Mandate
Its mandate operates through a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq. The first such representative was Sérgio Vieira de Mello who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on 19 August 2003.
The current mandate was extended to 31 July 2013, under Resolution 2061 adopted on 25 July 2012. One of its tasks is to implement the International Compact with Iraq. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ashraf Qazi was appointed on 14 July 2004 and retired on 18 September 2007.
Ad Melkert was Special Representative of the Secretary-General from 2009-2011. The current Special Representative of the Secretary-General is former German Ambassador to Iraq Martin Kobler.
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