UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said the proposals were transmitted in meetings held in Iraq between the UN envoy for Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, and Iraqi officials, including Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, a member of Iraq's Governing Council, who then passed them on to al-Sistani.
Eckhard said al-Hakim told Brahimi that al-Sistani was "pleased and found the proposals balanced and positive." Eckhard said Brahimi and Iraqi officials spoke about "various aspects of the transition."
Eckhard said ideas for convening a National Conference to debate programs for national reconciliation were also discussed.
Brahimi, a special adviser on Iraq for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has been working on a plan for the democratic transition in Iraq.
Eckhard said al-Hakim told Brahimi that al-Sistani was "pleased and found the proposals balanced and positive." Eckhard said Brahimi and Iraqi officials spoke about "various aspects of the transition."
Eckhard said ideas for convening a National Conference to debate programs for national reconciliation were also discussed.
Brahimi, a special adviser on Iraq for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has been working on a plan for the democratic transition in Iraq.
