He urged them to "stay home" and "go to work" so as to help in the economic reconstruction of their country.

Freedman says economic reconstruction did not start moving until "very late in the day".

Now, he says, stability and economic reconstruction must be his chief priority.

Other documents, on issues like economic reconstruction, are still under review.

That government is needed as a basis for economic reconstruction, he said.

"You need to get things going in the right direction, and the process will pick up speed later on," he said of economic reconstruction.

We should hope that the political and economic reconstruction of Iraq can begin soon, again under international auspices.

The Commission is also contributing to economic and social reconstruction.

The second stage was to focus on the economic, social and political reconstruction of the country.

That remains the only way he can gain the time and the resources necessary for economic reconstruction.