Jan Kubis' warning came after a week that saw protests against regional president Massud Barzani turn violent and the leading opposition party kicked out of government.
What started as demonstrations over unpaid salaries in regions dominated by the opposition to Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party escalated into protests demanding he step down.
At least four people were killed, dozens maimed and local offices of the KDP in several southern towns were burnt down.
"Perpetrators of these acts of violence should be quickly brought to justice, following due judicial process," Kubis, U.N. chief
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon's representative in Iraq, said in a statement.But he also stressed that all parties in the northern autonomous region, a key partner in the global fight against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, should respect democracy.