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the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, directed that all capabilities and requirements be prepared to complete the
population census.
The media office of the Prime Minister stated in a statement, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that “Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani chaired today a meeting of the Supreme Population Council, during which the national document for updated population policies, submitted by the Ministerial Council for Human Development, was approved.” Noting that “the meeting witnessed a discussion of the measures taken by the Central Statistical Organization in the Ministry of Planning, the requirements for implementing the general population census, and the expected roles of other relevant ministries.”
He added, “The Council reviewed the decisions of the fourth session of the Arab Council for Population and Development, and it was emphasized that the census be within the international recommendations and the ten principles of the United Nations, as well as being guided by the Arab strategy for population planning.”
Al-Sudani stressed, according to the statement, the need to exert maximum efforts to conduct the population development census during this year, directing to prepare all human, technical, financial and logistical capabilities and requirements required to complete this census.
He pointed out that “the government relies on the importance of conducting the census in implementing government policies and achieving the goals of the government program, in addition to its importance in preparing future plans that help in the development and renaissance of society.”