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| Distinguished international diplomat Mokhtar Lamani on the future of Iraq |
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Lamani highlighted two main factors hindering peace in Iraq: “The first is the fragmentation of Iraq. There are hundreds and hundreds of political and social actors. The second is the total mistrust that exists between all these actors.”
Lamani’s insights are drawn from his experiences as Special Representative of the League of Arab States in Iraq in 2006, where he worked to reconcile the country’s fractious parties and sectarian groups, and build peaceful relations between Iraq and its neighbours.
Since 2007, Lamani has been a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, where IDRC contributed funds toward the first year of his fellowship.
At CIGI he authored a report, “Minorities in Iraq: The Other Victims”, which addresses threats facing Iraq’s minority groups, who experience a disproportionate level of violence and instability.
Lamani is a distinguished international diplomat who was ambassador of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations from 1998-2004. His diplomatic career also includes a number of positions with the Arab League’s General Secretariat, including Deputy Permanent Observer to the UN and Officer-in-Charge of the Iraq-Kuwait dispute. A frequent lecturer at many prominent universities, his expertise spans political Islam, United Nations reform, and interfaith relations.
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