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• GENEVA TALKS/IRAQ VOA 13 Sept 2003-- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan called talks with foreign ministers of the five permanent Security Council members on Iraq's future very good. But more remains to be done to bridge differences between the United States and France over proposed security and political arrangements in Iraq
• GENEVA TALKS/IRAQ VOA 13 Sept 2003-- U-N Secretary General Kofi Annan is meeting in Geneva with foreign ministers of the five veto-wielding Security Council members to try to determine future political and security arrangements in Iraq
• Powell Says Geneva Meeting Narrowed Differences Among U.N. P5 Washington File 13 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the five permanent members (P5) of the United Nations Security Council share the common goal of "the transfer of authority back to the Iraqi people as quickly as possible," although some differences remain on how to best achieve that transition.
• Powell Says Security Council United on Goal of Sovereign Iraq Washington File 13 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United Nations Security Council is united on the goal of having a free, independent, and sovereign Iraq as quickly as possible, but differences must be bridged on how to achieve that.

Reconstruction Issues

• Iraq: Official Says $20 Billion Needed To Rebuild Power Supply RFE/RL 13 Sep 2003 -- An Iraqi official says his country needs about $20 billion to rebuild its electricity-generating capacity.
• KISIK REFINERY ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY CENTCOM Release 13 Sept 2003-- Coalition forces have hired approximately 70 Iraqi citizens to begin cleaning the Kisik Oil Refinery under the supervision of soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), while employees of the Bayji Oil Company fix the facility's equipment.
• COALITION HELPS RECONSTRUCT ROADS IN BAGHDAD CENTCOM Release 13 Sept 2003-- Coalition forces are working to make Baghdad city streets safer places to travel and a visible sign of progress in Iraq. The 354th Civil Affairs Brigade, an Army Reserve unit based in Riverdale, Md., and part of Task Force 1st Armored Division, recently assessed various road construction sites in Baghdad as part of their road maintenance program.

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