Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, head of the United Nations Iraq mission (UNAMI),speaks to AFP in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on November 13, 2019. - Iraqi officials must ramp up their response to mass demonstrations demanding an overhaul of the political system, Hennis-Plasschaert told AFP in an exclusive interview today. (Photo by Ali CHOUKEIR / AFP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), arrives at Iraq's holy city of Najaf on November 11, 2019. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)
A photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office, shows Iraqi acting Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi meeting with the U.N. special representative to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the prime minister's office, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office, via AP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), adjusts her headscarf during a press conference following a meeting with Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on November 11, 2019. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, head of the United Nations Iraq mission (UNAMI),speaks to AFP in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on November 13, 2019. - Iraqi officials must ramp up their response to mass demonstrations demanding an overhaul of the political system, Hennis-Plasschaert told AFP in an exclusive interview today. (Photo by Ali CHOUKEIR / AFP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), arrives at Iraq's holy city of Najaf on November 11, 2019. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)
A photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office, shows Iraqi acting Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi meeting with the U.N. special representative to Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert at the prime minister's office, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office, via AP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, UN Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), adjusts her headscarf during a press conference following a meeting with Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on November 11, 2019. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, head of the United Nations Iraq mission (UNAMI),speaks to AFP in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on November 13, 2019. - Iraqi officials must ramp up their response to mass demonstrations demanding an overhaul of the political system, Hennis-Plasschaert told AFP in an exclusive interview today. (Photo by Ali CHOUKEIR / AFP)
Your voice is heard, UN envoy to Iraq tells protesters
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert urged the country's youth not to lose hope amid a crackdown on a four-month protest movement