Iraq's transitory governing council, the country's first executive body formed since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime, will hold its inaugural session on Sunday in Baghdad, a UN official said. The meeting of the 25-member council will be held in the former ministry for military industry, which will become the council's headquarters. "The members of the council will meet at 9:00am (local time), barring any last minute change of plan," the senior official said, asking not to be named told AFP. The council will invite top US civil administrator Paul Bremer, British envoy to Iraq John Sawyers and UN special representative Sergio Vieira de Mello "to announce that the council has been formed". The official says the three international officials will each address the body, which will act as Iraq's executive, pending elections, which are not planned for at least one year. The council is expected to have responsibility for appointing or sacking ministers and diplomats, approving a budget and appointing a body of up to 10 members to draw up a draft constitution. Talks on Friday between Iraqi politicians and envoys from the coalition and the United Nations focused on selecting council members. The body is to comprise 13 Shiites, five Kurds, one Turkmen, one Christian and five Arab Sunnis, designed to reflect Iraq's population. Eight of those would be Iraqis formerly in exile, while three or four women will be on the body. The council will also include five or six representatives from Islamist Sunni or Shiite groups.
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