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NEW YORK, Sept 20 (KUNA) -- UN Security Council (UNSC) welcomed late Friday the newly-formed Iraqi government and called on the international community to support its efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, to maintain security and combat terrorism.
In a statement by the UNSC president, the US, adopted by all members, the Security Council, in a special session on Iraq, reaffirmed its support for the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of Iraq.
It underscored the need for all segments of the Iraqi population to participate in the political process and engage in political dialogue, and called the Government to resolve longstanding issues through an inclusive political process and consistent with the Iraqi Constitution and look forward to the implementation of this commitment through its new national agenda.
Furthermore, the Council strongly condemned the attacks by terrorist organizations, including the terrorist organization operating under the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and associated armed groups, in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
The Council expressed again its outrage about all Iraqis as well as nationals of other states who have been killed, kidnapped, raped, or tortured by ISIL, as well as its recruitment and use of children in combat, the statement added.
The Security Council reaffirmed that all parties, including ISIL, associated armed groups, and other militias, must respect the human rights of the Iraqi people and abide by all applicable obligations under international humanitarian law, including those protecting the civilian population, by which both official Iraqi forces and member states that assist them must also abide.
Terrorism can only be defeated by a sustained and comprehensive approach involving the active participation and collaboration of all States, as well as international and regional organizations, to impede, impair, isolate and incapacitate the terrorist threat, it stressed.
It also reiterated the urgent need to stop any direct or indirect trade in oil from Iraq involving ISIL with the aim to put an end to financing terrorism. (end)
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