DOI 10 April 2008
EUROPE WORLD NEWS (STOCKHOLM)—According to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, Sweden began preparations to host a summit on Iraq on 29 May in collaboration with Baghdad and the United Nations (UN). Bildt said the one-day summit will focus on "international support, reconciliation and state building" in Iraq. According to International Development Cooperation Minister Gunilla Carlsson, the conference is important against the backdrop of the "UN's increasing role" to coordinate and supervise reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Source: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/198086,sweden-has-begun-preparations-for-un-iraq-summit.html (Reliability: 7)
Comment: One year ago at a summit in Egypt, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki co-launched the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). More than 60 countries participated in the ICI’s launch, which produced USD 30 billion in commitments, mostly in debt relief.
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