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European Parliament calls for transfer of power to Iraqis

IRNA

Brussels, Sept 12, IRNA -- Political and economic power in Iraq should
be transferred as soon as possible to the Iraqi people and its 
representatives, EP`s Foreign Affairs Committee has said. 
MEPs also advocated that Iraq`s oil revenues be given in trust to 
the UN for the financing of the reconstruction of Iraq under a UN 
mandate. 
Furthermore, there should be a UN Office of Inquiry into Human 
Rights Violations, gathering evidence on violations by the former 
Iraqi regime, as well as any violation of international conventions 
during and after the war. 
In addition, MEPs want the EU to appoint a special representative 
to Iraq, said a EP press release Thursday. 
In a draft recommendation to be put to the vote by the EP in two 
weeks` time, the Foreign Affairs Committee said the EU should take the
initiative for a UN Security Council resolution on the transfer of 
sovereignty to the Iraqi people, through a political and economic 
transition process which would involve the election of a constituent 
assembly by the end of 2003. 
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