Sweden to host UN Iraq conference
Sweden plans to host a UN conference on Iraq at the end of May, the government said Thursday.The conference will build on the International Compact with Iraq, a sweeping five-year economic and political reform package that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon helped broker.The Swedish government said Ban and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked it to host the conference.
Turkey, together with the United Nations will host the next international conference on Somalia in June, Anadolu News Agency reported Thursday.