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Thank you for this. I heard on the news that 4 women were selected to be on the Governing Council - but only 2 are identified below as women: >RAJA HABIB AL-KHUZAAI and >SONDUL CHAPOUK Can anyone tell me if any of the others are women - or are there in fact only 2 women on the Council? Thanks Cathy In message <002e01c349cf$06921240$7e2407d5@excalibur>, AS-ILAS <AS- ILAS@gmx.de> writes > > >1) Thumbnail sketches of members of Iraq's newly named 25-member governing >council: > >2) A text of the authorities of the new Iraqi Governing Council, as >described by coalition authorities > >-------------- > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50836-2003Jul13.html?nav=hpto >p_ts > >Members of Iraq's Governing Council > > >The Associated Press >Sunday, July 13, 2003; 3:10 PM > > >Thumbnail sketches of members of Iraq's newly named 25-member governing >council: > >AHMAD CHALABI: A Shiite and leader of the London-based anti-Saddam Iraqi >National Congress. Chalabi, a 58-year-old former banker who left Iraq as a >teenager, had been touted in some U.S. government circles as a future Iraqi >leader — though he denies he has any ambitions to lead the country. He also >has many critics who are opposed to anyone ruling Iraq after spending so >many years abroad. Chalabi was convicted in absentia of fraud in a banking >scandal in Jordan in 1989 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. His group is >an umbrella organization for a number of disparate groups, including Kurds >and Shiites. > >ABDEL-AZIZ AL-HAKIM: A Shiite and a leader of the Supreme Council for the >Islamic Revolution in Iraq. SCIRI, long based in neighboring Iran, opposes a >U.S. administration in the country but has close ties with the other >U.S.-backed groups that opposed Saddam, including the Kurds and Chalabi's >INC. > >JALAL TALABANI: A Sunni Kurd and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. >He and Massoud Barzani of the Kurdistan Democratic Party led the Kurdish >zone in northern Iraq that had near-autonomy from Saddam's regime since the >1991 Gulf War. Born in Kirkuk Province in 1934, Talabani joined the KDP at >the age of 15 and rose to its politburo in 1953. But he broke with the KDP >and founded the PUK in 1957. > >MASSOUD BARZANI: A Sunni Kurd and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. >Barzani, 56, leads the KDP, founded in 1946 by his father, the legendary >mountain warrior Mustafa Barzani. He was a teenager when he became an aide >to his father, then became KDP president when his father died in 1979. In >1983, three of his brothers disappeared in what Kurds call an Iraqi massacre >of the Barzani clan when 8,000 people were rounded up by the Baghdad regime. > >IBRAHIM AL-JAAFARI: A Shiite and the main spokesman for the Islamic Dawa >Party. The party, once based in Iran, launched a bloody campaign against >Saddam's regime in the late 1970's, but it was crushed in 1982. The group >said it lost 77,000 members in its war against Saddam. Born in Karbala, >al-Jaafari was educated at Mosul University as a medical doctor. > >NASEER KAMEL AL-CHADERCHI: A Sunni and leader of the National Democratic >Party. He lives in Baghdad and works as a lawyer, businessman and farmowner. >He is the son of Kamel al-Chaderchi, who played a leading role in Iraq's >democratic development until 1968, when the Baath Party seized power. > >IYAD ALLAWI: A Shiite and secretary-general of the Iraq National Accord. He >is a medical doctor and began opposition to the Iraqi regime in the early >1970's. He was at the forefront of efforts to organize opposition both >within Iraq and abroad. > >ADNAN PACHACHI: A Sunni who served as foreign minister in the government >deposed by Saddam's Baath party in 1968. The respected, 80-year-old >politician founded the Independent Democratic Movement in February to >provide a platform for Iraqis who back a secular, democratic government. He >returned to Iraq in May after 32 years in exile. > >AHMAD SHYA'A AL-BARAK: A Shiite and general coordinator for the Human Rights >Association of Babel. He also is coordinator for the Iraqi Bar Association. >He has worked with U.N. programs in Iraq since 1991 in the Foreign Ministry. > >AQILA AL-HASHIMI: A Shiite and diplomat, he led the Iraqi delegation to the >New York donor's conference for Iraq. He holds a doctorate in modern >literature and bachelor's degree in Law. > >RAJA HABIB AL-KHUZAAI: A Shiite woman who heads the maternity hospital in >the southern city of Diwaniyah. She studied and lived in Britain from the >late 1960s until 1977, when she returned to Iraq. > >HAMID MAJID MOUSSA: A Shiite and secretary of the Iraqi Communist Party >since 1993. He is an economist and petroleum researcher. He left Iraq in >1978 and returned in 1983 to continue his political activities against the >Saddam regime. > >MOHAMMED BAHR AL-ULOUM: A highly respected Shiite cleric who returned from >London where he headed the Ahl al-Bayt charitable center. He was elected as >the Shiite member of a leadership triumvirate by the Iraqi opposition after >the 1991 Gulf War. > >GHAZI MASHAL AJIL AL-YAWER: A Sunni who was born in the northern city of >Mosul. He is a civil engineer and recently vice president of Hicap >Technology Co. in Saudi Arabia. > >MOHSEN ABDEL-HAMID: A Sunni and secretary-general of the Iraqi Islamic >Party. He was born in the northern city of Kirkuk and is author of more than >30 books on interpretation of the Quran. He was detained in 1996 on charge >of reorganizing the IIP. > >SAMIR SHAKIR MAHMOUD: A Sunni and member of al-Sumaidy clan. A writer from >the western city of Haditha, he was a prominent figure in the opposition to >Saddam's regime. > >MAHMOUD OTHMAN: A Sunni Kurd who is politically independent but a longtime >leader of the Kurdish National Struggle. > >SALAHEDDINE MUHAMMAD BAHAAEDDINE: A Sunni Kurd who was first elected >secretary-general of the Kurdistan Islamic Union in the first conference of >the party in 1994. He was born in the Kurdish village of Halabja