Overview
- The Security Council received UNAMI’s final briefing on 2 December confirming the mission will shut by 31 December under resolution 2732 (2024).
- Mandates on missing Kuwaiti nationals and property will shift to a technically qualified Senior Representative under resolution 2792 (2025), with Iraq’s recent handover of 400 boxes of archives noted and limited progress on missing persons acknowledged.
- UNAMI reported that Iraq’s 11 November parliamentary election recorded 56% turnout and ranked among the most orderly and credible polls to date.
- Delegations praised the orderly drawdown yet highlighted persistent gaps on human rights, including threats to free expression and the absence of a law criminalizing domestic violence.
- Humanitarian needs remain significant, with roughly one million Iraqis still displaced and about 20,800 returnees from northeast Syria requiring sustained reintegration support.