The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities

Halchin, L. Elaine

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Executive departments;   

RP-ID  :  RL32370
RP-ID  :  RL32370 2006-09-21

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA or “the authority”) was established approximately one month after United States and coalition forces took control of Baghdad in Iraq on April 9, 2003.1 The authority’s mission was “to restore conditions of security and stability, to create conditions in which the Iraqi people can freely determine their own political future, (including by advancing efforts to restore and establish national and local institutions for representative governance) and facilitating economic recovery, sustainable reconstruction and development. This report discusses two views on how the authority was established, reviews selected characteristics of the authority, identifies statutory reporting requirements concerning the authority and the reconstruction of Iraq, and explores several policy issues.