and has >written several books in Kurdish and Arabic. > >YOUNADEM KANA: An Assyrian Christian, secretary-general of the Democratic >Assyrian Movement and active member of the Assyrian-Chaldian Christian >community. He was a former minister of public works and housing and a former >minister of industry and energy in Iraqi Kurdistan. He began activism >against Saddam in 1979. > >MOUWAFAK AL-RABII: A Shiite and longtime human rights activists. A member of >the British Royal Doctors' College, he practices internal medicine and >neurology. > >DARA NOOR ALZIN: A Sunni Kurd who served as a judge on the Court of Appeal. >He ruled that of Saddam's edicts — confiscating land without proper >compensation — was unconstitutional. He was sentenced to two years in >prison, eight of them served at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison west of >Baghdad before being released in a general amnesty in October. > >SONDUL CHAPOUK: A Turkoman and a woman from the northern city of Kirkuk. She >was trained as an engineer and teacher. She serves as leader of the Iraqi >Women's Organization. > >WAEL ABDUL-LATIF: A Shiite lawyer and judge, named governor of the southern >city of Basra on July 4 by local authorities. > >ABDUL-KARIM MAHMOUD AL-MOHAMMEDAWI: A Shiite, dubbed "Prince of the Marshes" >for leading the resistance movement against Saddam in the southern march >region of Iraq for 17 years. He was imprisoned for six years and leads the >Iraqi political group Hezbollah in the southern city of Amarah. > >ABDEL-ZAHRAA OTHMAN: A Shiite and the leader of the Islamic Dawa Movement in >Basra. He is a writer, philosopher and political activist, who served as >editor of several newspapers and magazines. > > >------------- >2) > >http://cbsnewyork.com/international/Iraq-Council-Text-ai/resources_news_html > >A text of the authorities of the new Iraqi Governing Council, as described >by coalition authorities > >Monday July 14, 2003 > >BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) A text of the authorities and responsibilities of the >Iraqi Governing Council that held its inaugural meeting Sunday, according to >a document released by the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority: > > >The Governing Council is the principal body of the interim administration of >Iraq called for in U.N. Security Council Resolution 1483. It will exercise >specific powers in addition to representing the interests of the Iraqi >people to the Coalition Provisional Authority and the international >community. > > >Ministerial authorities: The Governing Council shall name an interim >minister for each ministry. Each minister will be responsible to the >Governing Council, reporting back to it regularly. The Governing Council >shall have the authority to dismiss ministers should they lose the Council's >confidence. > > >Policy authorities: The coalition will be required to consult with the >Governing Council on all major decisions and questions of policy. The >Governing Council shall have the right to set policies and take decisions in >cooperation with the coalition in any area of national policy, including >financial and economic reform, education, electoral law, health. > > >The Governing Council shall decide how it wishes to organize itself for the >purpose of preparing new policies. It may choose to form specialist >commissions to generate proposals. It could also include experts from the >United Nations, the coalition or other bodies on such commissions. > > >Foreign Affairs: In addition to naming Iraq's interim minister of foreign >affairs and overseeing his or her work, the Governing Council will arrange >for international representation during the interim period. Together with >the coalition the Council shall name Iraqi nationals to serve as >representatives to international organizations and conferences. The Council >will also have the authority to appoint heads of Iraq's bilateral missions >abroad and to receive representatives from other countries. > > >Finance: The Governing Council will name an interim finance minister and >oversee his or her activities. The Council, with the coalition and with the >involvement of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the United >Nations Development Program, will play a full part in drawing up the 2004 >national budget. The 2004 budget will be subject to Council approval. The >Council will have the right to consider substantial amendments to the 2003 >emergency budget. It will also have the right to develop policies regarding >monetary and fiscal matters. > > >Security: The Governing Council shall have the right to prepare policies on >matters concerning Iraq's national security, including the rebuilding and >reform of Iraq's armed forces, police and justice sector. The Governing >Council will be responsible for ensuring that Iraq's police and military are >de-politicized and that the principle of civilian oversight and supervision >of the military is established. > >Operational security matters will remain the responsibility of the coalition >during the period of transition. > > >Consitutional Process: The Governing Council shall consider appointing a >Preparatory Constitutional Commission to recommend a process by which a new >constitution for Iraq will be prepared and approved. The Commission would >report to the Council. The recommended procedure should lead to a new >constitution based on the principles adopted at the Salahuddin and Nasariyah >conferences. > >Once adopted, the constitution would pave the way for national elections >leading to a new, fully sovereign Iraqi government which will immediately >take over the powers and responsibilities of the coalition. > > >(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. >To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss >To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk >All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk -- Cathy Aitchison _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. 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