Security Council resolution 2631 (2022) [on extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 May 2023]
Symbol: S/RES/2631 (2022)
Date: 2022-05-26
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/77 [124] UN ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR IRAQ
S/77 [119] IRAQ SITUATION
S/ X The situation concerning Iraq.
Subjects: UN Assistance Mission for Iraq|UN. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq|PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS|PEACEBUILDING|GOOD OFFICES|IRAQ|IRAQ SITUATION
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: ALBANIA
vote: yes
country: BRAZIL
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GABON
vote: yes
country: GHANA
vote: yes
country: INDIA
vote: yes
country: IRELAND
vote: yes
country: KENYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: NORWAY
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                      S/RES/2631 (2022)
               Security Council                                                  Distr.: General
                                                                                 26 May 2022




               Resolution 2631 (2022)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 9043rd meeting, on
               26 May 2022

                    The Security Council,
                     Recalling all its previous relevant resolutions on Iraq, in particular 1500 (2003),
               1546 (2004), 1557 (2004), 1619 (2005), 1700 (2006), 1770 (2007), 1830 (2008), 1883
               (2009), 1936 (2010), 2001 (2011), 2061 (2012), 2110 (2013), 2169 (2014), 2233
               (2015), 2299 (2016), 2379 (2017), 2421 (2018), 2522 (2020), 2576 (2021) and
               reiterating resolutions 2107 (2013) and 2621 (2022) on the situation between Iraq and
               Kuwait, and the values set forth in 2367 (2017),
                     Reaffirming the independence, sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of
               Iraq, and emphasizing the importance of the stability, prosperity, and security of Iraq
               for the people of Iraq, the region, and the international community, particularly in
               light of Iraq’s territorial victory over the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL,
               also known as Da’esh), and encouraging the international community to increase its
               support to Iraq in this regard,
                     Supporting Iraq in addressing the challenges it faces as it continues its
               stabilization efforts, including the ongoing fight against terrorism and ISIL, Al-Qaida
               and their affiliates, and continues the task of recovery, reconstruction, stabilization
               and reconciliation, including the requirement to meet the needs of all Iraqis, including
               women, youth, children, displaced persons, and persons belonging to ethnic and
               religious minorities, recognizing the threat of explosive ordinance and its impact on
               civilians, including children, and welcoming efforts to clear areas of such devices,
                    Condemning in the strongest terms the 7 November 2021 assassination attempt
               against Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi,
                     Recalling the fundamental principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and
               consular premises, and the obligations on host Governments, including under the
               1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention
               on Consular Relations, to take all appropriate steps to protect diplomatic and consular
               premises against any intrusion or damage, and to prevent any disturbance of the peace
               of these missions or impairment of their dignity,
                     Commending the Government of Iraq’s and the Independent High Electoral
               Commission’s execution of a technically well-managed and generally peaceful
               election on 10 October 2021,




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                     Calling for the swift and peaceful formation of a new government, to deliver on
               national priorities for the Iraqi people, including through economic reform, regional
               cooperation, stabilization, development and the promotion and protection of human
               rights,
                     Noting the importance of the Government of Iraq urgently delivering
               meaningful reforms aimed at meeting the Iraqi people’s legitimate demands to address
               corruption, deliver essential and basic services, diversify its economy, create jobs,
               improve governance, and strengthen viable and responsive state institutions,
               recognizing the Government of Iraq’s efforts to that effect, and calling for State
               institutions to redouble efforts to pursue accountability for those responsible for
               crimes involving the killing, serious injury, abduction or disappearance of
               demonstrators and journalists, and to safeguard and respect the right of freedom of
               expression,
                     Noting the Government of Iraq’s desire to see internally displaced persons and
               displaced Iraqis in Syria return to their areas of origin or resettle elsewhere in Iraq,
               stressing the importance of achieving dignified, safe and durable solutions undertaken
               on a voluntary and informed basis,
                     Recognizing the importance of the effective and timely implementation of the
               Yazidi Female Survivors Law and the need to hold perpetrators of conflict -related
               sexual and gender-based violence accountable, to provide mental health and
               psychosocial support to victims, and to provide reparations and redress measures for
               all survivors identified in the law, and calling upon the Government of Iraq to extend
               its provisions to all victims,
                     Recognizing that the adverse effects of climate change, ecological changes, and
               natural disasters, among other factors, can contribute to desertification and drought,
               adversely impact the humanitarian situation, and aggravate any existing instability,
               emphasizing the need for comprehensive risk assessments by the Government of Iraq
               with the support of the United Nations, upon the request of the Government of Iraq,
               to take meaningful actions to adapt to or mitigate challenges posed by climate change
               and ecological change, and acknowledging the United Nations Framework
               Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement,
                     Expressing concern at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq, recalling
               resolution 2565 (2021) and stressing once again that equitable access to safe,
               efficacious and affordable tests, treatments and COVID-19 vaccines is essential to
               end the pandemic,
                    Calling on the international community to remain strongly committed to
               providing support to Iraq for its humanitarian, stabilization, reconstruction, and
               development efforts and looking to the Government of Iraq as it assumes increased
               responsibility for the provision of humanitarian services,
                     1.   Decides to extend the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission
               for Iraq (UNAMI) until 31 May 2023;
                  2.    Requests that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and
               UNAMI, at the request of the Government of Iraq, shall:
                     (a) prioritize the provision of advice, support, and assistance to the
               Government and people of Iraq on advancing inclusive, political dialogue and
               national and community-level reconciliation, taking into account civil society input,
               with the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women;
                    (b)   further advise, support, and assist:



