UN Declares Highest Level of Emergency in Iraq Over ’ISIL’ Advance

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The UN has declared the highest level of emergency in Iraq as the Takfiri militants’ advance threatens minority groups in the country and as the Security Council urged Iraq’s new PM designate to form an inclusive government.

Haider Al-Abadi, in a UN Security Council statement, is asked "to work swiftly to form such a government as quickly as possible and within the constitutional time-frame" and called on "all political parties and their supporters to remain calm and respect the political process governed by the Constitution."

Meanwhile, a "Level 3 Emergency" has been declared as the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" [ISIL] onslaught across much of the country’s north and west continues, threatening Kurdistan and its oil reserves.

The Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said that, "Declaring the crisis in Iraq a ‘Level 3 Emergency’, which represents the highest level of humanitarian crisis, will help trigger more resources and expedite administrative procedures for the response."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team