote relations, stressing his country's support of the Government, for its part, to stand in all that it seeks in the areas political, security and economic, at the same time, expressing his satisfaction with the developments in Iraq in all fields and particularly the national reconciliation. "The Syrian Foreign Minister at a news conference with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, said that" Damascus is ready to provide assistance for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq via its territory, in spite of the that Washington did not ask us, "he said, he supported the request of Baghdad, the Arab summit climb in 2010. It should be noted that Iraq and Syria had announced in November 21, 2006, restore diplomatic relations after a break of nearly twenty years, relations have been the culmination of the joint re-opening of the exchange of embassies in Damascus and Baghdad in December 12, 2006. For his part, Zebari said: that he held talks with his Syrian counterpart on a range of common issues, indicating the presence of the development of good relations between Iraq and Syria because the Syrian government's response to the calls of Iraq to establish security and stability in Iraq. He said: that the Baghdad understands the existence of Iraqi political opposition in Syria, adding that the Syrian delegation includes high-ranking security officials, which is an indication of his promise Syria is keen to address the security situation in Iraq. diplomatically as well, sources familiar with the "morning," said the American president is important talks with the leaders of the country during his visit Baghdad next month.

The U.S. President had been presented in separate telephone conversations with presidents Jalal Talabani and Nouri al-Maliki, the beginning of last February, the administration of future trends in support of Iraq, stressing his commitment to the withdrawal and the Framework Conventions. The sources said: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hillary Clinton will be in the Obama, who will accompany the delegation, indicating that the withdrawal and the dates on which the President recently announced, on the withdrawal of combat troops at the forefront of what will be discussed in meetings with Iraqi officials, Obama. The Republic presidency, ministers and MPs have welcomed the announcement by U.S. President Barack Obama, to withdraw his country's troops from combat in Iraq in August 2010, with the average of 35 to 50 thousand troops will be the role of providing advice to the Iraqi forces and the implementation of other security functions. Meanwhile, Sources in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to visit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the country today, was quoted as saying by Aswat al-Iraq.

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The digital age, and legal challenges in the field of electronic commerce and banking

The challenges posed by electronic commerce and banking, which began to be implemented and adopted in Iraq requires the provision of technical and educational requirements of a high customer who will benefit from this experience unique and requires primarily and immediately to enact laws and new legislation to contain a variety of computer and Internet crimes and breaches of precautions banks and institutions of electronic commerce.

Applications that have been implemented for example by banks will become common after a period in Iraq can be summarized by five major systems as follows:

1 - ATMs ATMs

( Automated Teller Machines)
2 - Clearing house electronic ACH
(Automated Clearing Houses)
3 - networks of communication between the banks

(Inter bank Networks) (Automated)
4 - at the center of the system of payment of sale POS cards direct purchase
(Point of sales systems)
5 - Use of personal computers (PCS), as well as m.obile and fixed, and the adoption of the banks on the mechanics of modern distribution channels via self-service

( Self service Terminals)
As well as the enormous proliferation of credit cards, debit and credit card such as Visa, MasterCard and etc. ..... Express.

Modern electronic Vachirvp is a new service providing direct service to customers for purchase and payment and transfer of information and the settlement of accounts and transfers of cash, the issuance of the financial disclosures and the direct purchase through exhibitions, offices, e-marketplaces. These programs provide all the marketing and commercial banking products as options for any place of the customer and allow him to shorten the whole time, reduce costs and ease of access to information over the 24 hours directly.
However, this wonderful e-service has many risks and challenges including:

1 - the legal risks.
2 - operational risks.

3 - liquidity risk.
4 - lack of awareness among customers.
5 - mail fraud.
6 - the risk of interruption of the electronic service.
7 - fraud, forgery, theft and misuse of payment cards and electronic payment machines.
8 - to penetrate information systems using advanced software to rig or stolen cards.

We have developed programs and excellent quality and high security steps to reduce the risk of fraud and will remain, but possibilities are the result of poor implementation of safety measures and by the customers or users of the system.

One of the problems and constraints of non-existence of legislation and legal and binding directives from the Central Bank of Iraq on these matters and how to deal with crimes of fraud, manipulation, and failure to address the problem of handwritten signature on paper documents and documents of trade than is required by the law of trade and legal proof.

Where of course the figure will be replaced by secret ballot and the electronic signature and the pupils and fingerprinted, and to electronic applications.

Evidence that the organization of Alagheraraljdidp and requires the preparation of new contracts in the application of the electronic system is required to represent the client after the signing of the contract provided that the electronic services it requires a recognition of the validity of the information contained in the disclosures and electronic documents (non-signatories). With reference to these documents does not need to sign a paper as well as contracts for the use of electronic Rtat and cash withdrawal.

The use of modern technology and take advantage of the information revolution and technology in Iraq calls on all governmental and legislative authorities to address the problems and dilemmas and obligations of all parties.

New techniques in the banking and trade directly affected the system of intellectual property and material .. This new situation in Iraq is pressing us to work to ensure everyone's rights and to determine what crimes and modern methods of combat and how to combat and reduce or prevent them.

That efforts to build e-government and its requirements and the requirements emphasize the urgent need to enact such laws and regulations in light of the development of new legislation and international and regional standards in this area in order to ensure justice on the one hand and the mechanics install, instructions and rules of contracts and obligations of electronic evidence and to meet the monetary and recognition of the need for all state agencies acceptance and implementation of documents and instruments and obligations of electronic contracts.

The proliferation of these techniques at the various b.rands and trends and quickly become effective at all levels of life, but with great regret that we can see that the legislative and legal procedures are still slow and sometimes non-existent, which may cause disruptions and disasters on the level of personal and collective, and thereby creating chaos and an inability to deal in a timely manner to the fight against fraud and swindling, fraud and this will be difficult too late follow-up to the computer and Internet crimes from spreading in the community.

We have discussed a large number of professional writers and researchers to this urgent need and set relations, rules and legislation affected by the information technology, notably the need to develop new concepts for electronic contracting, electronic commerce, electronic banking and investment legislation, trade and transfer of funds, consumer protection, and this requires an amendment to the civil law, commercial and banking legislation.

One of the most important things that are urgent and immediate action is the recognition of e-business applications and all their offshoots and the identification of administrative orders and regulations to ensure the protection of personal information and data.