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                   (i) the Government of Iraq, the Independent High Electoral Co mmission and
                   other Iraqi institutions with efforts to strengthen electoral preparation and
                   processes, including through regular technical reviews and detailed reporting on
                   electoral preparations and processes, as part of the Secretary -General’s regular
                   reporting cycle;
                   (ii) the Government of Iraq and the Council of Representatives on
                   constitutional review, the implementation of constitutional provisions, as well
                   as on the development of processes acceptable to the Government of Iraq to
                   resolve disputed internal boundaries;
                   (iii) the Government of Iraq with progress on security sector reform, including
                   by prioritizing the planning, funding, and implementation of efforts to
                   strengthen state control and reintegration programmes for former members of
                   armed groups, where and as appropriate, in coordination with other
                   multinational entities;
                   (iv) the Government of Iraq on facilitating regional dialogue and cooperation,
                   including on issues of border security, energy, trade, environment, water,
                   adverse impacts of climate change in particular those contributing to
                   desertification and drought, resilience building, infrastructure, public health,
                   and refugees;
                   (c)   promote, support, and facilitate, in coordination with the Government of
           Iraq:
                   (i) the coordination and delivery of humanitarian and medical assistance,
                   notably to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the transition of
                   humanitarian services to government systems;
                   (ii) the safe, timely, orderly, voluntary and dignified return or local
                   integration, as appropriate, of refugees and displaced persons, including through
                   the efforts of the UN Country Team, and timely access to legal assistance and
                   civil documentation for internally displaced persons and displaced Iraqis in
                   Syria, including persons at risk of statelessness, particularly children without
                   birth registration or other documentation of legal identity;
                   (iii) the coordination and implementation of programmes to improve Iraq’s
                   capacity to provide effective essential civil and social servic es, including health
                   care and education, for its people and continue to support Iraq’s active regional
                   and international donor coordination of critical reconstruction and assistance
                   programmes, including through effective follow -up of international pledges;
                   (iv) Iraqi, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and other efforts on
                   economic reform, capacity-building and setting conditions for sustainable
                   development and recovery and reconstruction including in areas affected by
                   terrorism, including through coordination with national and regional
                   organizations and, as appropriate, civil society, donors, and other international
                   institutions;
                   (v) the contributions of UN agencies, funds, and programmes to the objectives
                   outlined in this resolution under the unified leadership of the Secretary-General
                   through the Special Representative for Iraq, supported by their designated
                   Deputy;
                 (d) promote accountability and the protection of human rights, and judicial
           and legal reform, with full respect for the sovereignty of Iraq, in order to strengthen
           the rule of law and improve governance in Iraq, in addition to supporting the work of
           the UN Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by
           Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) established in resolution 2379 (2017);

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                    (e) approach gender mainstreaming as a crosscutting issue throughout its
               mandate and to advise and assist the Government of Iraq in ensuring the full, equal
               and meaningful participation, involvement and representation of women at all levels
               of decision making, including in the context of elections and government formation,
               and the promotion of women’s economic empowerment, by supporting the
               implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security consistent
               with resolution 1325 (2000) and related resolutions, and the Joint Communique on
               Prevention and Response to Conflict Related Sexual Violence;
                     (f) Note the importance of treating children affected by armed conflict
               primarily as victims, and urge the Government of Iraq and UN Country Team to
               strengthen child protection, including the reintegration of children in accordance with
               Iraq’s national laws and Iraq’s obligations under intern ational law, and to support the
               implementation of the conclusions of the Security Council’s Working Group on
               Children and Armed Conflict;
                     (g) and actively support the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional
               Government to work together and engage in regular and structured dialogue in order
               to resolve outstanding issues, in a manner consistent with the unity of Iraq and its
               constitution, including security provisions, budgetary arrangements and the
               management of Iraq’s oil and gas resources, and to implement existing agreements,
               including the 2020 Sinjar Agreement;
                     3.    Recognizes that the security of UN personnel is essential for UNAMI to
               carry out its work for the benefit of the people of Iraq and calls upon the Government
               of Iraq to continue to provide security and logistical support to the UN presence in
               Iraq;
                  4.   Expresses its intention to review the mandate and reporting cycle of
               UNAMI by 31 May 2023, or sooner, if requested by the Government of Iraq;
                    5.    Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Council every four months
               on the progress made towards the fulfilment of all UNAMI’s responsibilities;
                    6.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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