Adnan Pachachi
Adnan Pachachi
Adnan al-Pachachi or Adnan Muzahim Ameen al-Pachachiis a veteran Iraqi politician and diplomat. Pachachi was Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1959 to 1965 and foreign minister of Iraq from 1965 to 1967 during the Six-Day War with Israel; he again served as permanent representative to the UN from 1967 to 1969. After 1971, he spent a long period in exile. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Pachachi has been an important figure in Iraqi politics, often described...
NationalityIraqi
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1923
CountryIraq
We have to tell the world there will be no civil war among the Iraqi people. The risk is there.
We have to prove to the world that a civil war is not and will not take place among our people. The danger is still looming and the enemies are ready for us because they do not like to see a united, strong, stable Iraq.
If the security forces continue to be dominated as they are now by political groups or sects, then the people won't trust in them - and the result will be civil war or fragmentation of the country.
The country is going through dangerous times, it faces challenges, and the perils come from every direction. Sectarian tensions have increased. We have to prove to the whole world that there will not be civil war between the people of this country. The danger is still there, and our enemies are watching us.
You can imagine how everybody is scared. Finally it's sinking in that something has to be done. You can't let this thing go completely unattended.
We will have at the end of this process a government that derives its legitimacy from the free desire of the Iraqi people,
If we can elect a speaker tomorrow then the Parliament can start functioning normally. People feel they have been let down and that is eroding their faith in the whole political process.
I don't know much about him and a lot of people don't know much about him.
I am confident we will succeed in forming the national unity government that all Iraqis are hoping for.
If we give ourselves this amount of time, we might succeed, and I am sure that we will succeed to form a government of national unity, which the people have been waiting for, for so long.
I believe that we will succeed in forming the national unity government the people are waiting for.
Leaders of political parties have agreed to postpone parliament. There are still some issues that have not been resolved yet.
Many people in Iraq, that segment of Iraqi opinion, believes that there should be a determined effort to see whether in fact that elections are feasible,
We were disappointed, naturally, because of the very small, low turnout in many areas, ... It made it impossible for us to be represented on the National Assembly.