Daniel Stewart - Yesterday
The UN has appealed for restraint in the face of the mobilizations unleashed on Monday in Baghdad following the announcement by Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr that he is quitting politics, as it perceives "an extremely dangerous escalation" of tensions.
A supporter of cleric Muqtada al Sadr waves the Iraqi flag at an August 8 protest
The United Nations mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has urged the demonstrators to leave the Green Zone "immediately" and vacate the public buildings occupied in recent hours so that the government can continue to carry out its work.
"State institutions must be able to operate without hindrance in the service of the Iraqi population, under any circumstances and at any time," the mission said in a statement in which it called for "respect for the constitutional order".
UNAMI pointed out that "the survival of the State is at stake" and that "Iraqis cannot be held hostage to an unpredictable and unsustainable situation", for which it called for the collaboration of all parties.
In this sense, he exhorted the different political actors to lower the tension and to bet on dialogue - "the only way to resolve differences" - with the ultimate objective of avoiding what could be "an unstoppable chain of events" in Iraq.
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