 BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki hit back on Wednesday at a critical UN human rights report on the situation in his war-torn country and questioned its credibility. “The Iraqi government announces that it has major reservations about this report, which lacks precision in its presentation of information, lacks credibility in many of its points and lacks balance in its presentation of the human rights situation in Iraq,” he said in an official statement.
“Despite the Iraqi government’s full cooperation and transparency in dealing with the UN delegation in Iraq, much of the information contained in the report was not taken from credible sources,” he said.
The United Nations Assistance Mission had earlier criticised Baghdad for concealing casualty figures for the countryÂ’s ongoing sectarian strife and alleged that detainees had disappeared while in state custody.
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The Shiite premier’s statement went on to accuse the report of worsening humanitarian conditions in Iraq rather than improving them and called on the United Nations to play a “more constructive role” in the country.
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“Considering the conditions which Iraq is currently enduring, this report calls into question the credibility of the United Nations office in Iraq, aggravating the humanitarian situation instead of resolving it,” he said.
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